Huntley Gordon
Born
October 8, 1887
Died
December 7, 1956 (69 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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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
Lady Scarface
James A. Pierce
1941
Lady with Red Hair
Actor Playing John (uncredited)
1940
Phantom of Chinatown
Dr. Norman Wilkes
1940
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Mr. Davidson
1939
Gangster's Boy
Principal
1938
Professor Beware
Capell - Producer
1938
Portia on Trial
Dr. Thorndike
1937
Stage Door
Cast of Stage Play
1937
Idol of the Crowds
Harvey Castle
1937
China Passage
Arthur Trent
1937
Daniel Boone
Sir John Randolph
1936
Yours for the Asking
Clark Bering (uncredited)
1936
Klondike Annie
1936
The Spanish Cape Mystery
David Kummer
1935
Murder by Television
Dr. Henry M. Scofield
1935
Page Miss Glory
Radio Official (uncredited)
1935
Circumstantial Evidence
The Governor (as Huntly Gordon)
1935
She Had to Choose
Attorney
1934
Embarrassing Moments
Runyon
1934
Their Big Moment
John Farrington
1934
Dancing Man
Mason
1934
Managed Money
Police Officer
1934
Bombay Mail
Burgess
1934
Only Yesterday
Investor (Uncredited)
1933
Merrily Yours
Police Officer
1933
Corruption
District Attorney Blake
1933
The World Gone Mad
Osborne
1933
Secrets
William Carlton
1933
Sailor Be Good
Mr. Whitney
1933
Racetrack
Attorney
1933
Afraid to Talk
Governor
1932
Midnight Warning
Mr. Gordon
1932
Red Haired Alibi
Capt. Kent
1932
The All-American
Harcourt
1932
The King Murder
Arthur B. Bronnell
1932
Broadway to Cheyenne
Brent
1932
Speed Madness
Harrington
1932
Night World
Jim
1932
Sally of the Subway
Stanley M. Gordon
1932
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick'
Huntley - the Husband (uncredited)
1931
Anybody's Woman
Grant Crosby
1930
New Movietone Follies of 1930
Marvin Kingsley
1930
The Marriage Playground
Cliff Wheater
1929
Melody Lane
Rinaldi
1929
Scandal
Burke Innes
1929
Outcast
Hugh
1928
Our Dancing Daughters
Diana's Father
1928
Name the Woman
Marshall
1928
A Certain Young Man
Mr. Hammond
1928
Sensation Seekers
Ray Sturgis
1927
Don't Tell the Wife
Jacques Cartier
1927
One Increasing Purpose
Andrew Paris
1927
The Truthful Sex
1926
The Golden Web
Roland Deane
1926
Silken Shackles
1926
Other Women's Husbands
Jack Harding
1926
The Gilded Butterfly
John Converse
1926
The Golden Cocoon
Gregory Cochran
1925
Never the Twain Shall Meet
Mark Mellenger
1925
My Wife and I
Mr. James Borden
1925
The Great Divide
Philip Jordan
1925
So This Is Marriage?
1924
Married Flirts
Pendleton Wayne
1924
Wine
John Warriner
1924
The Enemy Sex
Judge Massingale
1924
True As Steel
Frank Parry
1924
Shadows of Paris
Raoul Grammont - Minister of the Interior
1924
Chastity
Darcy Roche
1923
The Wanters
Theodore Van Pelt
1923
Pleasure Mad
Hugh Benton
1923
The Social Code
Judge Evans Grant
1923
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
John Brandon
1923
Her Fatal Millions
Fred Garrison
1923
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Jeffrey Fair
1923
Man Wanted
Charlie Harris
1922
When the Desert Calls
Dr. Thorpe
1922
Reckless Youth
Harrison Thomby
1922
Beyond the Rainbow
Major Bruce Forbes
1922
Enchantment
Fairy Tale King
1921
Tropical Love
Clifford Fayne
1921
My Lady o' the Pines
Penn Thornton
1921
The Girl from Nowhere
Herbert Whitman
1921
Society Snobs
Duane Thornton
1921
Brother of the Bear
Vincent Harris
1921
The Frisky Mrs. Johnson
Sir Lionel Heathcote
1920
Red Foam
Arnold Driscoll
1920
Out of the Snows
Sgt. Graham
1920
The Dark Mirror
Dr. Philip Fosdick
1920
Out Yonder
Edward Elmer
1919
The Invisible Bond
Harleth Crossey
1919
The Glorious Lady
Lord Chettington
1919
Atonement
Vincent Carlton
1919
The Unknown Quantity
Dan Kinsolving
1919
The Common Cause
Edward Wadsworth
1919
Our Mrs. McChesney
T.A. Buck Jr
1918
The Million Dollar Dollies
1918
Men
Tom Courtney
1918
The Conflict
1916
The Destroyers
Peter God
1916