Huntley Gordon
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
Credits
- 1941 · Lady Scarface as James A. Pierce
- 1940 · Lady with Red Hair as Actor Playing John (uncredited)
- 1940 · Phantom of Chinatown as Dr. Norman Wilkes
- 1939 · Mr. Wong in Chinatown as Mr. Davidson
- 1938 · Gangster's Boy as Principal
- 1938 · Professor Beware as Capell - Producer
- 1937 · Portia on Trial as Dr. Thorndike
- 1937 · Stage Door as Cast of Stage Play
- 1937 · Idol of the Crowds as Harvey Castle
- 1937 · China Passage as Arthur Trent
- 1936 · Daniel Boone as Sir John Randolph
- 1936 · Klondike Annie as
- 1935 · The Spanish Cape Mystery as David Kummer
- 1935 · Murder by Television as Dr. Henry M. Scofield
- 1935 · Page Miss Glory as Radio Official (uncredited)
- 1934 · She Had to Choose as Attorney
- 1934 · Embarrassing Moments as Runyon
- 1934 · Their Big Moment as John Farrington
- 1934 · Dancing Man as Mason
- 1934 · Managed Money as Police Officer
- 1934 · Bombay Mail as Burgess
- 1933 · Only Yesterday as Investor (Uncredited)
- 1933 · Merrily Yours as Police Officer
- 1933 · Corruption as District Attorney Blake
- 1933 · The World Gone Mad as Osborne
- 1933 · Secrets as William Carlton
- 1933 · Sailor Be Good as Mr. Whitney
- 1933 · Racetrack as Attorney
- 1932 · Afraid to Talk as Governor
- 1932 · Midnight Warning as Mr. Gordon
- 1932 · Red Haired Alibi as Capt. Kent
- 1932 · The All-American as Harcourt
- 1932 · The King Murder as Arthur B. Bronnell
- 1932 · Broadway to Cheyenne as Brent
- 1932 · Speed Madness as Harrington
- 1932 · Night World as Jim
- 1932 · Sally of the Subway as Stanley M. Gordon
- 1931 · How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick' as Huntley - the Husband (uncredited)
- 1930 · Anybody's Woman as Grant Crosby
- 1930 · New Movietone Follies of 1930 as
- 1929 · The Marriage Playground as Cliff Wheater
- 1929 · Melody Lane as Rinaldi
- 1929 · Scandal as Burke Innes
- 1928 · Outcast as Hugh
- 1928 · Our Dancing Daughters as Diana's Father
- 1928 · Name the Woman as
- 1928 · A Certain Young Man as Mr. Hammond
- 1927 · Sensation Seekers as Ray Sturgis
- 1927 · Don't Tell the Wife as Jacques Cartier
- 1927 · One Increasing Purpose as Andrew Paris
- 1926 · The Truthful Sex as
- 1926 · The Golden Web as Roland Deane
- 1926 · Silken Shackles as
- 1926 · Other Women's Husbands as Jack Harding
- 1926 · The Gilded Butterfly as John Converse
- 1925 · The Golden Cocoon as Gregory Cochran
- 1925 · Never the Twain Shall Meet as Mark Mellenger
- 1925 · My Wife and I as Mr. James Borden
- 1925 · The Great Divide as Philip Jordan
- 1924 · So This Is Marriage? as
- 1924 · Married Flirts as Pendleton Wayne
- 1924 · Wine as John Warriner
- 1924 · The Enemy Sex as Judge Massingale
- 1924 · True As Steel as Frank Parry
- 1924 · Shadows of Paris as Raoul Grammont - Minister of the Interior
- 1923 · Chastity as Darcy Roche
- 1923 · The Wanters as Theodore Van Pelt
- 1923 · Pleasure Mad as Hugh Benton
- 1923 · The Social Code as Judge Evans Grant
- 1923 · Bluebeard's 8th Wife as John Brandon
- 1923 · Her Fatal Millions as Fred Garrison
- 1923 · The Famous Mrs. Fair as Jeffrey Fair
- 1922 · Man Wanted as Charlie Harris
- 1922 · Reckless Youth as Harrison Thomby
- 1922 · Beyond the Rainbow as Major Bruce Forbes
- 1921 · Enchantment as Fairy Tale King
- 1921 · Tropical Love as Clifford Fayne
- 1921 · My Lady o' the Pines as Penn Thornton
- 1921 · The Girl from Nowhere as Herbert Whitman
- 1921 · Society Snobs as Duane Thornton
- 1921 · Brother of the Bear as Vincent Harris
- 1920 · The Frisky Mrs. Johnson as Sir Lionel Heathcote
- 1920 · Out of the Snows as Sgt. Graham
- 1920 · The Dark Mirror as Dr. Philip Fosdick
- 1919 · Out Yonder as Edward Elmer
- 1919 · The Invisible Bond as
- 1919 · The Glorious Lady as Lord Chettington
- 1919 · Atonement as Vincent Carlton
- 1919 · The Unknown Quantity as Dan Kinsolving
- 1919 · The Common Cause as Edward Wadsworth
- 1918 · Our Mrs. McChesney as T.A. Buck Jr
- 1918 · The Million Dollar Dollies as