Gavin Gordon (actor)
Fred Gavin Gordon was an American film, television, and radio actor.
Life and career
Gordon landed his first part on stage at the age of nineteen. He began getting small roles at studios including at Fox Film and Paramount Pictures in 1927. After a film test, Gordon starred as Greta Garbo's leading man in Romance. Garbo biographer Robert Dance called Gordon "the least remembered of all the men who supported Garbo....Gordon was good-looking, rather than handsome, and had a strong, rich speaking voice. But he was either utterly miscast or appallingly directed: it is hard to say even after ninety years."An automobile accident that injured Gordon as he was to have begun shooting almost resulted in his being replaced. Although he went to set, he was too injured to work and was hospitalized for two weeks. Garbo insisted that he not be replaced and shooting continued until he could resume work.
Dance noted that Gordon's film career largely consisted of small and/or uncredited roles. With his distinctive voice, Gordon acted in numerous radio dramas. Gordon's final film appearance was in 1963's The Nutty Professor.
He died on his 82nd birthday. He is interred in Magnolia Cemetery, Mobile, Alabama.
Personal life
In the 1980s, Gordon donated a horse sculpture he had owned and never authenticated to the Mobile Museum of Art. It was later determined to be from the Tang Dynasty.Partial filmography
The Medicine Men Chasing Through Europe - Don MerrillHis First Command - Lieutenant Freddie AllenRomance - Tom ArmstrongThe Silver Horde - Fred MarshThe Great Meadow - Evan MuirShipmates - MikeSecret Service - Mr. ArlesfordAmerican Madness - Cyril CluettTwo Against the World - Victor H. 'Vic' LinleyThe Phantom of Crestwood - Will JonesThe Bitter Tea of General Yen - Bob- Man Against Woman - George PerryHard to Handle - John Hayden Mystery of the Wax Museum - George WintonBlack Beauty - Captain JordanI Adore You - Alphonso BouillaboiseFemale - BriggsLone Cowboy - Jim WestonThe Scarlet Empress - Captain Gregori OrloffWake Up and Dream - SeabrookHappiness Ahead - 'Jellie' TravisBordertown - Brook ManvilleGrand Old Girl - The PresidentThe Good Fairy - Meredith, on-screen actor Women Must Dress - Philip HowardRed Hot Tires - Robert GriffinBride of Frankenstein - Lord ByronStranded - JackLove Me Forever - Mitchell Page Miss Glory - Reporter MetzThe Leavenworth Case - Henry ClaveringTicket to Paradise - Tony BatesHigh Hat - Gregory DupontThey Gave Him a Gun - Army Captain The Toast of New York - Southern Major Windjammer - J. Montague ForsytheI See Ice - Night Club SingerPaper Bullets - Kurt ParrishMurder by Invitation - Garson DenhamMr. Celebrity - TraversSuspicion - Dr. Bertram Sedbusk I Killed That Man - J. ReedThe Lone Star Vigilantes - Major Halland Clark, aka KellerCentennial Summer - Trowbridge Notorious - Ernest Weylin Three on a Ticket - Pearson - aka BartonPhilo Vance's Gamble - Oliver TennantKnock on Wood - Car SalesmanWhite Christmas - General Harold G. Carlton There's No Business Like Show Business - Geoffrey High Society - Frisbie the ButlerA Life at Stake - Sam PearsonAlfred Hitchcock Presents - George BrooksAlfred Hitchcock Presents - Card PlayerPardners - Businessman The Vagabond King - MajordomoThe Ten Commandments - Trojan Ambassador Alfred Hitchcock Presents - Ernest WestJohnny Tremain - Colonel SmithChicago Confidential - Alan DixonKing Creole - Mr. Primont - Druggist The Matchmaker - RudolphThe Bat - Lieutenant Andy AndersonAll in a Night's Work - Mr. Carruthers Pocketful of Miracles - Mr. ColeGirls! Girls! Girls! - Mr. Peabody - Hat Shop Manager The Nutty Professor - Clothing Salesman The Patsy - Executive on Golf CourseSylvia - Butler