Robert Gordon (director)

Bobby Gordon in The Jazz Singer (1927) at age 14, as a child actor

Robert Gordon (August 21, 1913 in Pittsburgh – December 1, 1990 in Los Angeles) was an American director and actor.[1] 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,[2] Black Zoo in 1963; and television series episodes including My Friend Flicka,[3] Zane Grey Theater, The Texan, Bonanza, and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. Except for Myrna Loy, who died in 1993, he was the last surviving cast member of The Jazz Singer.[citation needed][4] Gordon directed one film under the pseudonym Robert Edwards, Thunder in the Pines, in 1948.[5]

Robert Gordon died in 1990 and is interred at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Filmography for Robert Gordon". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  2. ^ "Robert Gordon - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 2018-01-16. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  3. ^ "Cast and Crew". MyFriendFlicka.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2012. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
  4. ^ "The Jazz Singer (1927)". Archived from the original on June 18, 2016.
  5. ^ Hanson, Patricia King, ed., American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced In The United States, Berkeley: University of California Press.

Bibliography

  • Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 58–59.


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