Leon Gordon (playwright)

Leon Gordon
Gordon in 1918
Born	Leon Gordon Bennett (1894-01-12)January 12, 1894 Brighton, England, U.K.
Died	January 4, 1960(1960-01-04) (aged 65) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupations	Screenwriter playwright dramatist director
Spouses	Georgia Spence Nancy Evelyn

Leon Gordon Bennett (January 12, 1894 – January 4, 1960) was an English-born playwright, screenwriter, actor, and director who wrote the screenplay for White Cargo.^[1][2]

Biography

Gordon was born in Brighton, England in January 1894 and studied at St. John's College. He became an actor and was a leading man with the Boston Repertory Company. He began writing plays. After directing plays in Australia^[3] he joined MGM in 1930.^[4]

He died of a heart ailment at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, in Los Angeles, California on January 4, 1960. He was survived by two daughters.^[5]

Select film credits

• Sandra (1924) (as an actor)
• White Cargo (1930)
• Heartbreak (1931)
• Freaks (1932)
• Age of Indiscretion (1935)
• The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)
• A Yank at Oxford (1938)
• Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
• They Met in Bombay (1941)
• White Cargo (1942)
• Kim (1950)
• The Hour of 13 (1952)

Select plays

• Watch Your Neighbour (1923)
• Garden of Weeds (1925)
• The Piker (1926)

References

External links

• Leon Gordon at Playbill Vault
• Leon Gordon at the Internet Broadway Database
• Leon Gordon at IMDb

This page was last edited on 2 January 2024, at 07:08