Leon Gordon (playwright)
Leon Gordon | |
|---|---|
 Gordon c. 1926 | |
| Born | Leon Gordon Bennett January 12, 1894 Brighton, England, U.K. |
| Died | January 4, 1960 (aged 68) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation |
|
| Spouse(s) | Georgia Spence Nancy Evelyn |
Leon Gordon (1891 - January 4, 1960) was an English-born playwright, actor and director best known for writing White Cargo.[1][2]
Biography[]
Gordon was born in Brighton in 1891 and studied at St. John's College. He became an actor and was a leading man with the Boston Repertory Company. He began writing plays. After directing plays in Australia he joined MGM in 1930.[3]
He died of a heart ailment at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital on January 4, 1960. He was survived by two daughters.[4]
Select film credits[]
- Sandra (1924) (as an actor)
- Heartbreak (1931)
- Freaks (1932)
- Age of Indiscretion (1935)
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
- A Yank at Oxford (1938)
- Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
- They Met in Bombay (1941)
- White Cargo (1942)
- Kim (1950)
- The Hour of 13 (1952)
Select plays[]
- Watch Your Neighbour (1923)
- Garden of Weeds (1925)
- The Piker (1926)
References[]
- ^ "LEON GORDON". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 31 December 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ "MODERN TASTES IN DRAMA". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 16 May 1929. p. 20. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
- ^ LEON GORDON, 64, WRITERANDACTOR: Playwright of 'White Cargo' Is DeaduWas Producer and Scenarist at M-G-M New York Times 5 Jan 1960: 31.
- ^ "Leon Gordon Dies at 66". Motion Picture Daily. 6 January 1960. p. 6. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1891 births
- 1960 deaths
- English male dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century English dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century English male writers