Gordon Oliver

Acting

Gordon Oliver

Born — Died

1910-04-27 — 1995-01-26

Place of birth

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

41 titles

Known for

Four Star Playhouse poster
6.8

Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.

Four Star Playhouse

1952

The Spiral Staircase poster
7.0

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

The Spiral Staircase

1946

Since You Went Away poster
6.6

In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.

Since You Went Away

1944

Jezebel poster
7.0

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

Jezebel

1938

Born to Be Bad poster
6.0

Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.

Born to Be Bad

1950

The Las Vegas Story poster
6.0

When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.

The Las Vegas Story

1952

Film credits

1950s · 4 titles

1940s · 8 titles

The Spiral Staircase poster
7.0

On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.

The Spiral Staircase

1946

Since You Went Away poster
6.6

In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind his wife and two teen daughters.

Since You Went Away

1944

Station West poster
6.4

When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging town to find the killers.

Station West

1948

Seven Days Ashore poster
4.2

Circumstances force a womanizing playboy on leave from the Merchant Marine to ask two shipmates to help him by dating two surplus girlfriends.

Seven Days Ashore

1944

Heavenly Days poster
8.0

Fibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government.

Heavenly Days

1944

Passport to Destiny poster
5.3

An English charwoman, believing herself protected by a magic eye amulet, travels to Nazi Germany to personally assassinate Adolf Hitler.

Passport to Destiny

1944

Follies Girl poster
10.0

In PRC's Follies Girl, Wendy Barrie plays dress designer Anne Merriday, who becomes the object of middle-aged millionaire J. B. Hamlin's (J.C. Nugent) affections. To save his dad from throwing his life away on a supposed golddigger, Hamlin's son, Army private Jerry Hamlin (Gordon Oliver), begins courting Anne-and, of course, falls genuinely in love with her himself. Meanwhile, the rogueish J.B. tries to mount a Broadway burlesque show, with costumes designed by Our Heroine.

Follies Girl

1943

Sweetheart of the Campus poster
5.8

Ruby Keeler teams with the Nelsons (of TV and radio fame) as the singer in Ozzie's band. The setting is a college campus which is suffering from monetary woes, but somehow Ozzie's band manages to attract enough attention to increase the enrollment and keep the school from having to shut down.

Sweetheart of the Campus

1941

1930s · 26 titles

Jezebel poster
7.0

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

Jezebel

1938

Blondie poster
7.0

Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.

Blondie

1938

Sabotage poster
6.6

The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to marry Gail, a former showgirl, Major Matt Grayson, a war veteran and watchman at the plant, catches two men breaking into the machine shop. The men run, but the major shoots one of them.....

Sabotage

1939

Romance of the Redwoods poster
7.0

June Martin is a dishwasher in a California logging camp boarding house. Steve Blake fights Jed Malone for her and loses, thus casting suspicion on himself when Malone dies under cloudy circumstances.

Romance of the Redwoods

1939

Fugitive in the Sky poster
6.3

Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.

Fugitive in the Sky

1936

Expensive Husbands poster
5.9

Unable to get work in her home country, Laurine Lynne (Beverly Roberts) travels to Vienna where her press agent, Joe Craig (Allyn Joslyn), convinces her to marry royalty. The lucky fellow is Prince Rupert (Patric Knowles), an impoverished nobleman now working as a waiter. Do the two of them fall in love despite this marriage of convenience?

Expensive Husbands

1937

Once a Doctor poster
6.5

Dr. Frank Brace (Joe King) is an important doctor with son Jerry (Gordon Oliver) as well as foster son Steven (Donald Woods). The sons are both interns at Frank's hospital. Steven is the better doctor who takes blame for Jerry's mistakes.Steven has his license revoked when he is blamed for two deaths. Steven goes through years of hell trying to redeem himself.

Once a Doctor

1937

The Go-Getter poster
6.2

A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

The Go-Getter

1937

San Quentin poster
6.7

Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. When Jameson tries to separate lawbreakers from hardened criminals, badguy Hansen tries to stir up trouble by telling Joe about Jameson's interest in his sister.

San Quentin

1937

Women Are Like That poster
6.8

Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her influence to help her husband get ahead, but he will have none of it.

Women Are Like That

1938

A Woman is the Judge poster
7.0

Twenty years earlier, Mary Cabot had lost contact with her infant daughter Justine. Now a grown woman, Justine accidentally shoots a man who'd impugned the reputation of her mother, whom she's never met. As luck would have it, the presiding judge at Justine's trial is none other than Mary Cabot.

A Woman is the Judge

1939

No artwork available
10.0

George Gommery enjoys slipping up to town to see some little actress, and never suspects that his wife can play the same game just as well as he can. Or at least, he never suspects until he tells his wife that her lover is engaged to the woman whom he has been entertaining in London.

Intimate Relations

1937

West of Shanghai poster
5.8

American businessmen and missionaries working in China are captured and held prisoner by a local warlord.

West of Shanghai

1937

The Marines Are Here poster
7.0

A cocky young Marine who's alienated many of his fellow soldiers with his smart-aleck, wiseguy attitude gets a "wake-up call" when his unit comes under attack by bandits.

The Marines Are Here

1938

There's That Woman Again poster
6.2

Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. The case takes a different turn when Bill's prying wife wants to help catch the crook.

There's That Woman Again

1938

Over the Goal poster
5.0

The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.

Over the Goal

1937

No artwork available
7.0

A disruptive Annapolis naval cadet refuses to tow the line and so gets booted out of the prestigious academy. Later, he takes to designing speedboats. They are innovative and soon the Navy comes a-knocking in hopes that he will design a fast and easily maneuverable boat to carry torpedoes.

Pride of the Navy

1939

No artwork available
7.0

Former police chief Tim Halloran Sr. (Willard Robertson) fully expects his son Tim Jr. (Alan Baxter) to follow in his footsteps, flat though they may be. Instead, the younger Halloran opts for the easy road of crime.

My Son Is a Criminal

1939

The Daredevil Drivers poster
6.0

To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her rival.

The Daredevil Drivers

1938

White Bondage poster
6.8

A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.

White Bondage

1937

Alcatraz Island poster
5.1

A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.

Alcatraz Island

1937

Fly Away Baby poster
6.3

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

Fly Away Baby

1937

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop poster
7.2

A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop

1937

Brother Rat poster
6.0

Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.

Brother Rat

1938

Draegerman Courage poster
7.3

After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.

Draegerman Courage

1937

Youth on Parole poster
3.9

Two strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they get out, they join forces to track down the real thieves.

Youth on Parole

1937

Series credits

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