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Robert Gordon 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.
Born
Thursday, 21 August 1913
Died
Saturday, 01 December 1990
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
Law of the Wolf | Bobby [Pearson] | 1939 |
Trapped by Television | Delivery Boy | 1936 |
Nobody's Fool | Bellhop | 1936 |
Two Against the World | Herman Mills | 1936 |
It's in the Air | Elevator Operator | 1935 |
Broadway Melody of 1936 | Copy Boy | 1935 |
Strange Wives | ElevatorBboy | 1934 |
Student Tour | Jackie - Coxswain | 1934 |
Counsellor at Law | Henry Susskind | 1933 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Himself | 1993 |
Law of the Wolf | Bobby [Pearson] | 1939 |
Trapped by Television | Delivery Boy | 1936 |
Nobody's Fool | Bellhop | 1936 |
Two Against the World | Herman Mills | 1936 |
It's in the Air | Elevator Operator | 1935 |
Broadway Melody of 1936 | Copy Boy | 1935 |
Strange Wives | ElevatorBboy | 1934 |
Student Tour | Jackie - Coxswain | 1934 |
Counsellor at Law | Henry Susskind | 1933 |
Lawyer Man | Willie - an Office Boy | 1932 |
Call Her Savage | Bellboy / Bellboy (Uncredited) | 1932 |
Blessed Event | Eddie - the Office Boy | 1932 |
Big Business Girl | Office Boy | 1931 |
Seed | Office Boy | 1931 |
Wide Open | Office Boy | 1930 |
The Jazz Singer | Jakie Rabinowitz - Age 13 / Young Jakie Rabinowitz | 1928 |
A Race for Life | Danny O'Shea | 1928 |
Mountains of Manhattan | Isadore Ginsberg | 1927 |
Sinews of Steel | The Office Boy | 1927 |
What Every Girl Should Know | (as Bobby Gordon) | 1927 |
Lazy Lightning | Dickie Rogers / Dickie Rogers (as Bobby Gordon) | 1926 |
Open Spaces | One of the Boys | 1926 |
The Cohens and Kellys | Sammy Cohen | 1926 |
His People | Sammy Cominsky, as a Child | 1925 |
Little Annie Rooney | One of the Boys | 1925 |
The Happy Warrior | Rollo (at 10 years) / Rollo (at 10 years) (as Bobby Gordon) | 1925 |
The Sign of the Cactus | Jack, as a boy | 1925 |
The Country Kid | Boy | 1923 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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The Gatling Gun | 1971 |
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy | 1968 |
Black Zoo | 1963 |
The Getaway Face | 1963 |
King of Diamonds | 1961 |
Bourbon Street Beat | 1959 |
The Alaskans | 1959 |
Law of the Plainsman | 1959 |
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | 1959 |
Bonanza | 1959 |
Bold Venture | 1959 |
The Texan | 1958 |
Damn Citizen | 1958 |
The Rawhide Trail | 1958 |
The Real McCoys | 1957 |
Maverick | 1957 |
Zane Grey Theatre | 1956 |
My Friend Flicka | 1955 |
It Came from Beneath the Sea | 1955 |
The Joe Louis Story | 1953 |
The Big Story | 1949 |
Thunder in the Pines | 1948 |
Black Eagle | 1948 |
Blind Spot | 1947 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Ford Star Revue | 1950 |