Leon Gordon (playwright)
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| Born | Leon Gordon Bennett 12 January 1894 Brighton, England, U.K. |
| Died | 4 January 1960 (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
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Leon Gordon Bennett (12 January 1894 – 4 January 1960) was an English-born actor, playwright, screenwriter, director and sportsman[1] who wrote the screenplay for White Cargo.[1][2]
Biography
Gordon was born in Brighton, England in January 1894 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,[3] he emigrated to the United States. In 1930 he joined MGM.[4]
He died of a heart ailment at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, in Los Angeles, California on 4 January 1960. He was survived by two daughters.[5]
Select film credits
- Sandra (1924) (as an actor)
- White Cargo (1930)
- 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
- ^ a b "LEON GORDON". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas. 31 December 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 29 July 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "MODERN TASTES IN DRAMA". The West Australian. Perth. 16 May 1929. p. 20. Retrieved 29 July 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Another Smart Comedy". The Register News-pictorial. Vol. XCV, no. 27, 765. South Australia. 11 August 1930. p. 9. Retrieved 26 February 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Leon Gordon, 64, Writer and Actor: Playwright of 'White Cargo' Is Dead Was Producer and Scenarist at M-G-M New York Times 5 January 1960: 31.
- ^ "Leon Gordon Dies at 66". Motion Picture Daily. 6 January 1960. p. 6. Retrieved 11 April 2016.