Huntley Gordon
Acting • Born 1887-10-08 – Died 1956-12-07
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.
Filmography
113 credits
Phantom of Chinatown
Movie • 1940
Dr. Norman Wilkes
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Movie • 1925
Mark Mellenger
The Golden Web
Movie • 1926
Roland Deane
One Increasing Purpose
Movie • 1927
Andrew Paris
Our Mrs. McChesney
Movie • 1918
T.A. Buck Jr
Out of the Snows
Movie • 1920
Sgt. Graham
Murder by Television
Movie • 1935
Dr. Henry M. Scofield
Our Dancing Daughters
Movie • 1928
Diana's Father
Brother of the Bear
Movie • 1921
Vincent Harris
My Lady o' the Pines
Movie • 1921
Penn Thornton
Gangster's Boy
Movie • 1938
Principal
Don't Tell the Wife
Movie • 1927
Jacques Cartier
Name the Woman
Movie • 1928
Marshall
Pleasure Mad
Movie • 1923
Hugh Benton
The Wanters
Movie • 1923
Theodore Van Pelt
Broadway to Cheyenne
Movie • 1932
Brent
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Movie • 1935
David Kummer
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Movie • 1939
Mr. Davidson
Society Snobs
Movie • 1921
Duane Thornton
The World Gone Mad
Movie • 1933
Osborne
Midnight Warning
Movie • 1932
Mr. Gordon
The Marriage Playground
Movie • 1929
Cliff Wheater
Tropical Love
Movie • 1921
Clifford Fayne
Daniel Boone
Movie • 1936
Sir John Randolph
The Unknown Quantity
Movie • 1919
Dan Kinsolving
Night World
Movie • 1932
Jim
The King Murder
Movie • 1932
Arthur B. Bronnell
True As Steel
Movie • 1924
Frank Parry
Sensation Seekers
Movie • 1927
Ray Sturgis
Dancing Man
Movie • 1934
Mason
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Movie • 1923
Jeffrey Fair
Enchantment
Movie • 1921
Fairy Tale King
Reckless Youth
Movie • 1922
Harrison Thomby
Other Women's Husbands
Movie • 1926
Jack Harding
Red Haired Alibi
Movie • 1932
Capt. Kent
Chastity
Movie • 1923
Darcy Roche
Their Big Moment
Movie • 1934
John Farrington
The Dark Mirror
Movie • 1920
Dr. Philip Fosdick
Professor Beware
Movie • 1938
Capell - Producer
The Invisible Bond
Movie • 1919
Harleth Crossey
Sally of the Subway
Movie • 1932
Stanley M. Gordon
The Gilded Butterfly
Movie • 1926
John Converse
Portia on Trial
Movie • 1937
Dr. Thorndike
The Girl from Nowhere
Movie • 1921
Herbert Whitman
Out Yonder
Movie • 1919
Edward Elmer
Klondike Annie
Movie • 1936
Speed Madness
Movie • 1932
Harrington
Shadows of Paris
Movie • 1924
Raoul Grammont - Minister of the Interior
Lady with Red Hair
Movie • 1940
Actor Playing John (uncredited)
Anybody's Woman
Movie • 1930
Grant Crosby
Bombay Mail
Movie • 1934
Burgess
The Glorious Lady
Movie • 1919
Lord Chettington
Corruption
Movie • 1933
District Attorney Blake
Afraid to Talk
Movie • 1932
Governor
Merrily Yours
Movie • 1933
Police Officer
Managed Money
Movie • 1934
Police Officer
Secrets
Movie • 1933
William Carlton
Melody Lane
Movie • 1929
Rinaldi
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick'
Movie • 1931
Huntley - the Husband (uncredited)
China Passage
Movie • 1937
Arthur Trent
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Movie • 1930
Marvin Kingsley
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson
Movie • 1920
Sir Lionel Heathcote
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Movie • 1923
John Brandon
The Enemy Sex
Movie • 1924
Judge Massingale
Idol of the Crowds
Movie • 1937
Harvey Castle
The Great Divide
Movie • 1925
Philip Jordan
Lady Scarface
Movie • 1941
James A. Pierce
Sailor Be Good
Movie • 1933
Mr. Whitney
The Social Code
Movie • 1923
Judge Evans Grant
Outcast
Movie • 1928
Hugh
Man Wanted
Movie • 1922
Charlie Harris
The Million Dollar Dollies
Movie • 1918
Only Yesterday
Movie • 1933
Investor (Uncredited)
Married Flirts
Movie • 1924
Pendleton Wayne
Stage Door
Movie • 1937
Cast of Stage Play
The Golden Cocoon
Movie • 1925
Gregory Cochran
Atonement
Movie • 1919
Vincent Carlton
Page Miss Glory
Movie • 1935
Radio Official (uncredited)
Her Fatal Millions
Movie • 1923
Fred Garrison
My Wife and I
Movie • 1925
Mr. James Borden
Racetrack
Movie • 1933
Attorney
The Truthful Sex
Movie • 1926
Robert Mapes
A Certain Young Man
Movie • 1928
Mr. Hammond
So This Is Marriage?
Movie • 1924
Scandal
Movie • 1929
Burke Innes
Wine
Movie • 1924
John Warriner
Silken Shackles
Movie • 1926
Embarrassing Moments
Movie • 1934
Runyon
The All-American
Movie • 1932
Harcourt
She Had to Choose
Movie • 1934
Attorney
Beyond the Rainbow
Movie • 1922
Major Bruce Forbes
The Common Cause
Movie • 1919
Edward Wadsworth
When the Desert Calls
Movie • 1922
Dr. Thorpe
Red Foam
Movie • 1920
Arnold Driscoll
The Destroyers
Movie • 1916
Peter God
The Conflict
Movie • 1916
Yours for the Asking
Movie • 1936
Clark Bering (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
Movie • 1935
The Governor (as Huntly Gordon)
Men
Movie • 1918
Tom Courtney
Sally's Shoulders
Movie • 1928
Hugh Davidson
What Fools Men Are
Movie • 1922
Bartley Claybourne
Cordelia the Magnificent
Movie • 1923
D.K. Franklin
Your Friend and Mine
Movie • 1923
Hugh Stanton
The Love Hour
Movie • 1925
Rex Westmore
Gypsy of the North
Movie • 1928
Steve Farrell
Lost at Sea
Movie • 1926
Richard Lane
The Beloved Impostor
Movie • 1918
Dick Mentor
At the Stage Door
Movie • 1921
Philip Pierce
What's Wrong with the Women?
Movie • 1922
Loyd Watson
The Wife Who Wasn't Wanted
Movie • 1925
John Mannering
His Wife's Husband
Movie • 1922
George Packard
Too Many Crooks
Movie • 1919
Bidwell Wright
Sinners in Love
Movie • 1928
Ted Wells