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C. Henry Gordon is a Actor American born on 17 june 1884 at New York City (USA)
C. Henry Gordon (June 17, 1883 – December 3, 1940) was an American stage and film actor. Like many of his generation he enjoyed a long stage career, on and off Broadway, before entering films. Hence that well trained voice of his. He appeared in 79 films between 1930 and 1940. He was a Hollywood villain of the 1930s.
He was born Henry Racke in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California after having his leg amputated. He was educated both in New York and abroad in Switzerland and Germany. For some years he owned and ran a silver mine in New Mexico but failed to make it pay so he became an actor.
Deux ans après, en 1930, il apparaît au cinéma et contribue en tout à soixante-dix-neuf films américains, jusqu'en 1940, année où il meurt prématurèment. Un de ses films les mieux connus est Mata Hari en 1931, aux côtés de Greta Garbo qu'il retrouvera en 1937, avec Marie Walewska. Bien connu également est son rôle de Surat Khan en 1936, dans La Charge de la brigade légère, où il affronte Errol Flynn.
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C. Henry Gordon
Birth name Henry Racke
Nationality USA
Birth 17 june 1884 at New York City (USA)
Death 3 december 1940 (at 56 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 17 june 1884 at New York City (USA)
Death 3 december 1940 (at 56 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
He was born Henry Racke in New York, New York and died in Los Angeles, California after having his leg amputated. He was educated both in New York and abroad in Switzerland and Germany. For some years he owned and ran a silver mine in New Mexico but failed to make it pay so he became an actor.
Biography
Sous le pseudonyme de C. Henry Gordon, il débute sa carrière au théâtre et joue à Broadway (New York) dans neuf pièces, entre 1922 et 1928, la dernière étant The Shanghai Gesture (qui sera adaptée au cinéma en 1941 ; film réalisé par Josef von Sternberg).Deux ans après, en 1930, il apparaît au cinéma et contribue en tout à soixante-dix-neuf films américains, jusqu'en 1940, année où il meurt prématurèment. Un de ses films les mieux connus est Mata Hari en 1931, aux côtés de Greta Garbo qu'il retrouvera en 1937, avec Marie Walewska. Bien connu également est son rôle de Surat Khan en 1936, dans La Charge de la brigade légère, où il affronte Errol Flynn.
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Kit Carson (1940)
, 1h37Directed by George B. Seitz, John E. Burch
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Jon Hall, Lynn Bari, Dana Andrews, Harold Huber, Ward Bond, Renie Riano
Roles General Castro
Rating62%
Kit Carson (Jon Hall) and his two saddle pals, Ape (Ward Bond) and Lopez (Harold Huber) are attacked by Indians. They manage to escape unscatched and make their way to Fort Bridger, where Captain John Fremont (Dana Andrews) hires Carson to guide a wagon train westward to California south along the Oregon Trail. Both Carson and Fremont fall in love with pretty Dolores Murphy (Lynn Bari), on her way to her father's hacienda in Monterey. Meanwhile, General Castro (C. Henry Gordon), the Mexican Governor General of California, arms the Shoshoni Indians in an effort to keep the Americans out of California.
Kit Carson (1940)
, 1h37Directed by George B. Seitz
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Jon Hall, Lynn Bari, Dana Andrews, Harold Huber, Ward Bond, Renie Riano
Roles General Castro
Rating62%
Kit Carson et ses hommes se joignent à John C. Frémont sur la route qui le conduit en Californie. En chemin, ils sont attaqués par des Indiens envoyés par les autorités mexicaines, peu désireuses de les voir atteindre la Californie qui fait alors partie du Mexique. Frémont et Carson mènent ensuite une campagne, au nom des États-Unis, visant à annexer la Californie.
, 1h5Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, C. Henry Gordon, Marc Lawrence, Marguerite Chapman, Joan Valerie
Roles Dr. Cream
Rating70%
Chan's testimony results in a death sentence for convicted murderer Steve McBirney (Marc Lawrence). However, he escapes and heads to a wax museum, a secret Mob hideout run by Dr. Cream (C. Henry Gordon). Cream, a crooked "facial surgeon", operates on McBirney, changing his appearance.
Man of Conquest (1939)
, 1h45Directed by George Nichols Jr., George Nicholls, Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Dix, Gail Patrick, Joan Fontaine, Edward Ellis, Victor Jory, George "Gabby" Hayes
Roles Santa Ana
Rating60%
Sam Houston fights beside his friend Andrew Jackson and is wounded. Not long thereafter, Jackson is elected President of the United States and appoints Houston as governor of Tennessee.
City in Darkness (1939)
, 1h15Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, Harold Huber, Pedro de Cordoba, Dorothy Tree, C. Henry Gordon
Roles Prefect of Police J. Romaine
Rating64%
Chan investigates a murder in Paris connected to the growing signs of impending war.
The Long Shot (1939)
, 1h9Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Gordon Jones, Marsha Hunt, C. Henry Gordon, Dorothy Fay, George Meeker, Harry Davenport
Roles Lew Ralston
Rating58%
Henry Sharon is about to be ruined financially by rival stable owner Lew Ralston when he gets an idea to fake his own death. His prize horse Certified Check is bequeathed to niece Martha, a young woman Ralston had hoped to marry.
Heritage of the Desert (1939)
, 1h13Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Donald Woods, Evelyn Venable, Russell "Lucky" Hayden, Robert Barrat, Sidney Toler, C. Henry Gordon
Roles Henry Holderness
Rating65%
Las de sa vie de hors la loi, John Abbott revient dans les régions désertiques qui l'on vu naître.Il se lie d'amitié avec le rancher Andrew Naab et son fils , David. La fille de Naad, Myriam, tombe immédiatement amoureuse de ce bel étarnger ténébreux, bien qu'elle doive se marier au rancher Thornton pour honorer une promesse faite par son père.Mais le jour des noces elle est enlevée par Henry Holderness, un vagabond.John, les Naab, et les ranchers des environs se lance à sa poursuite.
The Return of the Cisco Kid (1939)
, 1h10Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Warner Baxter, Lynn Bari, Cesar Romero, Henry Hull, Kane Richmond, C. Henry Gordon
Roles Mexican Captain
Rating65%
City in Darkness (1939)
Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Children's films
Actors Sidney Toler, Lynn Bari, Harold Huber, Pedro de Cordoba, Dorothy Tree, C. Henry Gordon
Roles Prefect of Police J. Romaine
Rating64%
Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) est en visite à Paris pendant la crise d’annexion de la république tchèque en septembre 1938, mais a du mal à trouver le moyen de retourner aux États-Unis, car des perturbations dans les transports sont provoquées par la menace de guerre et la crise de Munich. Lors de sa visite au bureau du chef de police Romaine (C. Henry Gordon), qui est en voyage d'affaires, on apprend que Petroff (Douglass Dumbrille), un millionnaire bien connu, a été assassiné. L'inspecteur de police Marcel Spivak (Harold Huber), le filleul embêté de Romaine, a été laissé en charge pendant l'absence du chef et est terrifié à l'idée de mener une enquête de meurtre d'une telle envergure. Il demande l'aide de Chan, ce qui est accepté.
Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
, 1h10Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Hedda Hopper, George Meeker, George Barbier, C. Henry Gordon, Joe Sawyer, Wild Bill Elliott
Roles Ben Alleu Bey
Rating47%
Eleanor Reed (Eleanor Holm) accompanies her parents, Roger and Penny (George Barbier and Hedda Hopper), and Nevin Potter (George Meeker), her fiance, on an expedition to Africa to capture wild animals to sell to a zoo. Ben Alleu Bey (C. Henry Gordon) spots Eleanor and wishes her to become the one hundredth wife in his harem. When she refuses, he follows their safari.
Adventure in Sahara (1938)
, 1hDirected by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Paul Kelly, C. Henry Gordon, Lorna Gray, Robert Fiske, Marc Lawrence, Al Bridge
Roles Capt. Savatt
Rating57%
Sharpshooters (1938)
, 1h5Directed by James Tinling
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Brian Donlevy, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, John King, Douglass Dumbrille, C. Henry Gordon
Roles Kolter
Rating45%
Invisible Enemy (1938)
, 1h6Directed by John H. Auer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Alan Marshal, Tala Birell, C. Henry Gordon, Herbert Mundin, Gerald Oliver Smith, Ivan F. Simpson
Roles Nikolai Kamarov
Rating58%
Conquest (1937)
, 1h53Directed by Clarence Brown, Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Histoire de France, French Revolution films
Actors Greta Garbo, Charles Boyer, Reginald Owen, Alan Marshal, Henry Stephenson, Leif Erickson
Roles le Prince Poniatowski
Rating64%
Napoleon Bonaparte (Charles Boyer) launches an unsuccessful seduction of the Countess Marie Walewska (Greta Garbo), who is married to a much older man (Henry Stephenson), but she resists until convinced that giving in will save Poland. After her husband annuls their marriage and Napoleon divorces the Empress Josephine, the pair are free to formalize their happy relationship, but Napoleon shocks her by announcing his decision to wed the Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria for political reasons. While he doesn't expect it to impact his relationship with Marie, she leaves him, without ever telling him that she is expecting his child.
Trouble in Morocco (1937)
, 1h2Directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Jack Holt, Mae Clarke, Paul Hurst, C. Henry Gordon, Harold Huber, Oscar Apfel
Roles Captain Nardant
Rating57%