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Leon Gordon Bennett (January 12, 1894 – January 4, 1960) was an English-born playwright, screenwriter, actor, and director who wrote the screenplay for White Cargo.
Here is where she met Gordon, an ex-con who was trying to turn his life around as an actor. The couple married in February of 1950 and began married life touring together on the Borscht Belt stages. They went on to have a daughter together, Tara Gordon. Leo's career took off after he landed an agent and moved the family West to Los Angeles.
- February 27, 1927
- January 2, 2004
LEON GORDON DIVORCED.; Wife of Actor-Playwright Obtains Decree in Reno. Give this article. Feb. 15, 1936. Credit... The New York Times Archives.
Leon Gordon (born Leo Gordon Bennett) was an English-born actor, playwright, screenwriter, and producer.
Leon Gordon was born on 12 January 1891 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Freaks (1932), Rogue's March (1953) and Tarzan and His Mate (1934). He was married to Georgia Spence and Nancy Evelyn. He died on 4 January 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Writer, Producer, Actor
- January 12, 1891
- Leon Gordon
- January 4, 1960
Leon Gordon was born on January 12, 1891 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK. He was a writer and producer, known for Freaks (1932), Rogue's March (1953) and Tarzan and His Mate (1934). He was previously married to Georgia Spence and Nancy Evelyn.
British playwright Leon Gordon is best known for a steamy bit of exotica called White Cargo, which was filmed twice, most memorably in 1940 with Hedy Lamarr as the estimable Tondelayo. Gordon was also a prolific novelist; his semi-comic novel I Love You Again was made into a delightful William Powell-Myrna Loy vehicle in 1941.
