Huntley Gordon
Acting
- Born:
- 1887-10-08
- Died:
- 1956-12-07
- Place of birth:
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Huntley Ashworth Gordon (October 8, 1879 – December 7, 1956) was a Canadian actor who began his career in the Silent Film era. Gordon was born in Montreal, Quebec educated in both Canada and England. He had various jobs including working in a bank, in a silver mine, contracting, as a commercial traveller, and being a cigarette factory owner before settling on the stage and at one time acted with Ethel Barrymore. He began his screen career in 1916 when given a chance by Thomas Ince. Gordon was once a model for Arrow Collars; he was once painted by American commercial illustrator J. C. Leyendecker. He served in the Canadian Army during World War I and began a career in motion pictures in England where he had been stationed during the war. With his suave manner and classic good looks he was sought out in Hollywood, California where he acted in both silent and talking films. In Hollywood, he appeared in numerous films including starring opposite Gloria Swanson in the 1923 film Bluebeard's 8th Wife. That same year he starred in The Wanters with Norma Shearer and Marie Prevost. For most of his career, Gordon traveled between America and Britain, making films in both countries, appearing in more than 120 films. He was with MGM studios when he retired from film in 1940 and invested in the manufacture of silk stockings, a lucrative business at a time when Canadian and British women could not get them due to the rationing brought on by the Second World War. Although he no longer made motion pictures, Huntley Gordon remained active in the world of network radio. Huntley Gordon died in Van Nuys, California and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Known For
Filmography
Lady Scarface
Lady with Red Hair
Phantom of Chinatown
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Gangster's Boy
Professor Beware
Portia on Trial
Stage Door
Idol of the Crowds
China Passage
Daniel Boone
Yours for the Asking
Klondike Annie
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Murder by Television
Page Miss Glory
Circumstantial Evidence
She Had to Choose
Embarrassing Moments
Their Big Moment
Dancing Man
Managed Money
Bombay Mail
Only Yesterday
Merrily Yours
Corruption
Justice Takes a Holiday
The World Gone Mad
Secrets
Sailor Be Good
Racetrack
Afraid to Talk
Midnight Warning
Red Haired Alibi
The All-American
The King Murder
Broadway to Cheyenne
Speed Madness
Night World
Sally of the Subway
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick'
Anybody's Woman
New Movietone Follies of 1930
The Marriage Playground
Melody Lane
Scandal
Outcast
Sinners in Love
Sally's Shoulders
Our Dancing Daughters
Name the Woman
A Certain Young Man
Gypsy of the North
Their Hour
Sensation Seekers
Don't Tell the Wife
One Increasing Purpose
The Truthful Sex
The Golden Web
Lost at Sea
Silken Shackles
Other Women's Husbands
The Gilded Butterfly
The Golden Cocoon
Never the Twain Shall Meet
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
The Love Hour
My Wife and I
The Great Divide
So This Is Marriage?
Married Flirts
Wine
The Enemy Sex
True As Steel
Shadows of Paris
Chastity
The Wanters
Pleasure Mad
The Social Code
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Cordelia the Magnificent
Her Fatal Millions
Your Friend and Mine
The Famous Mrs. Fair
What Fools Men Are
Man Wanted
When the Desert Calls
What's Wrong with the Women?
His Wife's Husband
Reckless Youth
Beyond the Rainbow
At the Stage Door
Enchantment
Tropical Love
My Lady o' the Pines
The Girl from Nowhere
Society Snobs
Brother of the Bear
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson
Red Foam
Out of the Snows
The Dark Mirror
Out Yonder
The Invisible Bond
The Glorious Lady
Atonement
Too Many Crooks
The Unknown Quantity
The Common Cause
The Beloved Impostor
Our Mrs. McChesney
The Million Dollar Dollies
Men
The Conflict
The Destroyers