Gordon Douglas (Gordon Douglas Brickner) (December 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993) was an American film director, who directed many different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in motion pictures. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. He was a native of New York City. The City of New York
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Biography
Hal Roach and Our Gang
Douglas got his start as a child actor, and as a teenager became employed at the Hal Roach studio, working in the office and appearing in bit parts in various Hal Roach films. The term child actor is generally applied to a Child Acting in motion pictures or Television, but also to an Adult Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr ( January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and He made walk-on appearances in at least two Our Gang shorts: 1930’s Teacher’s Pet and 1932’s Birthday Blues. "The Little Rascals" redirects here For other uses see The Little Rascals (disambiguation. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. By 1934, Douglas was assistant to director Gus Meins, and served as assistant director on Laurel and Hardy’s 1934 film Babes in Toyland, and on the Our Gang comedies made between 1934 and mid-1936. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gus Meins ( March 6 1893 - August 1 1940) was a German-American Film director. Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Babes in Toyland (re-released in 1948 as March of the Wooden Soldiers by Screen Guild Productions; alternative titles Laurel and Hardy
Beginning with Bored of Education in 1936, Our Gang moved from two-reel (twenty-minute) comedies to one-reel (ten-minute) comedies, and Douglas became the senior director of the series. Bored of Education is a one-reel Comedy Short film; part of the Our Gang (Little Rascals series Bored of Education won the 1936 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film, and was the only Our Gang entry ever honored with the award. This name for the Academy Award for Live Action Short Film was introduced in 1974 Douglas remained with the series as director for two years. His Our Gang films, featuring Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Porky, Buckwheat, Waldo, Butch, and Woim, are the most familiar films in the series’ twenty-two year canon. Carl Dean "Alfalfa" Switzer ( August 7, 1927 &ndash January 21, 1959) was an American Child actor, professional Darla Jean Hood ( November 8, 1931 &ndash June 13, 1979) was an American Child actress, best known for her lead roles Eugene Gordon Lee ( October 25, 1933 &ndash October 16, 2005) was a former American Child actor, most notable for Billie Thomas (originally William Thomas Jr) ( March 12, 1931 &ndash October 10, 1980) was an American child actor best Darwood Kenneth Smith, also known by the stagename Darwood Kaye ( September 8, 1929 &ndash May 15, 2002) was an American For the Major League Baseball player see Tommy Bond (baseball. Sidney Kibrick (b July 2, 1928) is an American former Child actor, most notable for appearing in the Our Gang
Hal Roach sold the Our Gang unit, including Douglas’ contract, to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in May 1938. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Douglas only directed two MGM Our Gangs before deciding that he could not get used to the more industrialized atmosphere at the larger studio and returned to Roach. During his second tenure at Roach, Douglas directed Zenobia with Oliver Hardy and Harry Langdon, Saps at Sea with Laurel and Hardy, and All-American Co-Ed with former Our Gang kid Johnny Downs. Zenobia (also known as Elephants Never Forget ( UK) and It's Spring Again) is a 1939 Comedy film starring Oliver Hardy (born Norvell Hardy; January 18, 1892 &ndash August 7, 1957) was an American comic Actor Harry L Langdon ( June 15, 1884 – December 22, 1944) was an American Comedian who appeared in Vaudeville, Saps at Sea is a Laurel and Hardy film released in 1940. It was directed by Gordon Douglas, distributed by United Artists and their Laurel and Hardy were the popular American -based comedy team of thin British-born Stan Laurel (1890-1965 and heavy American-born Oliver Hardy (1892-1957 "The Little Rascals" redirects here For other uses see The Little Rascals (disambiguation. Johnny Downs ( October 10, 1913 &ndash June 6, 1994) was a Child actor who played Johnny in the Our Gang
Later years
Douglas left Roach for RKO Radio Pictures in 1942, where he directed a number of b-movies, including the Nazi satire The Devil with Hitler (1942). Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A B movie is a motion picture made on a low or modest budget Originally the term was used for films intended for distribution as the less-publicized second half of a Double He migrated from there to Columbia Pictures in 1947, and then to Warner Bros. in 1950. }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. At Warner studios, Douglas directed a number of successful films, including Liberace's Sincerely Yours (1955), and the sci-fi classic Them!. Wladziu Valentino Liberace He had a twin who died at birth and he was born with a Caul, which in his family as in many societies was taken as a sign of genius and an exceptional Sincerely Yours is the second album by R&B /OPM group One Vo1ce. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) For the films of the same name see Them (2006 film or Them (film Later films for other studios included Call Me Bwana, Frank Sinatra's The Detective, Sidney Poitier's, They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! and Follow That Dream for Elvis Presley. Call Me Bwana is a 1963 Farce film starring Bob Hope and Anita Ekberg, and directed by Gordon Douglas. Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra (December 12 1915 &ndash May 14 1998 was an American singer and actor Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (ˈpwɑːtie born February 20, 1927) is an Oscar - Golden Globe - BAFTA - and Grammy "Mr Tibbs" redirects here For the fictional butler see the article on The BFG. Follow That Dream is a 1962 Musical film starring Elvis Presley.
Douglas died of cancer on September 29, 1993 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 85. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West