Bruce Gordon
Acting
Biography
Bruce Gordon was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is an actor and director, known for Elephant Boy (1937), The First Men in the Moon (1919) and After Many Days (1919).
Place of Birth: Johannesburg, South Africa
Known For
Let's Go
The no-good son of a company owner is sent to investigate a problematic business deal.
Elephant Boy
In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants.
Night Boat to Dublin
British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
Transcontinental Limited
War veteran returns home to find his sweetheart totally upset. Her father will lose his sight unless she can get funds for an expensive procedure. He and some army mates hatch a plot. For the railway safe to be utilized. A rival though robs the safe and the money is taken by the pals. A train journey later involving high speed the money is needed before the rival can send the hero to prison.
Pals in Paradise
Bill Harvey discovers a lost mine, rich with gold. Geraldine "Jerry" Howard has the claim to it left her by her father. Bill tells her that the death of the claimant, her father, makes a claim void. Infuriated, she goes to John Kenton, a crooked lawyer, for aid. Kenton sees an opportunity for wealth if he marries Geraldine, but Bill tells her that Kenton is only after her money. She gets more infuriated. While Bill and a posse are raiding an immoral cabaret, Kenton raids the Paradise freight depot to steal the money. The depot catches fire and Kenton shoots his henchman to save himself. The town and Geraldine think Kenton is a hero. It is up to Bill to prove otherwise.
The First Men in the Moon
The inventor of a space sphere flies to the moon and is marooned by a crooked financier.
Robes of Sin
Ruth Rogens (Sylvia Breamer) is married to policeman John Rogens (Jack Mower), whose work causes him to neglect her. Her neighbor Adelaide Thomas (Gertrude Astor), the mistress of bootlegger Cyler Bryson (Bruce Gordon),invites her out on a party and loans her a gown. Before long, Cyler, the cad, is buying Ruth fancy clothes and forgets about Adelaide. The latter, in revenge, leads Cyler's wife Grace (Helene Sullivan), to believe that Ruth is her husband's mistress. John makes a raid on the bootlegger's warehouse and finds his wife in Cycler's company at a roadhouse.
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.
Born to the West
Dare Rudd and Bate Fillmore have been enemies since early childhood, primarily over the affections of Nell Worstall. Dare, assuming the name of Holt, goes west to Colorado, as does most of his Kentucky friends and enemies. The feud between Dare and Bate is renewed, and Dare learns that Nell's father is in jail on a trumped-up charge made by Bate in order to force Nell to marry him.
Partners in Crime
After being dismissed for imitating his boss's voice on radio, former Assistant District Attorney Richard Deming witnesses a store robbery and is taken captive by the criminals. Suspected of the crime, he is sought by the police, but his sweetheart, Marie, convinced of his innocence, enlists the help of two friends, a newspaper reporter and a half-witted detective. Hoping to win the girl's favor, the two go to the gangsters' hideout, encounter a violent gang war, and accidently set off a case of police tear bombs. The police, summoned by Marie, arrive just in time to save the kidnaped attorney.
Filmography
as Hood
as Rham Lahl
as Olly Deveau
as Dodo
as Killer Higgins
as Tod Lorre
as Ed
as Dude Dutton
as Jim Wilson
as Gentleman Phil
as Bob Webb
as Carl Kroth
as Tim Connors
as Matt Holden
as Bate Fillmore
as Howard Breen
as Joe Slavin
as John Andrews
as Bart Colton
as Jack Ryder
as Dave Heath
as Gordon Carter
as Mio Sprowl
as Bruce Burton
as Joe McClelland
as Don Mackay
as Jerry Hayes
as Jack Winslow
as Richard Steele
as Dr. Lucas Murray
as Hogben