Gordon McLeod
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Gordon McLeod.
Born: December 27, 1890
Place of Birth: Market Giffard, Ivybridge, Devonshire, England
Known For
He Snoops to Conquer
George Gribble is tea-boy at Tangleton town council, he gets ravelled up in the councillors money-grubbing machinations concerning compiling and then cooking the results of a government sponsored housing survey.
I See Ice
George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidentally snaps crooks at work. Comic complications ensue....
The Rat
Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to "reform" him. A complication is his lovely young ward Odile... murder and a grand courtoom scene ensue.
The Winslow Boy
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
The First of the Few
This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.
I Didn't Do It
Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune on the stage - only to find himself the prime suspect in a bizarre murder mystery! Whilst staying at Ma Tubbs' theatrical boarding house, a man is murdered in the room right next door to George. When George tries to solve the mystery, he ends up presenting the police with a whole load of clues - all of which point to him as the culprit! Now George must uncover the real murderer himself, with the help of his showbiz friends, his little Ukulele and a fiendishly cunning song! This delightful comedy musical includes three full-length musical numbers - The Daring Young Man, She's Got Two of Everything and I'd Like a Dream Like That.
Once a Sinner
Impoverished British bank clerk John Ross is hopelessly in love with drop-dead gorgeous Irene James. Ross will do anything to win Irene's affections - including embezzlement. She ends up marrying him, but she can't give up her true love, slimy counterfeiter Jimmy Smart...
Four Days
A melodrama adapted from a play concerning the neglected wife of a financially embarrassed business man. Attempted suicide, forgery, fights and blackmail all in four days!
Girl in the News
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arise.
There Goes the Bride
A businessman's daughter runs away from an arranged marriage, only to find herself penniless and suspected of theft after she becomes the victim of a bag thief in the train. When she refuses to tell him who she really is, her accuser decides to take her home where he can keep an eye on her until 12 o'clock the next day, the time at which she has calculated that it will be safe to tell the truth! But when his fiancée arrives unexpectedly and then his 'guest' is mistaken for her, it all gets rather embarrassing...
Filmography
as Doctor Emery
as Counsel (segment "Final Twist' story)
as Landlord ('Strange Mr Bartleby') (uncredited)
as Mr. Keylin
as Inspector Wilson
as Mr. Ross
as Garrett
as Record News editor
as 2nd. Elderly Member - Smoking Room
as Public Prosecutor (uncredited)
as Mr. Cameron
as Inspector Longhurst
as Supt. Belstock
as Inspector Venner
as Angus McGluee
as Phillipson (uncredited)
as The Doctor
as Major Buchan
as Mr. Kelly
as Inspector Claud Teal
as Insepctor Cardby
as Inspector Claud Teal
as John Brown (uncredited)
as Rossenger
as Chief Inspector (Uncredited)
as McDonald
as Inspector Claud Teal
as The Baron
as John Brown
as Lord Felstead
as Caillard
as Mr. Field
as John Brown
as Brabazon
as Commissioner
as Chief Commissioner
as M. Duchaine (uncredited)
as Club Member (uncredited)
as Nikitin