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Gordon Douglas (director)

Gordon Douglas, American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 1993)

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Born
December 15, 1907
Died
September 29, 1993
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1907

About Gordon Douglas (director)

Gordon Douglas Brickner (December 15, 1907 – September 29, 1993) was an American film director and actor, who directed many different genres of films over the course of a five-decade career in motion pictures. 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. Bored of Education won the 1936 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film, and was the only Our Gang entry ever.

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Gordon Douglas (director) timeline

  1. 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.
  2. Bored of Education won the 1936 Academy Award for Live Action Short Film, and was the only Our Gang entry ever.

The world when Gordon Douglas (director) was born

Gordon Douglas (director) was born in 1907. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1907

  • Best-selling book"The Lady of the Decoration" – Frances Little

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentChicago Cubs win first of back-to-back World Series titles
  • Top headlinePanic of 1907 — financial crisis leads to Federal Reserve creation
  • Technology milestoneFirst commercial helicopter design
  • World population~1.67B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population86.0M

1907 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Gordon Douglas (director)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19072026
Population86.0M341 million

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