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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).
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2003
The Blues
TV show Writer
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1971
The Gatling Gun
Movie Director
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1968
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
Movie Director
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1963
Black Zoo
Movie Director
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1963
The Getaway Face
Movie Director
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1959
Bourbon Street Beat
TV show Director
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1959
Law of the Plainsman
TV show Director
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1959
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
TV show Director
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1959
Bold Venture
TV show Director
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1958
The Texan
TV show Director
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1958
Damn Citizen
Movie Director
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1958
The Rawhide Trail
Movie Director
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1957
The Real McCoys
TV show Director
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1957
Maverick
TV show Director
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1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
TV show Director
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1955
My Friend Flicka
TV show Director
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1955
It Came from Beneath the Sea
Movie Director
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1953
The Joe Louis Story
Movie Director
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1948
Thunder in the Pines
Movie Director
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1948
Black Eagle
Movie Director
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1947
Sport of Kings
Movie Director
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1947
Blind Spot
Movie Director
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1943
The Girl from Monterrey
Movie Story
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1943
Keep 'Em Slugging
Movie Original Story
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1939
Law of the Wolf
Movie Bobby [Pearson]
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1936
Two Against the World
Movie Herman Mills
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1935
It's in the Air
Movie Elevator Operator (uncredited)
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1934
Strange Wives
Movie Elevator Boy
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1934
Student Tour
Movie Jackie - Coxswain (uncredited)
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1933
Counsellor at Law
Movie Henry Susskind
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1932
Lawyer Man
Movie Willie - Office Boy (uncredited)
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1932
Blessed Event
Movie Eddie (uncredited)
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1931
Big Business Girl
Movie Office Boy (uncredited)
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1930
Wide Open
Movie Office Boy
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1927
The Jazz Singer
Movie Young Jakie Rabinowitz
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1927
Sinews of Steel
Movie The Office Boy
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1926
Lazy Lightning
Movie Dickie Rogers (as Bobby Gordon)
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1926
The Cohens and Kellys
Movie Sammy Cohen
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1926
Sea Scamps
Movie Bobbie
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1926
The Danger Signal
Movie Robert Browning