James Gordon

James Gordon

Born: April 22, 1871
Died: May 12, 1941
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
One of the founders of the acting group known as "The Troupers," Gordon was a leading man for Julia Marlowe on Broadway, appearing in Shakespearean plays that toured the country a number of times.

Movies for James Gordon...

One More Spring
Title: One More Spring
Released: February 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.
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The Hot Spot
Title: The Hot Spot
Character: Warden
Released: September 14, 1931
Type: Movie
In order to capture a murderer, a reporter has his obnoxious brother-in-law confess to the crime.
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The Front Page
Title: The Front Page
Character: The Mayor
Released: April 4, 1931
Type: Movie
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor, Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy and write the scoop of his career.
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The Bachelor Father
Title: The Bachelor Father
Character: Carson Creswell
Released: January 10, 1931
Type: Movie
Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) children around him in his declining years. He uses a ledger which keeps track of the payments he has been making to ex-lovers to locate 2 of them, and a third is found by a lawyer in New York, her mother was too proud to accept any money. Sir Basil is a curmudgeon, and his three adult children have a hard time with him at first. Toni, the American, is a free spirit who had a budding career in show business. Jeffery is English and a semi-gentleman, and Maria is Italian, with a Latin temperament. They begin to bond, especially Sir Basil and Toni, whose outgoing personality finally wins over the old man. But past lives begin to creep back into the picture and threaten the old man's plans for a life filled with his children.
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Masked Emotions
Title: Masked Emotions
Character: Capt. Goodell
Released: June 22, 1929
Type: Movie
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Dad's Choice
Title: Dad's Choice
Character: James Gordon
Released: January 7, 1928
Type: Movie
Eddie wants to marry a girl, but her father is strongly opposed to it. For her sake, she convinces him to at least meet Eddie.
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Babe Comes Home
Title: Babe Comes Home
Character: Baseball Player
Released: May 22, 1927
Type: Movie
A baseball-styled sports filmed centered on Babe Ruth and Anna Q. It is considered a lost film.
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Flying High
Title: Flying High
Character: V.E. Martin
Released: December 20, 1926
Type: Movie
While taking a joyride with his sweetie Patricia, daredevil pilot Roy Cummins witnesses the aerial hijacking of a mail plane.
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The Buckaroo Kid
Title: The Buckaroo Kid
Character: James Mulford
Released: November 14, 1926
Type: Movie
Mulford sends Ed Harley to manage Radigan's rundown ranch. He makes a success of it but when called to return, he asks Radigan for a loan. Radigan says he can have the loan but not his daughter, but Ed wants both.
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The Ice Flood
Title: The Ice Flood
Released: October 1, 1926
Type: Movie
Jack De Quincy, an American graduate of Oxford, is still considered a wastrel playboy by his father, owner of a giant lumber company in the American northwest. To prove he is a man his father sends him there to take charge of a large lumber camp, filled with brawny he-men who spend their time drinking, gambling and brawling when not cutting timber. Once there, Jack establishes himself by winning a fight against "Dum-Dum" Pete, the toughest man in those parts. Along the way he sees to it that a needed operation is performed on the camp's mascot, a crippled young boy, and saves his sweetheart, Marie O'Nei, that daughter of a rival lumber company, from drowning in the river when the spring thaw causes an ice-break flood.
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Miss Nobody
Title: Miss Nobody
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: June 27, 1926
Type: Movie
The father of an heiress dies broke leaving her destitute without inheritance. She falls in with a group of hobos traveling incognito cross country dressed as a man.
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Tumbleweeds
Title: Tumbleweeds
Character: Joe Hinman
Released: December 27, 1925
Type: Movie
William S. Hart stars in this 1925 silent film as a cowboy intent on claiming land during the 1889 land rush in the Oklahoma Territory. Though hardened from years of taming the new frontier, he falls in love with a beautiful woman. Before he settles down, however, he must contend with men who wish to bring him harm. In the prologue of the 1939 Astor Pictures revival of this film, Hart gives a moving eight-minute introduction-- the first and only time he appeared in a film accompanied by his striking voice.
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Hearts of Oak
Title: Hearts of Oak
Character: John Owen
Released: October 5, 1924
Type: Movie
Terry Dunniva, a retired sea-captain living in Marblehead, Massachusetts, adopts two children, Chrystal and Ned. As the girl grows to womanhood, Terry realizes his fatherly-love had grown to something stronger. He asks her to become his wife. Chrystal, who is in love with her foster-brother, consents rather than destroy Terry's happiness. On the day of their marriage, Ned returns from a long voyage with the intent of making Chrysal his wife. And, he, too, rather than destroy the happiness of his adopted-father, leaves to embark on an Artic voyage that might mean his death. When Terry learns of the sacrifice both Chrystal and Ned are making on behalf of his happiness, he takes Ned's place on the voyage and gets both to pledge that if he does not return, they will marry each other.
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The Man Who Came Back
Title: The Man Who Came Back
Character: Captain Gallon
Released: August 17, 1924
Type: Movie
Henry Potter is the irresponsible playboy son of a New York millionaire. Fearing he will disgrace the family name if he stays in New York, the father sends him to San Francisco to work in the family shipyards and, to make a man out of him, he is told he will have to start at the bottom and work his way up. Henry decides this is not a good idea and resents it to the point he will indeed start at the bottom but will work his way down from there, and disgrace the family name in San Francisco.
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Wanderer of the Wasteland
Title: Wanderer of the Wasteland
Character: Alex MacKay
Released: August 9, 1924
Type: Movie
Wanderer of the Wasteland is a 1924 American color silent Western film directed by Irvin Willat and starring Jack Holt, Noah Beery, and Billie Dove.
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The White Sin
Title: The White Sin
Character: Yacht Captain
Released: February 24, 1924
Type: Movie
Wealthy playboy Grant Van Gore means to have his way with his beautiful maid, the innocent Hattie Lou. He swears his love to the naive girl, and in an act so heinous as to defy belief, has the captain of his yacht perform a fake marriage ceremony. He ruins poor Hattie Lou, and then abandons her ashore the very next morning. A year later, the destitute girl and her starving baby are wandering the streets. When she sees a newspaper headline announcing that Grant has drowned at sea, Hattie Lou hatches a desperate plan for survival. She will present herself to the wealthy Van Gore's, who cannot fail to provide for their late son's widow and child!
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Defying Destiny
Title: Defying Destiny
Character: Mr. Alden
Released: September 29, 1923
Type: Movie
Set in the small town of Riverdale, Defying Destiny opens with Jack Fenton (Monte Blue) being scarred while saving the life of his sweetheart Beth Alden (Irene Rich), whose grateful father (James Gordon), president of the local bank, offers him a job. Middle-class Jack becomes head teller, joins the country club, and plans to marry Beth, but his upwardly mobile behavior stirs resentment. When he’s falsely accused of embezzlement the town’s upper crust turns its back. Jack endures self-exile until a chance encounter with a plastic surgeon enables him to return home incognito and seek vengeance.
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The Love Gambler
Title: The Love Gambler
Character: Colonel Angus McClelland
Released: November 12, 1922
Type: Movie
Drifter Dick Manners arrives at a ranch owned by Colonel Angus McClelland. When he wagers that he will be able to ride a wild bronco and kiss the ranchman's haughty daughter, Jean -- and wins -- he lands a job there. But Manners and Jean really fall in love and Colonel McClelland fires him. He then meets a woman who is dying, and she begs him to marry her so that her child will have a name. Manners obliges, and then Jean finds out about the situation.
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On the High Seas
Title: On the High Seas
Character: Captain of S.S. Andren
Released: September 17, 1922
Type: Movie
Three castaways all from differing levels of society reach and board a deserted schooner in mid-ocean.
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A Self-Made Man
Title: A Self-Made Man
Character: Jonas Spurlock
Released: June 25, 1922
Type: Movie
A 1922 film starring William Russell and Renée Adorée.
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A Game Chicken
Title: A Game Chicken
Character: Joshua Hastings
Released: February 26, 1922
Type: Movie
Living in Cuba with her parents and grandmother, Inez Hastings, does not care for Lavendera, her persistent suitor. Contrary to her father's wishes, she attends a cockfight and makes the acquaintance of Rush Thompson, a United States revenue officer assigned to track down Cuban bootleggers. Their romance awakens the jealousy of Lavendera, who attempts to kill Rush.
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Nancy from Nowhere
Title: Nancy from Nowhere
Character: Mr. Kelly
Released: January 22, 1922
Type: Movie
Adopted by the Kellys from an orphanage, Nancy is reared in dreadful surroundings and mistreated as the household drudge. She accidentally makes the acquaintance of Jack Halliday, son of a wealthy city family who is fishing near her home. When Mrs. Kelly beats Nancy for accepting the attentions of her husband, the girl escapes into the woods and conceals herself in the rear of Jack's car as he drives into the city.
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Trailin'
Title: Trailin'
Character: William Drew
Released: December 11, 1921
Type: Movie
A Tom Mix classic! Tom is a devil-may-care aristocrat whose father has mysteriously concealed all info about his deceased mother. One day, an old man shows up and shoots Tom's father dead! The only clue Tom has is a picture of a far-away ranch in Idaho that was hidden away for years in a secret locked room in their mansion.
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The Old Swimmin' Hole
Title: The Old Swimmin' Hole
Character: Mr. Hull - Ezra's Pa
Released: February 26, 1921
Type: Movie
The normal life of a young farm boy as he goes to school and as he relaxes in the country is depicted.
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The Bait
Title: The Bait
Character: John Garson - The Game Warden
Released: January 2, 1921
Type: Movie
Crook Bennett Barton uses pretty Joan Granger as bait to blackmail millionaire John Warren.
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The Last of the Mohicans
Title: The Last of the Mohicans
Character: Col. Munro
Released: November 21, 1920
Type: Movie
As Alice and Cora Munro attempt to find their father, a British officer in the French and Indian War, they are set upon by French soldiers and their cohorts, Huron tribesmen led by the evil Magua. Fighting to rescue the women are Chingachgook and his son Uncas, the last of the Mohican tribe, and their white ally, the frontiersman Natty Bumppo, known as Hawkeye.
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The Sea Wolf
Title: The Sea Wolf
Character: 'Death' Larsen
Released: May 15, 1920
Type: Movie
Humphrey Van Weyden and Maud Brewster are rescued by a nearby ship when the ferry they're on is rammed and sinks. However, instead of dropping them off ashore, the ship's fearsome captain, the brutal Wolf Larsen, forces Humphrey to work as a cabin boy--and has other ideas for the pretty young Maud. (Written by frankfob2@yahoo.com)
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Excuse My Dust
Title: Excuse My Dust
Character: Griggs (uncredited)
Released: March 20, 1920
Type: Movie
A top race-car driver leaves the sport to get married and settle down, because his new wife doesn't want him to race anymore. However, not long afterwards his wife takes their infant son and leaves him to go to San Francisco. The husband gets word that his son is seriously ill in San Francisco, but he has no way to get there. Just in the nick of time, however, the racer's father-in-law just happens to have developed a new car for a cross-country race--to San Francisco!
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Behind the Door
Title: Behind the Door
Character: Bill Tavish
Released: December 14, 1919
Type: Movie
Oscar Krug is looked upon with suspicion by his neighbors because of his German name. When the US is drawn into the war with Germany, he enlists and travels the seas with his wife, Alice Morse. During a submarine attack Alice is snatched from Krug's side by a German officer. Krug now lives to have his revenge, and when the opportunity presents itself, he will have it.
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Jacques of the Silver North
Title: Jacques of the Silver North
Character: Don Baird
Released: June 9, 1919
Type: Movie
"Half-breed" trapper Jacques LaRouge is infatuated with Memory Baird (Fritzi Brunette), the daughter of the owner of the trading post. When fugitive Joseph Treffery (Captain C.A. Van Auker) happens into town, Memory hides him from the police.
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Experimental Marriage
Title: Experimental Marriage
Character: Callahan (as Jim Gordon)
Released: March 10, 1919
Type: Movie
Suzanne Ercoll, a young widow who believes in women's suffrage. When the handsome Foxcroft Grey proposes marriage, Suzanne isn't sure she wants to give up her freedom, so she strikes a deal: From Saturday to Monday they will be husband and wife, but the rest of the week, she is single.
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The Lure of the Circus
Title: The Lure of the Circus
Character: Guy Brock
Released: November 18, 1918
Type: Movie
Lure of the Circus is a 1918 American adventure film serial directed by J. P. McGowan.
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Beatrice Fairfax
Title: Beatrice Fairfax
Character: Christopher McRay / The Prince's bodyguard
Released: August 7, 1916
Type: Movie
Beatrice Fairfax, the original advice-to-the-lovelorn reporter and her friend and not-so-secret admirer Jimmy Barton investigate calls for help and escape exotic perils and dangers. Episodes include exciting and fun stories of baby-napping, blackmail, jewel thievery, disguise, counterfeiting, and the long-unseen episode featuring entrancing cult starlet Olive Thomas and the real New York Yankees and Giants playing a game in the Polo Grounds.
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Caprice
Title: Caprice
Character: Mr. Henderson
Released: November 10, 1913
Type: Movie
A lost film. A wealthy young man's marriage to a mountain girl he meets while hunting is disastrous until she abandons him and later reappears incognito as a tutored and sophisticated woman.
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Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Title: Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Character: Crick
Released: September 1, 1913
Type: Movie
A peasant girl sent to make a claim on her family's ancestral home in England's Wessex is seduced and left with child by its current owner.
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The Old Monk's Tale
Title: The Old Monk's Tale
Character: Allesandro
Released: February 15, 1913
Type: Movie
A monk tells a tale about a woman who can only surrender her heart to a man who can offer her jewels. A poor man falls in love with her and steals jewels off a statue of the Madonna to give to her.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Title: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Character: Lord Raglan
Released: December 11, 1912
Type: Movie
Silent film drama of the famous incident..
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The Relief of Lucknow
Title: The Relief of Lucknow
Character: General Havelock
Released: July 26, 1912
Type: Movie
The story of the siege and eventual relief of British soldiers garrisoned at Lucknow during the 1857 Indian Rebellion. Only a fragment of the original film remains.
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A Romance of the Cliff Dwellers
Title: A Romance of the Cliff Dwellers
Character: Second Romantic Rival
Released: December 29, 1911
Type: Movie
The story itself deals with the primitive instinct of mankind; to desire was to take at strength of arms, and thus one of the chiefs chose for his own a maiden fair who was loved in turn by a young brave, and whose admiration she returned. But like unto the dark ages, whenever a man desired a maid he took her with or without her leave. Thus far did the chief go, but her lover decides to match his strength of arms for so fair a bride, and they fight upon the cliff's edge. But here the maid takes up the bow of fate and sends an arrow into the heart of her captor. Thus the two forest lovers are united, but a life for a life is the law of their race and the lover is brought to the council chamber and tried before his kinsmen. To shield the woman he loves he remains silent.
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The Lighthouse by the Sea
Title: The Lighthouse by the Sea
Character: First Young Fisherman
Released: September 15, 1911
Type: Movie
The old lighthouse keeper lives peacefully with his two daughters, who are both engaged to fisherman. One night he receives a message announcing the shipwreck...