Gordon Oliver (April 27, 1910 – January 26, 1995) was an American actor and film producer. He appeared in more than 40 films and television shows between 1933 and 1972.
Biography Oliver began working in films in 1936, eventually working for Warner Bros., Columbia and RKO. He went on to appear in approximately 25 films. Oliver was executive producer of It Takes a Thief, Peter Gunn, Mr. Lucky, and Mr. Adams and Eve. On-screen, he was co-host of Mobil Theatre and Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents.
Oliver was married to model Elsa Oliver for 46 years. They had a son, Angus Duncan, and a daughter, Elsa Lambert. He died of emphysema January 26, 1995, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He was interred at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition. Oliver was survived by his wife, a son, and a daughter.
Partial filmography
As actor, unless otherwise noted. The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933) - Student (uncredited) Fugitive in the Sky (1936) - Bob White Once a Doctor (1937) - Dr. Jerry Brace Draegerman Courage (1937) - Pete Lawson The Go Getter (1937) - Luce San Quentin (1937) - Captain The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937) - Philip Brownley Fly-Away Baby (1937) - Lucien 'Sonny' Croy White Bondage (1937) - Dave Graydon Youth on Parole (1937) - Phillip Henderson Alcatraz Island (1937) - George Drake Over the Goal (1937) - Benton West of Shanghai (1937) - Jim Hallet Expensive Husbands (1937) - Ricky Preston Daredevil Drivers (1938) - Mark Banning Jezebel (1938) - Dick Allen Women Are Like That (1938) - Howard Johns The Marines Are Here (1938) - Corporal Dick Jones Brother Rat (1938) - Capt 'Lacedrawers' Rogers Blondie (1938) - Chester Franey There's That Woman Again (1938) - Charles Crenshaw Pride of the Navy (1939) - Jerry Richards My Son Is a Criminal (1939) - Allen Coltrin Romance of the Redwoods (1939) - Jed Malone A Woman Is the Judge (1939) - Robert Langley Sabotage (1939) - Tommy Grayson Sweetheart of the Campus (1941) - Terry Jones Follies Girl (1943) - Pvt. Jerry Hamlin Passport to Destiny (1944) - Capt. Franz von Weber Seven Days Ashore (1944) - Dan Arland Jr. Since You Went Away (1944) - Marine Officer Seeking Room Heavenly Days (1944) - Dick Martin The Spiral Staircase (1946) - Steve Warren Station West (1948) - Prince Born to Be Bad (1950) - The Lawyer My Forbidden Past (1951) - Clay Duchesne The Las Vegas Story (1952) - Mr. Drucker Code Name: Heraclitus (1967, producer) Cancel My Reservation (1972) - Mr. Willie Sparker
Radio appearances Year Program Episode/source 1952 Family Theater Pas de Deux
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