Directing
Robert Gordon
EN, ES, PT cinema · 34 credits
Born
21 August 1913
Died
1 December 1990 (aged 77)
Birthplace
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Also known as Bobby Gordon · Robert Edwards · Bobbie Gordon
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
Filmography
The Gatling Gun
Director
Black Zoo
Director
The Getaway Face
Director, Screenplay
Damn Citizen
Director
The Rawhide Trail
Director
The Joe Louis Story
Director
Thunder in the Pines
Director
Black Eagle
Director
Blind Spot
Director
Sport of Kings
Director
Keep 'Em Slugging
Original Story
Law of the Wolf
as Bobby [Pearson]
Two Against the World
as Herman Mills
It's in the Air
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Strange Wives
as Elevator Boy
Student Tour
as Jackie - Coxswain (uncredited)
Counsellor at Law
as Henry Susskind
Blessed Event
as Eddie (uncredited)
Lawyer Man
as Willie - Office Boy (uncredited)
Big Business Girl
as Office Boy (uncredited)
Wide Open
as Office Boy
The Jazz Singer
as Young Jakie Rabinowitz
Sinews of Steel
as The Office Boy
The Cohens and Kellys
as Sammy Cohen
The Danger Signal
as Robert Browning
Sea Scamps
1926
Sea Scamps
as Bobbie
Lazy Lightning
as Dickie Rogers (as Bobby Gordon)
The Happy Warrior
as Rollo (at 10 years) (as Bobby Gordon)
The Sign of the Cactus
as Jack, as a boy
The Measure of a Man
as Donald