Robert Gordon

Robert Gordon

American actor and director (1913-1990)

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, 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. Gordon directed one film under the pseudonym Robert Edwards, Thunder in the Pines, in 1948.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 26 films (1917–1969) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 11 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1969 The Gatling Gun. Revue Productions Inc. 93 min 16mm Color sound
1967 Tarzan And The Jungle Boy. Banner Productions Inc. 99 min 35mm Color sound
1964 University of California 101st commencement. June 13, 1964. California Memorial Stadium University of California production. 18 16mm silent
1963 Black Zoo. Allied Artists Pictures Corp. 88 min 35mm Color sound
1958 The Rawhide Trail. Allied Artists Pictures Corp. 68 min. 35mm B&W sound
1957 Damn Citizen. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 88 min. 35mm B&W sound
1956 [University of California, Berkeley. Commencement 1956] 12 16mm Color silent
1954 [University of California, Berkeley. Commencement 1954] . 11 16mm Color silent
1953 The Joe Louis story director, Robert Gordon. 87 16mm B&W sound
1952 [University of California, Berkeley. Commencement 1952] . 11 16mm Color silent
1951 [University of California, Berkeley. Commencement 1951] 11 16mm Color silent
1950 [University of California, Berkeley. Commencement 1950] 11 16mm Color silent
1949 [University of California, Berkeley. Commencement 1949] 11 16mm Color silent
1948 [University of California, Berkeley. Commencement 1948] . 11 16mm Color silent
1948 Black Eagle. / Robert Cohn production; screenplay, Edward Huebsch, Hall Smith; adaptation, Edward Huebsch; based on the O. Henry story, "The Passing of Black Eagle" ; directed by Robert Gordon. 8 reels 35mm B&W sound
1948 Thunder In The Pines. Robert Gordon 61 min. 35mm Color sound
1947 Blind Spot. Robert Gordon 73 min. 35mm B&W sound
1947 Sport Of Kings. Robert Gordon 68 min. 35mm B&W sound
1939 [University of California, Berkeley. Commencement 1939] 8 16mm Color silent
1937 Youth marches on. Berkeley Community Chest. 789 16mm B&W sound
1927 The Jazz Singer Vitaphone Corp | Warner Bros Pictures (1923-1967) 1:29:00 16mm B&W sound
1926 HEARTS AND SPANGLES. Lumas Film Corp. 6 reels B&W
1918 Bud's Recruit ▶ Judge Willis Brown; Wallace Brennan; Robert Gordon; Thomas Bellamy; Ruth Hampton; King Vidor 26 min B&W
1918 CAPTAIN KIDD, JR. Pickford Film Corp. 5 reels B&W
1918 Huck and Tom William Desmond Taylor B&W
1917 Tom Sawyer. Oliver Morosco Photoplay Co. 5 reels 16mm B&W sound