Huntley Ashworth Gordon (October 8, 1879 – December 7, 1956) was a Canadian actor who began his career in the Silent Film era.

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Gordon was born in

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, 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. His Broadway credits included ''Life'' (1914) and ''Our Mrs. McChesney'' (1915). 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

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. He served in the

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during

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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

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where he acted in both silent and talking films. In Hollywood, he appeared in numerous films including starring opposite

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in the 1923 film ''

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''. That same year he starred in '' The Wanters'' with

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and

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. 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

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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

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. Although he no longer made motion pictures, Huntley Gordon remained active in the world of network radio. Gordon died of a heart attack in

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, and was interred in the

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Partial filmography

* ''

The Conflict ''The Conflict'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Lucille Lee Stewart, Huntley Gordon and Wilfred Lytell.Connelly p.51 Cast * Lucille Lee Stewart as Madeleine Turner * Jessie Miller as Jeanette Harcour ...

'' (1916) * '' The Eleventh Commandment'' (1918) * ''

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'' (1918) * ''

The Common Cause ''The Common Cause'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed and produced by J. Stuart Blackton and distributed by Vitagraph Company of America. It is based on a play, ''Getting Together'', by Ian Hay, J. Hartley Manners, and Percival ...

'' (1919) * '' The Unknown Quantity'' (1919) * ''

The Glorious Lady ''The Glorious Lady'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by George Irving. A copy of the film survives in the Nederlands Filmmuseum. Cast * Olive Thomas as Ivis Benson * Matt Moore as The Duke of Loame * Evelyn Brent as Lady Eilee ...

'' (1919) * ''

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'' (1919) * ''

Out Yonder ''Out Yonder'' is a surviving 1919 silent film drama directed by Ralph Ince and starring Olive Thomas. It was produced and released by Select Pictures. Piano score composed and performed by David Drazin Digital restoration and Titles by Joseph ...

'' (1919) * ''

Out of the Snows ''Out of the Snows'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Ince, Zena Keefe and Gladys Coburn.Connelly p.393 Cast * Ralph Ince as Robert Holliday * Zena Keefe as Anitah * Pat Hartigan as John Blakeman * ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson ''The Frisky Mrs. Johnson'' is a 1920 silent film comedy starring Billie Burke. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. It is based on a 1903 Broadway stage play by Clyde Fitch. On the stage Burke's ...

'' (1920) * ''

Red Foam ''Red Foam'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Zena Keefe, Harry Tighe and Huntley Gordon.Monaco p.273 Cast * Zena Keefe as Mrs. Andy Freeman * Harry Tighe as Andy Freeman * Huntley Gordon as Arnold Dr ...

'' (1920) * '' Enchantment'' (1921) * ''

Chivalrous Charley ''Chivalrous Charley'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Ellis and starring Eugene O'Brien, George Fawcett and Nancy Deaver.Munden p.126 Cast * Eugene O'Brien as Charles Riley * George Fawcett as His Uncle * Nancy De ...

'' (1921) * ''

Society Snobs ''Society Snobs'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Hobart Henley and starring Conway Tearle, Vivian Forrester and Ida Darling.Munden p.741 Cast * Conway Tearle as Lorenzo Carilo / Duke d'Amunzi * Vivian Forrester as Martha Man ...

'' (1921) * ''

Tropical Love ''Tropical Love'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Ralph Ince and starring Ruth Clifford, Reginald Denny and Huntley Gordon.Munden p.832 It was partly shot on location in Puerto Rico. Cast * Ruth Clifford as Rosario * F.A. Tu ...

'' (1921) * '' The Girl from Nowhere'' (1921) * ''

At the Stage Door ''At the Stage Door'', also known by its working title ''Women of Conquest'', is a 1921 silent American romantic drama film directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Billie Dove, Huntley Gordon, and Miriam Battista, and was released on December 11, ...

'' (1921) * ''

Beyond the Rainbow ''Beyond the Rainbow'' is a 1922 American silent drama film starring Billie Dove, Harry T. Morey and Clara Bow in her film debut. A 16mm print of the film is in the collection of the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Plot As described in a fi ...

'' (1922) * ''

What Fools Men Are ''What Fools Men Are'' is a 1922 American silent comedy drama film directed by George Terwilliger and starring Faire Binney, Lucy Fox, and Huntley Gordon. It is based upon the play ''The Flapper'' by Eugene Walter. Plot As described in a film ...

'' (1922) * '' When the Desert Calls'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1922) * ''

What's Wrong with the Women? ''What's Wrong with the Women?'' is 1922 American silent Jazz Age drama film, directed by Roy William Neill, produced by Daniel Carson Goodman, and starring Wilton Lackaye, Barbara Castleton, and Constance Bennett. It is not known whether t ...

'' (1922) * '' Why Announce Your Marriage?'' (1922) * '' His Wife's Husband'' (1922) * ''

The Famous Mrs. Fair ''The Famous Mrs. Fair'' is a 1923 American silent drama film produced by Louis B. Mayer, distributed through Metro Pictures, and directed by Fred Niblo. The film is based on the Broadway play of the same name by James Forbes that had starred ...

'' (1923) * ''

Your Friend and Mine ''Your Friend and Mine'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Enid Bennett, Huntley Gordon, and Willard Mack. It is based upon the play of the same name by Mack. Cast Preservation With no prints of ...

'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1923) * '' The Social Code'' (1923) * '' The Wanters'' (1923) * ''

Pleasure Mad ''Pleasure Mad'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Huntley Gordon, Mary Alden, and Norma Shearer.Jacobs & Braum p. 71 The film was written by A.P. Younger based upon the novel ''The Valley of Conten ...

'' (1923) * '' Shadows of Paris'' (1924) * '' True as Steel'' (1924) * ''

The Enemy Sex ''The Enemy Sex'' is a 1924 American silent drama film starring Betty Compson and directed by her husband James Cruze. It was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. It is taken from the 1914 novel ''The Salamande ...

'' (1924) * ''

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'' (1924) *'' Daring Love'' (1924) * '' Married Flirts'' (1924) * ''

So This Is Marriage ''So This Is Marriage'' is a lost 1924 American silent drama film directed by Hobart Henley. The film was originally released with sequences filmed in the Technicolor 2-color process that depicted the story of David and Bathsheba from the Book ...

'' (1924) * '' The Great Divide'' (1925) * '' Never the Twain Shall Meet'' (1925) * '' Her Second Chance'' (1926) * ''

Silken Shackles ''Silken Shackles'' is a 1926 American silent drama film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by Walter Morosco, the son of theater owner Oliver Morosco, and based on a play by Charles Harris. Irene Rich leads the cas ...

'' (1926) * '' The Gilded Butterfly'' (1926) * '' The Golden Web'' (1926) * '' Lost at Sea'' (1926) * ''

Sensation Seekers ''Sensation Seekers'' is a 1927 American silent romantic drama film directed by Lois Weber, produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and starring Billie Dove Lillian Bohny (born Bertha Eugenie Bohny; May 14, 1903 – December 31, 1997) ...

'' (1927) * ''

Don't Tell the Wife Don't Tell the Wife may refer to: * Don't Tell the Wife (1937 film) ''Don't Tell the Wife'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Christy Cabanne using a screenplay by Nat Perrin adapted from the play, ''Once Over Lightly'', written by Geor ...

'' (1927) * ''

Gypsy of the North ''Gypsy of the North'' is a 1928 silent film drama directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Georgia Hale. It was produced by Trem Carr Productions and distributed by Rayart. An incomplete copy is in the Library of Congress. Cast * Georgia Ha ...

'' (1928) * ''

A Certain Young Man ''A Certain Young Man'' is a 1928 comedy film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Ramon Novarro, Marceline Day, Renée Adorée, Carmel Myers and Bert Roach. The film is considered lost. A trailer for the film is preserved at the Library of ...

'' (1928) * '' Name the Woman'' (1928) * ''

Our Dancing Daughters ''Our Dancing Daughters'' is a 1928 American silent drama film starring Joan Crawford and John Mack Brown about the "loosening of youth morals" that took place during the 1920s. The film was directed by Harry Beaumont and produced by Hunt Str ...

'' (1928) * '' Outcast'' (1928) * '' Sinners in Love'' (1928) * '' Melody Lane'' (1929) * ''

The Marriage Playground ''The Marriage Playground'' is a 1929 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lothar Mendes, and written by Doris Anderson, J. Walter Ruben, and Edith Wharton. The film stars Mary Brian, Fredric March, Lilyan Tashman, Huntley Gordon, Kay Fran ...

'' (1929) * ''

New Movietone Follies of 1930 ''New Movietone Follies of 1930'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film released by Fox Film Corporation, directed by Benjamin Stoloff. The film stars El Brendel and Marjorie White who also costarred in Fox's ''Just Imagine'' in 1930. The f ...

'' (1930) * '' Sally of the Subway'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1932) * ''

Broadway to Cheyenne ''Broadway to Cheyenne'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film is also known as ''From Broadway to Cheyenne'' (American poster title). The film successfully combines the Western with the gangster film ...

'' (1932) * '' The Phantom Express'' (1932) * '' Speed Madness'' (1932) * '' Midnight Warning'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1933) * ''

The World Gone Mad ''The World Gone Mad'' (also released as ''The Public Be Hanged'') is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Pat O'Brien, Evelyn Brent and Neil Hamilton. It was made on a low-budget by the independent M ...

'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1933) * ''

She Had to Choose ''She Had to Choose'' is a 1934 American romantic comedy crime drama film directed by Ralph Ceder and starring Buster Crabbe, Isabel Jewell and Sally Blane. Distributed by Majestic Pictures, it is set in California during The Depression. Plot ...

'' (1934) * ''

Their Big Moment ''Their Big Moment'' is a 1934 American mystery film directed by James Cruze, from a screenplay by Arthur Caesar and Marion Dix. The film starred ZaSu Pitts and Slim Summerville. It is based on the 1933 West End play '' Afterwards'' by Walter ...

'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1934) * ''

Murder by Television ''Murder by Television'' (1935) is an American mystery film starring Bela Lugosi, June Collyer, and Huntley Gordon. The film is also known as ''The Houghland Murder Case''. The cast also includes Hattie McDaniel. Plot James Houghland, inventor o ...

'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' China Passage'' (1937) * ''

Stage Door ''Stage Door'' is a 1937 RKO film directed by Gregory La Cava. Adapted from the play of the same name, it tells the story of several would-be actresses who live together in a boarding house at 158 West 58th Street in New York City. The film ...

'' (1937) * ''

Idol of the Crowds ''Idol of the Crowds'' is a 1937 American drama sport film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring John Wayne as an ice hockey player. It was one of a series of non-Westerns Wayne made for Universal. The film was originally called ''Hell on Ice'' ...

'' (1937) * ''

Gangster's Boy ''Gangster's Boy'' is a 1938 American film directed by William Nigh. It stars Jackie Cooper in his second film for Monogram Pictures. The film was positively received, and has been released on DVD. Plot High school student Larry Kelly's father T ...

'' (1938) * '' Mr. Wong in Chinatown'' (1939) * ''

Phantom Of Chinatown ''Phantom of Chinatown'' is a 1940 American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen starring Keye Luke. This is the last of the Mr. Wong films and the only one to star Luke in the role originated by Boris Karloff. Plot After participating in an ex ...

'' (1940)

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