Gavin Gordon
Biography
Gavin Gordon was an American actor whose career ran across film, television and radio. Born in Chicora, Mississippi, he moved to Mobile, Alabama as a young man and studied stenography after being told his southern accent would limit his stage work. While working as a stenographer in Chicago he met the actor Grant Mitchell, who helped him begin a stage career in Detroit in 1922 with the Jessie Bonstelle Players. He acted opposite Jane Cowl in Romeo and Juliet, played in stock in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and appeared on Broadway in The Outsider, Celebrity (1927) and The Devil's Disciple (1950). Small studio roles from 1927 led to his casting as Greta Garbo's leading man in Romance (1930), after which his film work was made up largely of small or uncredited parts and radio dramas. He also appeared on television programs including Perry Mason and Green Acres, and his final film was The Nutty Professor (1963). He died in 1983.
82years old at death
- Born Mississippi
- Died Canoga Park
- Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
- Also credited as Fred Gavin Gordon
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 29 years1930 to 1959
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Big break
Robert Dance, who wrote about Greta Garbo, described Gavin Gordon as "the least remembered of all the men who supported Garbo." Gordon had won the part of her leading man in Romance (1930) after a film test.
A change of course
Gordon was told his southern accent would hold back his stage career, so he trained in stenography. After moving to Chicago and finding work there, he took speech lessons and worked to drop the accent.
A change of course
Gordon was a stenographer when he met the actor Grant Mitchell, who said he would help Gordon begin an acting career when Gordon was ready.
Gavin Gordon movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Michael Curtiz directed five of these films, Frank Capra two. William B. Davidson appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Douglass Dumbrille's page
Frank McHugh's page
Dean Jagger's page
Jane Darwell's page
Michael CurtizDirector, 5 films, 1933 to 1958
All films by Michael Curtiz
All films by Frank Capra
Also two films together10 more actors
- Berton ChurchillPage Miss Glory (1935) and American Madness (1932)
- Edwin MaxwellMystery of the Wax Museum (1933) and American Madness (1932)
- Frank DarienFemale (1933) and Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
- Pat O'BrienPage Miss Glory (1935) and American Madness (1932)
- Hobart CavanaughBordertown (1935) and Page Miss Glory (1935)
- Danny KayeKnock on Wood (1954) and White Christmas (1954)
- Robert HomansMystery of the Wax Museum (1933) and The Silver Horde (1930)
- Wallis ClarkBordertown (1935) and Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
- Harry HolmanI Killed That Man (1941) and American Madness (1932)
- Ralph ClantonJohnny Tremain (1957) and The Vagabond King (1956)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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