June Allyson and Alan Ladd with Dir. Gordon Douglas on the set of "The McConnell Story"
Caption: June Allyson and Alan Ladd with Dir. Gordon Douglas on the set of "The McConnell Story"
Director, Actor, Writer
Born: December 15, 1907
Star sign: Sagittarius
Known for: Them! (1954), Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964), In Like Flint (1967), The Little Rascals (1955)
Source: IMDB
Starting out as a child actor, Gordon Douglas was eventually hired by Hal Roach as a gag writer. His first directorial assignments were for Roach's "Our Gang" series. Graduating to features, Douglas stayed with comedies, directing Oliver Hardy in Zenobia (1939) and both Hardy and Stan Laurel in Saps at Sea (1940). Douglas left Roach for RKO, for ...