Portrait of Robert Gordon

Directing

Robert Gordon

Career

Active from 1926 to 2003, with a break from 1972 to 2002, busiest in 1959 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Blues
The Blues
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 18 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.7 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Gordon Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.8, average 5.5
  • Social Commentary
    3.5, average 4.9
  • Melancholy
    3.3, average 4.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Mid-Century Americana 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Social Commentary 2
  • Creature Feature 2
  • Nostalgic Viewing 2
  • Classic Western 2
  • Episodic Adventure 2
  • Episodic Storytelling 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title ยท average score 47
The Gatling Gun
The Gatling Gun (1971)
GoodWatch score 47

Director

1960s

3 titles ยท average score 39
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy
Tarzan and the Jungle Boy (1968)
GoodWatch score 34

Director

Black Zoo
Black Zoo (1963)
GoodWatch score 44

Director

The Getaway Face
The Getaway Face (1963)

Screenplay, Director

1950s

4 titles ยท average score 54
The Rawhide Trail
The Rawhide Trail (1958)

Director

Damn Citizen
Damn Citizen (1958)

Director

It Came from Beneath the Sea
It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

The Joe Louis Story
The Joe Louis Story (1953)
GoodWatch score 52

Director

1940s

6 titles ยท average score 59
Thunder in the Pines
Thunder in the Pines (1948)

Director

Black Eagle
Black Eagle (1948)

Director

Blind Spot
Blind Spot (1947)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

Sport of Kings
Sport of Kings (1947)

Director

The Girl from Monterrey
The Girl from Monterrey (1943)

Story

Keep 'Em Slugging
Keep 'Em Slugging (1943)

Original Story

1930s

10 titles ยท average score 65
Law of the Wolf
Law of the Wolf (1939)

as Bobby [Pearson]

Two Against the World
Two Against the World (1936)
GoodWatch score 61

as Herman Mills

It's in the Air
It's in the Air (1935)

as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Student Tour
Student Tour (1934)

as Jackie - Coxswain (uncredited)

Strange Wives
Strange Wives (1934)

as Elevator Boy

Counsellor at Law
Counsellor at Law (1933)
GoodWatch score 86

as Henry Susskind

Lawyer Man
Lawyer Man (1932)
GoodWatch score 58

as Willie - Office Boy (uncredited)

Blessed Event
Blessed Event (1932)
GoodWatch score 71

as Eddie (uncredited)

Big Business Girl
Big Business Girl (1931)
GoodWatch score 55

as Office Boy (uncredited)

Wide Open
Wide Open (1930)
GoodWatch score 59

as Office Boy

1920s

10 titles ยท average score 64
The Jazz Singer
The Jazz Singer (1927)
GoodWatch score 64

as Young Jakie Rabinowitz

Sinews of Steel
Sinews of Steel (1927)

as The Office Boy

Lazy Lightning
Lazy Lightning (1926)

as Dickie Rogers (as Bobby Gordon)

Sea Scamps
Sea Scamps (1926)

as Bobbie

The Danger Signal
The Danger Signal (1926)

as Robert Browning

The Cohens and Kellys
The Cohens and Kellys (1926)

as Sammy Cohen

The Happy Warrior
The Happy Warrior (1925)

as Rollo (at 10 years) (as Bobby Gordon)

The Sign of the Cactus
The Sign of the Cactus (1925)

as Jack, as a boy

The Measure of a Man
The Measure of a Man (1924)

as Donald

The Country Kid
The Country Kid (1923)

as Boy