Leon Gordon (playwright) explained

Leon Gordon
Birth Name:	Leon Gordon Bennett
Birth Date:	12 January 1894
Birth Place:	Brighton, England, U.K.
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Spouse:	Georgia Spence Nancy Evelyn

Leon Gordon Bennett (January 12, 1894 – January 4, 1960) was an English-born actor, playwright, screenwriter, director and sportsman 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] after emigrating to the United States 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)

Notes and References

1. News: LEON GORDON. . . Hobart, Tas. . 31 December 1926 . 29 July 2013 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: MODERN TASTES IN DRAMA. . . Perth . 16 May 1929 . 29 July 2013 . 20 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: Another Smart Comedy . . XCV . 27,765 . South Australia . 11 August 1930 . 26 February 2023 . 9 . National Library of Australia.
4. Leon Gordon, 64, Writer and Actor: Playwright of 'White Cargo' Is Dead Was Producer and Scenarist at M-G-M New York Times 5 Jan 1960: 31.
5. News: Leon Gordon Dies at 66. 11 April 2016. Motion Picture Daily. January 6, 1960. 6.