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Robert Gordon

Director · 1913–1990 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Biography

Robert Gordon (August 21, 1913 in Pittsburgh – December 1, 1990 in Los Angeles) was an American director and actor. His acting career, in which he was usually credited as Bobby Gordon, began in 1923 while he was a child, and continued through 1939. His first directing credit came with the 1947 film Blind Spot, after which he directed several films, including The Joe Louis Story in 1953, It Came from Beneath the Sea in 1955, Black Zoo in 1963; and television series episodes including My Friend Flicka, Zane Grey Theater, The Texan and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He was the last surviving cast member of The Jazz Singer. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia NOT to be confused with silent film actor, Robert Gordon (1895-1971) who starred with Jack Pickford in "Tom Sawyer" (1917).

Directed 21

1970s

  1. 1971

    The Gatling Gun

    Director

1960s

  1. 1968

    Tarzan and the Jungle Boy

    Director

  2. 1963

    Black Zoo

    Director

  3. The Getaway Face

    Director

1950s

  1. 1959

    Bourbon Street Beat

    Director

  2. Law of the Plainsman

    Director

  3. The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis

    Director

    73

  4. Bold Venture

    Director

  5. 1958

    The Texan

    Director

  6. Damn Citizen

    Director

  7. The Rawhide Trail

    Director

  8. 1957

    The Real McCoys

    Director

    71

  9. Maverick

    Director

    77
  10. 1956

    Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    Director

    71
  11. 1955

    My Friend Flicka

    Director

  12. It Came from Beneath the Sea

    Director

    59
  13. 1953

    The Joe Louis Story

    Director

1940s

  1. 1948

    Thunder in the Pines

    Director

  2. Black Eagle

    Director

  3. 1947

    Sport of Kings

    Director

  4. Blind Spot

    Director

    67

Acted in 19

1930s

  1. 1939

    Law of the Wolf

    Bobby [Pearson]

  2. 1936

    Two Against the World

    Herman Mills

  3. 1935

    It's in the Air

    Elevator Operator (uncredited)

  4. 1934

    Strange Wives

    Elevator Boy

  5. Student Tour

    Jackie - Coxswain (uncredited)

  6. 1933

    Counsellor at Law

    Henry Susskind

  7. 1932

    Lawyer Man

    Willie - Office Boy (uncredited)

    64

  8. Blessed Event

    Eddie (uncredited)

  9. 1931

    Big Business Girl

    Office Boy (uncredited)

  10. 1930

    Wide Open

    Office Boy

1920s

  1. 1927

    The Jazz Singer

    Young Jakie Rabinowitz

    67

  2. Sinews of Steel

    The Office Boy

  3. 1926

    Lazy Lightning

    Dickie Rogers (as Bobby Gordon)

  4. The Cohens and Kellys

    Sammy Cohen

  5. The Danger Signal

    Robert Browning

  6. 1925

    The Happy Warrior

    Rollo (at 10 years) (as Bobby Gordon)

  7. The Sign of the Cactus

    Jack, as a boy

  8. 1924

    The Measure of a Man

    Donald

  9. 1923

    The Country Kid

    Boy

Wrote 4

2000s

  1. 2003

    The Blues

    Writer

1960s

  1. 1963

    The Getaway Face

    Screenplay

1940s

  1. 1943

    The Girl from Monterrey

    Story

  2. Keep 'Em Slugging

    Original Story