Robert Gordon
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- 21 August 1913 · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Died
- 1 December 1990
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).
Known for
Directing 12
- 1971The Gatling Gun · director
- 1968Tarzan and the Jungle Boy · director
- 1963Black Zoo · director
- 1963The Getaway Face · director
- 1958Damn Citizen · director
- 1958The Rawhide Trail · director
- 1955It Came from Beneath the Sea · director
- 1953The Joe Louis Story · director
- 1948Thunder in the Pines · director
- 1948Black Eagle · director
- 1947Sport of Kings · director
- 1947Blind Spot · director
Writing 3
- 1963The Getaway Face · screenplay
- 1943The Girl from Monterrey · story
- 1943Keep 'Em Slugging · original story
Acting 23
- 1939Law of the Wolf as Bobby [Pearson]
- 1936Two Against the World as Herman Mills
- 1935It's in the Air as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
- 1934Strange Wives as Elevator Boy
- 1934Student Tour as Jackie - Coxswain (uncredited)
- 1933Counsellor at Law as Henry Susskind
- 1932Lawyer Man as Willie - Office Boy (uncredited)
- 1932Blessed Event as Eddie (uncredited)
- 1931Big Business Girl as Office Boy (uncredited)
- 1930Wide Open as Office Boy
- 1927The Jazz Singer as Young Jakie Rabinowitz
- 1927Sinews of Steel as The Office Boy
- 1926Lazy Lightning as Dickie Rogers (as Bobby Gordon)
- 1926The Cohens and Kellys as Sammy Cohen
- 1926Sea Scamps as Bobbie
- 1926The Danger Signal as Robert Browning
- 1925The Happy Warrior as Rollo (at 10 years) (as Bobby Gordon)
- 1925The Sign of the Cactus as Jack, as a boy
- 1924The Measure of a Man as Donald
- 1923The Country Kid as Boy
- 1923The Greatest Menace as Charles W. Wright Jr
- 1920Respectable by Proxy as John Stanley Hale
- 1918The Hired Man as Walter Endicott