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C. Henry Gordon (born Henry Racke; June 17, 1883 – December 3, 1940) was an American stage and film actor. Gordon was born in New York City, New York. 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. After failing to succeed in this venture, he became an actor.
C. Henry Gordon (1884-1940) was a New York-born actor who played villains in many films, such as Scarface, The Charge of the Light Brigade and Conquest. He also performed on Broadway and died after a leg amputation in 1940.
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C. Henry Gordon. Actor: Scarface. Although he occasionally played honest police officials or army officers, New York-born C. Henry Gordon excelled at playing oily, duplicitous villains, whether gangsters, businessmen or evil rulers. Among the many evildoers he portrayed, his most memorable would have to be the murderous Surat Khan, who massacred prisoners, women and children, in the classic Errol Flynn swashbuckler The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936).
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 3 (AP) --C. Henry Gordon, widely known movie character actor, died unexpectedly today at Hollywood Hospital from the effects of a leg amputation necessitated yesterday by ...
C. Henry Gordon was an American stage and screen actor who appeared in many films from 1930 to 1940. He was born in 1884 or 1883 and died in 1940.
Close. Gordon was born in New York City, New York. 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. After failing to succeed in this venture, he became an actor. [citation needed] Gordon's entry into acting came accidentally when he accompanied his sister to a ...
Biography. An American actor born in New York on June 17, 1884. He was married once and had no children. He received his education in New York, Switzerland and Germany.
