Robert Gordon
Directing
1913 – 1990 (aged 77)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
20 acting credits
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.
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NOT to be confused with silent film actor, Robert Gordon (1895-1971) who starred with Jack Pickford in "Tom Sawyer" (1917).
Known For
The Jazz Singer
06 Oct 1927
Counsellor at Law
25 Dec 1933
Lawyer Man
24 Dec 1932
Two Against the World
11 Jul 1936
Blessed Event
10 Sep 1932
Wide Open
01 Feb 1930
Law of the Wolf
15 Jun 1939
Big Business Girl
12 Jun 1931
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Filmography
1939
- Law of the Wolfas Bobby [Pearson]
1936
- Two Against the Worldas Herman Mills
1935
- It's in the Airas Elevator Operator (uncredited)
1934
- Strange Wivesas Elevator Boy
- Student Touras Jackie - Coxswain (uncredited)
1933
- Counsellor at Lawas Henry Susskind
1932
- Lawyer Manas Willie - Office Boy (uncredited)
- Blessed Eventas Eddie (uncredited)
1931
- Big Business Girlas Office Boy (uncredited)
1930
- Wide Openas Office Boy
1927
- The Jazz Singeras Young Jakie Rabinowitz
- Sinews of Steelas The Office Boy
1926
- Lazy Lightningas Dickie Rogers (as Bobby Gordon)
- The Cohens and Kellysas Sammy Cohen
- Sea Scampsas Bobbie
- The Danger Signalas Robert Browning
1925
- The Happy Warrioras Rollo (at 10 years) (as Bobby Gordon)
- The Sign of the Cactusas Jack, as a boy
1924
- The Measure of a Manas Donald
1923
- The Country Kidas Boy