Robert Gordon

from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Artwork for The Jazz SingerImage of Robert Gordon

Biography

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.

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Timeline

1971Aged 58

  • Poster for The Gatling Gun

    Director

1968Aged 55

  • Poster for Tarzan and the Jungle Boy

    Director

1963Aged 50

  • Poster for The Getaway Face

    Screenplay

  • Poster for Black Zoo

    Director

1958Aged 45

  • Poster for The Rawhide Trail

    Director

  • Poster for Damn Citizen

    Director

1955Aged 42

  • Poster for It Came from Beneath the Sea

    Director

1953Aged 40

  • Poster for The Joe Louis Story

    Director

1948Aged 35

  • Poster for Black Eagle

    Director

  • Poster for Thunder in the Pines

    Director

1947Aged 34

  • Poster for Blind Spot

    Director

  • Poster for Sport of Kings

    Director

1943Aged 30

  • Poster for Keep 'Em Slugging

    Original Story

  • Poster for The Girl from Monterrey

    Story

1939Aged 26

  • Poster for Law of the Wolf

    Bobby [Pearson]

1936Aged 23

  • Poster for Two Against the World

    Herman Mills

1935Aged 22

  • Poster for It's in the Air

    Elevator Operator (uncredited)

1934Aged 21

  • Poster for Student Tour

    Jackie - Coxswain (uncredited)

  • Poster for Strange Wives

    Elevator Boy

1933Aged 20

  • Poster for Counsellor at Law

    Henry Susskind

1932Aged 19

  • Poster for Blessed Event

    Eddie (uncredited)

  • Poster for Lawyer Man

    Willie - Office Boy (uncredited)

1931Aged 18

  • Poster for Big Business Girl

    Office Boy (uncredited)

1930Aged 17

  • Poster for Wide Open

    Office Boy

1927Aged 14

  • Poster for Sinews of Steel

    The Office Boy

  • Poster for The Jazz Singer

    Young Jakie Rabinowitz

1926Aged 13

  • Poster for The Danger Signal

    Robert Browning

  • Sea Scamps

    Bobbie

  • Poster for The Cohens and Kellys

    Sammy Cohen

  • Poster for Lazy Lightning

    Dickie Rogers (as Bobby Gordon)

1925Aged 12

  • Poster for The Sign of the Cactus

    Jack, as a boy

  • Poster for The Happy Warrior

    Rollo (at 10 years) (as Bobby Gordon)

1924Aged 11

  • Poster for The Measure of a Man

    Donald

1923Aged 10

  • Poster for The Country Kid

    Boy