Huntley Gordon

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Gordon served in the Canadian army during World War I 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 Hollywood, California where he acted in both silent and talking films.

In Hollywood, he appeared in numerous films including starring opposite Gloria Swanson in the 1923 film "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife." That same year he starred in "The Wanters" with fellow Canadians, Norma Shearer and Marie Prevost.

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 MGM 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 Second World War. Although he no longer made motion pictures, Huntley Gordon remained active in the world of network radio.

Huntley Gordon died in Van Nuys, California and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.

A Few of Huntley Gordon’s films:

• Stage Door - (1937)
• Murder by Television[?] - (1935)
• The Red-Haired Alibi[?] - (1933)
• Midnight Warning[?] - (1932
• From Broadway to Cheyenne[?] - (1932)
• The Midnight Warning[?] - (1932)
• Our Dancing Daughters[?] - (1928)
• Sensation Seekers[?] - (1927)
• Married Flirts[?] - (1924)

See also: Other Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood