Gavin Gordon

Gavin Gordon

Nascimento : 1901-04-07, Chicora, Mississippi, USA

Morte : 1983-04-07

História

Gavin Gordon (born Fred Gavin Gordon; April 7, 1901 - April 7, 1983 ) was an American stage, screen, radio, and television actor. Despite it usually being indicated that he died on his 82nd birthday, his tombstone inscription reveals that he actually died one day earlier.

Perfil

Gavin Gordon

Filmes

Sylvia
Butler (uncredited)
Sylvia West (Carroll Baker) may not be who she says she is. Her fiancé, the very well-to-do Frederick Summers (Peter Lawford), hires an investigator named Alan Maklin (George Maharis) to do some digging, and what he finds out about her life prior to becoming a writer is quite shocking. Will the newfound knowledge ruin the marriage? Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) directs this drama, which is based on E.V. Cunningham's book.
O Otário
Executive on Golf Course
Um famoso comediante de um grupo de humor morre em um acidente de avião. Os membros do grupo precisam encontrar logo alguém que possa substituí-lo em um programa de TV, se não quiserem ser demitidos. O homem escolhido é ninguém menos que Stanley Belt (Jerry Lewis), um carregador de malas de hotel, desajeitado, que não consegue fazer nada direito.
Dama por Um Dia
Mr. Cole
Conto de fadas de Damon Runyon, carinhoso e engraçado, contado pelo diretor Frank Capra. A preciosa Annie das Maçãs, uma mendiga com uma cesta de maçãs, é tão parte do centro de Nova York quanto a própria Broadway. O contrabandista Dave Dude é um fã das suas maçãs, ele acha que elas dão sorte. Mas Dave e sua namorada Queenie Martin precisam de muito mais do que sorte quando se descobre que Annie está em uma enrascada e só eles podem ajudar: a filha de Annie, Louise, que viveu toda sua vida em um convento espanhol pago pela pobre Annie, está vindo para a América com um Conde e seu filho. O filho do conde quer se casar com Louise, que acha que sua mãe faz parte da alta sociedade de Nova York. Cabe a Dave e Queenie e seus peculiares companheiros transformar Annie em uma dama e convencer o conde e seu filho que eles estão se unindo a elite de Nova York.
A Dama da Madrugada
Mr. Carruthers (uncredited)
After the sudden death of magazine publisher Colonel Ryder, his nephew, Tony inherits the magazine and has big plans to expand it. While negotiating a loan from the bank, Tony gets a call from a detective surrounding his uncle's death. It turns out Colonel Ryder died in his hotel room with a smile on his face and a young woman was seen fleeing his room wearing only a towel. Suspicious of this woman and afraid the magazine's wholesome image may be tarnished and their loan denied, Tony asks the detective to stick around and find her.
Nas Garras do Morcego
Lt. Andy Anderson
Um assassino enlouquecido conhecido como "The Bat" está à solta em uma mansão cheia de pessoas.
A Mercadora de Felicidade
Rudolph
Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.
Balada Sangrenta
Mr. Primont
Em Nova Orleans vive Danny Fisher (Elvis Presley), um jovem que tinha se envolvido com gangues. Agora Danny trabalha como cantor de bares à noite, se tornando um grande sucesso. Até ser obrigado a cantar na casa noturna de um gângster.
Chicago Confidential
Alan Dixon
In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.
Audácia de um Rebelde
Col. Smith
Johhny Tremain é acusado injustamente de um delito que o impede de encontrar emprego. Sendo assim, ele acaba se alistando na guerra e se torna um patriota lutando para libertar as colônias da Inglaterra. Ele acaba descobrindo a si mesmo nesse processo.
Os Dez Mandamentos
Trojan Ambassador (uncredited)
A épica vida de Moisés, desde recém-nascido, quando foi colocado nas águas em um cesto e acabou sendo adotado por uma princesa egípcia, até quando descobre sua real condição e decide liderar seu povo que, escravizado pelos egípcios, anseia pela liberdade.
A Life at Stake
Sam Pearson
An out-of-work architect meets a married woman who has a business proposition for him. The architect begins to suspect the woman's interest in him is not just financial and may actually be deadly.
Natal Branco
General Carlton (uncredited)
Um dos clássicos absolutos do Natal, este musical conta com os insuperáveis Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Vera-Ellen e Rosemary Clooney que cantam temas de Irving Berlin como Count Your Blessings Instead of Sheep ou o lendário White Christmas. O filme, sobre dois ex-soldados que tentam montar um espetáculo de Natal na estância de férias de um antigo general, é um semi-remake de Michael Curtiz do também natalício Holiday Inn, de 1942, para o qual foi criado o tema do título e que ganhou então o Óscar de Melhor Canção.
Cabeça de Pau
Car Salesman
O Ventríloquo Jerry Morgan vê um outro caso de amor falhar. O motivo: quando o relacionamento chega ao ponto em que é hora de falar sobre o matrimônio, seu boneco Clarence torna-se desprezível e ciumento. Sua noiva Audrey o abandona e Jerry quebra seus dois bonecos, Clarence e Terrence. O fabricante dos bonecos de Morgan é o Sr. Papinek que é membro de uma rede de espionagem que roubou planos secretos para a produção do avião secreto Lafayette. Como Morgan está indo para Zurique, na mesma noite, Papinek decide usar os bonecos de Morgan como correio e esconde os planos secretos nas cabeças dos bonecos. Outra rede de espionagem secreta também quer ter em suas mãos a bagagem de Jerry e eles "também" o perseguem. Além destas duas organizações Jerry também é perseguido pela polícia, que suspeita que ele cometeu um assassinato. O Cômico Nº 1 da Canção e da Dança em seu melhor!
Philo Vance's Gamble
Oliver Tennant
One of two Philo Vance mystery movies released by PRC.
Three on a Ticket
Pearson aka Barton
A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it and finds the checked-bag contains the loot from a robbery. Now, he has about fifty minutes left of the running time to find the crooks, bring them to justice and return the money to the rightful owners. And needs all of it.
Interlúdio
Ernest Weylin (uncredited)
Localizado no Rio de Janeiro, conta a história de Alicia e Devlin, dois polos completamente opostos que acabam se apaixonando devido ao tempo em que trabalharam juntos. Ela é filha de um espião alemão preso pelo governo dos EUA e, para evitar a morte do pai, é obrigada a ajudar o governo americano a prender inimigos mais importantes. Ele é um agente do governo que vai comandar a operação, monitorando para que tudo saia nas mais perfeitas condições planejadas.
The Lone Star Vigilantes
Major Halland Clark, aka Keller
It's Wild Bill Elliot as Wild Bill Hickok in the Columbia B-western Lone Star Vigilantes. This time out, Elliot is teamed with singing cowboy Tex Ritter, while comedy relief is provided by diminutive stuntman Frank Mitchell. Returning from Civil War duty, Hickok, Tex Martin (Ritter) and Cannonball (Mitchell) find that their Texas home town is under the rule of Colonel Monroe (Forrest Taylor), a bush-league dictator with his own police force. In true Hitlerian fashion, Monroe extorts huge sums of money from the populace, terrorizing them into silence. Our three heroes set about to put an end to Monroe's regime, with time out for Tex Ritter's musical interludes.
I Killed That Man
J. Reed
A condemned inmate's premature death places officials under suspicion.
Suspeita
Dr. Bertram Sedbusk (uncredited)
Rapaz leva vida de playboy tomando dinheiro emprestado dos amigos. Um dia conhece uma tímida garota, com quem acaba se casando. Mas a jovem com o tempo passa a desconfiar que ele é na verdade um assassino e ela correr o risco de ser a próxima vítima.
Mr. Celebrity
Travers
A couple attempts to win custody of their orphaned grandson, who's being raised by his veterinarian uncle in a racetrack environment.
Murder by Invitation
Garson Denham
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.
Paper Bullets
Kurt Parrish
Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.
I See Ice
Night Club Singer
George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidentally snaps crooks at work. Comic complications ensue....
Windjammer
J. Montague Forsythe
The fourth and last of the George A. Hirliman-produced films starring George O'Brien (preceded by "Daniel Boone", "Park Avenue Logger" and "Hollywood Cowboy") that were distributed by RKO Radio. Hirliman sold O'Brien's contract to RKO, which then produced 18 series westerns starring O'Brien that ended when O'Brien went into the Navy at the outbreak of WW II. Long-time (past and future) O'Brien director David Howard served as Hirliman's Associate Producer on this film. "Windjammer" finds O'Brien as a subpoena server ordered to serve a subpoena on Brandon Evans (The Commondore) for a senate inquiry or lose his job. Posing as a playboy, he boards the Commodore's yacht during a yacht race, and the yacht is wrecked by a gun-running windjammer commanded by Captain Morgan (William Hall.) All hands are picked up by the windjammer, including the Commodore's daughter (played by Constance Worth, at her blonde, plumpish best) and put to work as galley slaves.
They Gave Him a Gun
Army Captain (uncredited)
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
High Hat
Gregory Dupont
An opera singer whose career is on the wane finds newfound fame doing popular songs on the radio.
Ticket to Paradise
Tony Bates
A man on his way to closing a million dollar deal has an accident and gets amnesia.
The Leavenworth Case
Henry Clavering
Director Lewis D. Collins' 1936 whodunit is about the investigation into the death of an elderly tycoon, who is murdered shortly after announcing he plans to change his will and give away his fortune.
Page Miss Glory
Metz
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.
O Primeiro Beijo
Jack
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
A Noiva de Frankenstein
Lord Byron
O filme começa de onde o original, de 1931, terminou: Frankenstein escapa do cerco ao moinho vivo, enquanto Dr. Frankenstein tem sua noiva sequestrada por outro lunático cientista. O objetivo dele é convencer o doutor a criar uma companheira para o monstro.
Red Hot Tires
Griffin
An escaped convict redeems himself by becoming an auto racing champion.
Women Must Dress
Philip Howard
A divorced woman finds success as a fashion designer.
A Barreira
Brook Manville
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with his boss's neurotic wife.
Grand Old Girl
The President
An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
Happiness Ahead
'Jellie' Travis
Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.
Wake Up and Dream
Seabrook
The story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
A Imperatriz Vermelha
Capt. Gregori Orloff
During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.
Lone Cowboy
Jim Weston
Tu És Mulher
Briggs
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
Black Beauty
Captain Jordan
Black Beauty is being trained to run in the steeplechase race, upon which the Cameron family has staked its fortune. However, the horse is injured racing for a doctor when its owner is hurt, and it looks like it won't recover in time to compete in the race.
Os Crimes do Museu
George Winton
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
Hard to Handle
John Hayden (uncredited)
A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
O Último Chá do General Yen
Dr. Robert 'Bob' Strike
An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai.
Man Against Woman
George Perry
Johnny McCloud, a tough police inspector given more to fisticuffs than investigating has the hots for torch-singer Lola Parker, but Miss Parker is much taken with a good-looking crook named George Perry. This does not bother McCloud, as he not only gets his man behind bars but takes the man's woman also.
The Phantom of Crestwood
Will Jones
Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
Two Against the World
Victor H. 'Vic' Linley
A socialite finds herself involved in a murder trial that is prosecuted by her boyfriend.
Loucura Americana
Cyril Cluett
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.
Secret Service
Arlesford
In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.
Shipmates
Mike
A sailor falls in love with the admiral's daughter but finds they can't marry because of his lowly rank.
The Great Meadow
Evan Muir
Pioneers and a family man leave Virginia for Kentucky during the Revolutionary War.
O Cardume de Prata
Fred Marsh
Boyd Emerson tem como rival Frederick Marsh na pesca do salmão Yukon e na luta pela mão da rica Mildred. Para vencer ele terá ajuda da notória Cherry Malotte
Romance
Tom Armstrong
O padre Tom apaixona-se por Rita Cavallini, uma cantora de ópera. Mas Rita está presa ao rico Cornelius Van Tuyl, seu antigo amor, o que dificulta as coisas. A história é contada pelo agora bispo Tom ao jovem Harry, que deseja casar-se com uma atriz.
His First Command
Lt. Freddie Allen
A playboy is in love with a woman and enters the army thinking it will improve his chances with her.