Gordon Douglas (born Gordon Douglas Brickner; December 15, 1907 â€"
September 29, 1993) was an American film director, who directed many
different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in
motion pictures. He was a native of New York City.Douglas began his
career as a child actor, appearing in some films directed by Maurice
Costello. He also worked at MGM as a book-keeper.As a teenager he got
a job at the Hal Roach Studios, working in the office and appearing in
bit parts in various Hal Roach films. He made walk-on appearances in
at least three Our Gang shorts: Teacher's Pet (1930), Big Ears (1931)
and Birthday Blues (1932).By 1934 Douglas was assistant to director
Gus Meins and served as assistant director on Stan Laurel and Oliver
Hardy's 1934 film Babes in Toyland and on the Our Gang comedies made
between 1934 and mid-1936.
September 29, 1993) was an American film director, who directed many
different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in
motion pictures. He was a native of New York City.Douglas began his
career as a child actor, appearing in some films directed by Maurice
Costello. He also worked at MGM as a book-keeper.As a teenager he got
a job at the Hal Roach Studios, working in the office and appearing in
bit parts in various Hal Roach films. He made walk-on appearances in
at least three Our Gang shorts: Teacher's Pet (1930), Big Ears (1931)
and Birthday Blues (1932).By 1934 Douglas was assistant to director
Gus Meins and served as assistant director on Stan Laurel and Oliver
Hardy's 1934 film Babes in Toyland and on the Our Gang comedies made
between 1934 and mid-1936.
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