Michael Gordon

American stage actor and stage and film director (1909-1993)

0.62body-of-work score · ranked #1287 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born
September 6, 1909 · Baltimore
Died
April 29, 1993 · Los Angeles
Nationality
United States
Work
film director, film actor, stage actor, theatre director
Reference
Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

  1. 1

    1959 · United States · comedy, romance

    National Film Registry (inducted 2009) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies

    0.392 citations
  2. 2

    1950 · United States · action, adventure

    National Film Registry (inducted 2022)

    0.231 citation

Complete filmography

All 22 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

  • 1942Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood
  • 1942Underground Agent
  • 1943Crime Doctor
  • 1943One Dangerous Night
  • 1947The Web
  • 1948An Act of Murder
  • 1948Another Part of the Forest
  • 1949Once More, My Darling
  • 1949The Lady Gambles
  • 1949Woman in Hiding
  • 1950Cyrano de Bergerac
  • 1951I Can Get It for You Wholesale
  • 1951The Secret of Convict Lake
  • 1959Pillow Talk
  • 1960Portrait in Black
  • 1962Boys' Night Out
  • 1963For Love or Money
  • 1963Move Over, Darling
  • 1965A Very Special Favor
  • 1966Texas Across the River
  • 1968The Impossible Years
  • 1970How Do I Love Thee?