Huntley Gordon(1887-1956)
- Actor
Montreal-born Huntley Gordon was educated in both Canada and England,
and upon completing his education took a job with the Bank of Montreal,
later starting his own stock trading firm. However, he had had a taste
of "the stage" in amateur productions, and soon gave up the business
life for that of an actor, moving to New York and eventually managing
to get small parts in Broadway productions. As luck would have it, one
day he ran into a friend who was on his way to the Lambs Club to offer
an actor who was living there a part in a film being shot by Vitagraph
in New York City. Gordon said that he would take the part, and he was
soon in front of the cameras. Director
Ralph Ince took Gordon under his wing and
secured him a contract with Vitagraph. Gordon became a reliable leading
man and character actor in silents and, unlike many of his
contemporaries, easily made the transition into sound films. He made
his last film in 1941. He died of a heart attack at his home in Van
Nuys, CA, in 1956.
