Directing

George Gordon

Born — Died

1906-09-02 — 1986-05-24

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

George Gordon (September 2, 1906 – May 24, 1986) was a film and TV animator and director of animated productions. Starting in film in 1930, he moved to TV in its early days. Gordon is credited with hundreds of cartoons from 1937 through 1983. Gordon began working with animation in 1930 at the Moser-Terry-Coffman Studio as an animator on the Jesse and James and Farmer Al Falfa series . After two years, he moved to Terrytoons along with one of his previous employers, Paul Terry. In 1937, Gordon left Terrytoons for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio to work as an animator. During his career at MGM, he was able to work on the Barney Bear and Tom and Jerry. Gordon was later promoted to the …

Known for

Behind the camera

Bat★21 poster
6.3

Lt. Col. Iceal "Ham" Hambleton is a weapons countermeasures expert and when his aircraft is shot over enemy territory the Air Force very much wants to get him back. Hambleton knows the area he's in is going to be carpet-bombed but a temporary shortage of helicopters causes a delay. Working with an Air Force reconnaissance pilot, Capt. Bartholomew Clark, he maps out an escape route.

Bat★21

1988

Polar Pest poster
6.8

Barney just wants to hibernate for the winter, but his nephew, just in from the North Pole, has other plans.

Polar Pest

1944

No artwork available
8.0

A Terrytoons cartoon released 16 October 1936.

Sunken Treasures

1936

No artwork available
7.0

A Terrytoons cartoon released 16 April 1937.

Bug Carnival

1937

Innertube Antics poster
7.3

A donkey, putting a small pile of rubber out for wartime recycling, is dismayed by the much larger piles his neighbors have put out. He goes into the backyard and finds, in his lawn, a huge buried inner tube - but it has a mind of its own.

Innertube Antics

1944

No artwork available
9.0

Kiko the Kangaroo and Farmer Al Falfa and all the animals take an expedition to the North Pole in a dirigible but the skunks are made to ride in a small- trailer towed by the dirigible...or back of the blimp. Once there they all participate in winter sports. The local walrus lodges a complaint against the visitors.

Skunked Again

1936

No artwork available
10.0

A German-accented bird teacher gives his bird pupils a firsthand lesson in the dangers of cats when one attempts to break into their school.

School Days

1937

Rhapsody of Steel poster
7.0

Animated industrial movie about the steel industry.

Rhapsody of Steel

1959

Bear Raid Warden poster
6.3

Barney takes his air-raid warden post too seriously, telling first an owl (shining eyes) and then a firefly to put their lights out. The firefly isn't at all happy and keeps pestering Barney. Then Barney finds a huge offender: a cabin that's all lit up. Looks familiar...

Bear Raid Warden

1944

The Ant from Uncle poster
8.0

To bar the Ant from subterranean refuge, the Aardvark strives to plug every ant hole in existence and, to his dismay, discovers a hole of volcanic proportions which is the dwelling of Charlie's huge, older kin.

The Ant from Uncle

1969

Pink Elephants poster
6.0

In this 1937 Terrytoon, one of the funniest ever made by the studio, a drunk goat is scared by the appearence of three pink elephants. The goat runs into Farmer Al Falfa's house.

Pink Elephants

1937

No artwork available
10.0

Farmer Al Falfa runs a rural fitness resort with all the workout gags, involving dumbbells, rowing machines, steam boxes, etc. Kiko the Kangaroo helps expose one of the guests as a criminal in disguise, and a big reward is forthcoming.

Farmer Al Falfa in The Health Farm

1936

Albert in Blunderland poster
NR

Albert, an auto mechanic is listening to a radio broadcast about a society based on the "coordinated cooperation of ants". He becomes excited about the idea, and becomes a little careless. The hood of the car, crashes down on his head, knocking him out cold. While unconcious, he dreams about being a worker among ants in the state-controlled nation of Antrolia. At first he is enthusiastic, but soon becomes disenchanted. When he threatens to strike, the soldier ants drag him before a firing squad. Just as he is being executed, he wakes up. He jumps into the car, races to the radio station and assaults the speaker, who is still extolling the virtures of state-planning boards and a controlled, planned economy. The speech, on red paper, flies into the air, as the mechanic grabs the microphone to give the audience "the real low-down on them ants".

Albert in Blunderland

1950

The Stork's Holiday poster
7.2

The stork tells about a harrowing encounter with a gun emplacement. As a result, he declares himself "closed for the duration."

The Stork's Holiday

1943

Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy poster
5.8

Private Snafu (Situation Normal All Fucked Up) presents his brother Tarfu (Things Are Really Fucked Up) who was a carrier pigeon keeper and has joined the Navy

Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy

1946

The Unwelcome Guest poster
7.2

Barney Bear runs afoul of a foul-smelling skunk who wants to steal his berries.

The Unwelcome Guest

1945

No artwork available
10.0

A Terrytoons cartoon released 28 May 1937.

Ozzie Ostritch Comes to Town

1937

Inside Cackle Corners poster
7.0

Cold-War propaganda film where the importance of research and development in capitalism is stressed.

Inside Cackle Corners

1951

No artwork available
7.0

A Terrytoons cartoon released 24 July 1936.

Puddy Pup and the Gypsies

1936

No artwork available
8.0

When a mother bear gets burdened by the pesky antics of her cubs, she places a sign in front of her house to hire a caretaker. Immediately Kiko, who is passing by, reads the ad and takes the job.

Kiko and the Honey Bears

1936

Cats in a Bag poster
7.0

During Christmas, Puddy the Pup finds a bag of kittens abandoned in the snow.

Cats in a Bag

1936

No artwork available
7.0

Farmer Al Falfa and Puddy's farm is shriveling up under the intense heat. A peddler provides magic explosive pills that cause it to rain, and the crops swell up instantly. Unfortunately, it's all a dream.

The Hot Spell

1936

No artwork available
7.0

A Terrytoons cartoon released 6 January 1937.

Salty McGuire

1937

Two Breaths To... poster
NR

This animated film dramatizes the danger of working in oxygen-deficient conditions. It was intended for viewing by mine and construction workers in order to promote safety and prevent accidents.

Two Breaths To...

1979

No artwork available
8.0

Farmer Al Falfa receives a gift from his brother Hank in Australia: a pet kangaroo named Kiko, who proves to be a demanding and mischievous house guest.

Farmer Al Falfa's Prize Package

1936

The Book Shop poster
8.0

A Terrytoons cartoon released 5 February 1937.

The Book Shop

1937

No artwork available
8.0

The barnyard animals throw Al a party commemorating his long career as an animated star. But as happened often before, and would again, uninvited skunks crash the affair, stink up the farmhouse, and all descends into destruction and chaos.

Farmer Al Falfa's 20th Anniversary

1936

No artwork available
7.0

Farmer Al Falfa and Puddy the Pup bring their gadget-filled trailer to the Tin Can Tourist Camp, but their fun is spoiled by angry bees.

The Tin Can Tourist

1937

No artwork available
10.0

Kiko plays a fife and manages the two well-known pieces for that "The Girl I Left Behind Me" and "Yankee Doodle."

Kiko Foils the Fox

1936

Your Safety First poster
6.0

An animated film about the development of the automobile from the perspective of futuristic consumers.

Your Safety First

1956

Red Hot Music poster
7.0

When a band at radio station KIKO starts playing hot music, the instruments start spitting out flames, and the whole building is soon ablaze. The band can't stop playing as Kiko the fireman tries to put it out.

Red Hot Music

1937

No artwork available
9.0

A Terrytoons cartoon released 19 February 1937.

The Big Game Haunt

1937

A Few Quick Facts: Air Transport/Ships/China/Fire poster
4.0

Animated cartoon from the U.S. Army Signal Corps.

A Few Quick Facts: Air Transport/Ships/China/Fire

1944

No artwork available
9.0

A Terrytoons cartoon released 18 September 1936.

A Bully Frog

1936

No artwork available
6.5

The tree surgeon (a donkey) races to the giant sequoia, which isn't feeling well. His techniques, though, seem better suited to treating a person.

The Tree Surgeon

1944

No artwork available
NR

A musical cartoon detailing the woes of a new family in a neighborhood beset by credit wolves. A wise owl comes to the rescue by organizing a Community Action Program to boycott the unfair merchants in the neighborhood.

The Owl Who Gave a Hoot

1967

Fresh Laid Plans poster
10.0

Cold War propaganda allegory about farm markets.

Fresh Laid Plans

1951

No artwork available
8.0

In this first (and close to the last) cartoon done in Sepia Tone, Puddy the Pup is walking along with a bone in his mouth and, while crossing on a log running over a stream he sees the magnified reflection of the bone in the water. An impish devil appears and urges him to drop his bone and dive into the water after the bigger one. He does and finds nothing while losing his bone. He finds another bone at an Italian restaurant and as he returns over the same stream the imp appears again. Will Puddy be fooled again?

The Dog and the Bone

1937

No artwork available
9.0

A Terrytoons cartoon released 23 July 1937.

The Homeless Pup

1937

No artwork available
NR

A short sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Inc.

Horizons of Hope

1954