Robert Gordon (August 21, 1913 in
Pittsburgh
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– December 1, 1990 in
Los Angeles
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) 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'', ''
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,'' 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.
[Hanson, Patricia King, ed., American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced In The United States, Berkeley: University of California Press.]
Robert Gordon died in 1990 and is interred at
Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in
Los Angeles
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.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Jazz Singer'' (1927) – Jakie Rabinowitz (age 13) (as Bobby Gordon)
* ''
Sport of Kings'' (1947)
References
Bibliography
* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 58–59.
External links
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Robert Gordonat Virtual History
Film directors from Pennsylvania
Male actors from Pittsburgh
1913 births
1990 deaths
20th-century American male actors
Burials at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery
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