Leon Gordon Bennett (January 12, 1894 – January 4, 1960) was an English-born playwright, screenwriter, actor, and director who wrote the screenplay for White Cargo.[1][2]
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Born | Leon Gordon Bennett January 12, 1894 Brighton, England, U.K. |
Died | January 4, 1960 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 65)
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Gordon was born in Brighton, England in January 1894 and studied at St. John's College. He became an actor and was a leading man with the Boston Repertory Company. He began writing plays. After directing plays in Australia[3] he joined MGM in 1930.[4]
He died of a heart ailment at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, in Los Angeles, California on January 4, 1960. He was survived by two daughters.[5]