C. Henry Gordon

Born: 1884-06-17

C. Henry Gordon (born Henry Racke) was an American stage and screen actor. Sources conflict as to whether his June 17 birth date was in 1884 or in 1883. (1884 is most commonly accepted, though most of his obituaries state he died at age 57.)


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Scarface

as Insp. Ben Guarino
Released: 1932-04-09

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface,...

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Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

as Dr. Cream
Released: 1940-09-06

A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper...

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Mata Hari

as Dubois
Released: 1931-12-26

A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of...

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The Charge of the Light Brigade

as Surat Khan
Released: 1936-10-20

In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the...

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The Crusades

as Philip the Second, King of France
Released: 1935-08-21

King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.

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Thirteen Women

as Swami Yogadachi
Released: 1932-09-16

Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive...

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City in Darkness

as Prefect of Police J. Romaine
Released: 1939-11-15

Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating...

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Rasputin and the Empress

as Grand Duke Igor
Released: 1932-12-23

The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the...

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Charlie Chan at the Olympics

as Arthur Hughes
Released: 1937-05-21

Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress...

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Kit Carson

as General Castro
Released: 1940-08-30

Frontiersman Kit Carson fights off Indian attacks on the trail to California.

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Men in White

as Dr. Cunningham
Released: 1934-04-06

A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his...

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Kongo

as Gregg
Released: 1932-10-01

The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god,...

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The Big Broadcast of 1936

as Gordoni
Released: 1935-09-20

Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of...

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Night Flight

as Daudet
Released: 1933-10-06

Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.

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Stamboul Quest

as Ali Bey
Released: 1934-07-13

In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the...

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Hollywood Boulevard

as Jordan Winslow
Released: 1936-08-20

With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines...

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State's Attorney

as Attorney Graves
Released: 1932-05-20

Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the...

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Conquest

as le Prince Poniatowski
Released: 1937-10-22

A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the...

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The Black Camel

as Huntley Van Horn (uncredited)
Released: 1931-06-21

Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but...

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The Women in His Life

as Tony Perez
Released: 1933-12-08

An immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves...

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The Strange Love of Molly Louvain

as Detective Martin
Released: 1932-05-28

A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a...

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Under Two Flags

as Lieutenant Petaine
Released: 1936-04-30

Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's...

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Miss Pinkerton

as Dr. Stuart
Released: 1932-05-27

Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored...

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Gabriel Over the White House

as Nick Diamond
Released: 1933-03-31

A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a...

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Straight Is the Way

as Sullivan
Released: 1934-08-10

Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former...

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Hell's Highway

as Blacksnake Skinner
Released: 1932-09-23

A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.

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Charlie Chan Carries On

as John Ross
Released: 1931-04-11

Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel....

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Penthouse

as Jim Crelliman
Released: 1933-09-08

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long...

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Broadway Thru a Keyhole

as Tim Crowley
Released: 1933-11-02

Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway...

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Man of Conquest

as Santa Ana
Released: 1939-05-15

The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the...

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The Secret of Madame Blanche

as State's Attorney
Released: 1933-02-03

A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.

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Tarzan's Revenge

as Ben Alleu Bey
Released: 1938-01-07

Eleanor and her parents are hunting big game, acompanied by her wimpish fiance.

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The Return of the Cisco Kid

as Mexican Captain
Released: 1939-04-28

In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco...

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The Devil's in Love

as Captain Radak
Released: 1933-07-21

The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. Victor Jory plays a...

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The Crooked Circle

as Yoganda
Released: 1932-09-25

A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded...

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Made on Broadway

as Mayor Starling
Released: 1933-05-19

A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway...

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Hide-Out

as Tony Berrelli (the Boss)
Released: 1934-08-24

Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with...

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Stand-In

as Ivor Nassau
Released: 1937-10-29

An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a...

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Passport to Alcatraz

as Leon Fenten
Released: 1940-06-06

George Hollister, crack investigator for the NYC police, is assigned to run down the enemy...

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Trapped by G-Men

as Kilgour
Released: 1937-09-09

Granite-jawed Jack Holt performs a dual role in Columbia's Trapped by G-Men.

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Stage Mother

as Ricco
Released: 1933-09-29

Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls...

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The Big Game

as Brad Anthony
Released: 1936-10-09

A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.

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The Chief

as Paul Clayton
Released: 1933-11-03

The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only...

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A Devil with Women

as Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: 1930-10-17

Soldier of fortune Maxton is stranded in a Central American country. He and Tom, the nephew of...

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Hush Money

as Jack Curtis
Released: 1931-07-05

Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by...

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Turn Back the Clock

as Dave Holmes
Released: 1933-08-25

While recuperating in a hospital after he's hit by an automobile, a struggling shopowner dreams...

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Death on the Diamond

as Joe Karnes
Released: 1934-09-14

Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off...

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Adventure in Sahara

as Capt. Savatt
Released: 1938-11-15

Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and...

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A Woman of Experience

as Muller
Released: 1931-07-08

It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute,...

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The Washington Masquerade

as Alan Hinsdale
Released: 1932-07-09

An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After...

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Clear All Wires!

as Commissar
Released: 1933-02-24

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he...

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Advice to the Lovelorn

as Kane
Released: 1933-12-01

Los Angeles newspaper reporter Toby Prentiss is continually in trouble with his editor. He is...

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Fugitive Lovers

as Detective Daly
Released: 1934-01-05

In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New...

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The Black Doll

as Nelson Rood
Released: 1938-01-31

Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is...

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Lazy River

as Sam Kee
Released: 1934-03-16

Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.

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Professional Soldier

as Gino
Released: 1935-12-27

Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil...

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The Great Hotel Murder

as Dr. John Mason Temple
Released: 1935-02-27

Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a...

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This Side of Heaven

as William Barnes
Released: 1934-02-02

A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.

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Roar of the Dragon

as Voronsky
Released: 1932-07-08

A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky...

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Sophie Lang Goes West

as Sultan of Padaya
Released: 1937-09-10

Reformed jewel-thief Sophie Lang, tired of being questioned by the New York City police every...

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Honor of the Family

as Renard
Released: 1931-10-17

Intrigue and greed come between an immoral woman and the man who loves her. This film is...

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Sharpshooters

as Kolter
Released: 1938-11-18

Ace newsreel cameraman is working in a mythical European country when the king is assassinated....

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Young as You Feel

as Harry Lamson
Released: 1931-08-06

Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact...

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Women in Hiding

as Dr. Mansby
Released: 1940-06-22

In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of...

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Heritage of the Desert

as Henry Holderness
Released: 1939-06-23

John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick...

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The Doomed Battalion

as Italian General
Released: 1932-04-30

During World War 1, an Austrian Battalion holds a mountain stronghold against the attack of the...

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Invisible Enemy

as Nikolai Kamarov
Released: 1938-04-03

Jeffrey Clavering is hired in London by The Great Eastern Oil Corporation to go to Paris to...

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Storm at Daybreak

as Panto Nikitch
Released: 1933-06-14

Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the...

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Love Letters of a Star

as Lt. Valcour
Released: 1936-11-08

A woman commits suicide after being blackmailed, and her husband resolves to kill the man...

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Hollywood Extra Girl

as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
Released: 1935-08-22

A short semi-documentary about a "typical extra girl" on a DeMille film.

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You, the People

as John 'Boss' Bailey
Released: 1940-11-30

This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his...

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Whistling in the Dark

as Lombardo
Released: 1933-01-21

A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist...

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The Long Shot

as Lew Ralston
Released: 1939-01-06

A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a...

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Renegades

as Captain Mordiconi
Released: 1930-10-26

Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for...

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Trouble in Morocco

as Captain Nardant
Released: 1937-03-09

A newspaperman Paul Cluett (Jack Holt) gets rival reporter Linda Lawrence (Mae Clark) to admit...

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Pursuit

as Nick Shawn
Released: 1935-08-09

"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of...

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Trapped in the Sky

as Fornay
Released: 1939-06-01

In this exciting spy drama, enemy agents endeavor to steal the plans for a top secret silent...

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Once a Sinner

as Serge Ratoff
Released: 1931-01-25

As Diana Barry is preparing to leave New York to marry inventor Tommy Mason she is offered...

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The Gay Caballero

as Don Paco Morales
Released: 1932-02-14

Football star Ted Radcliffe goes west to manage an inherited cattle ranch. Empire builder and...

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