C. Henry Gordon
Date of birth: 1884-06-17
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Henry Racke
Biography
C. Henry Gordon (born Henry Racke) was an American stage and screen actor. Sources conflict as to whether his June 17 birth date was in 1884 or in 1883. (1884 is most commonly accepted, though most of his obituaries state he died at age 57.)
Movie Credits
Scarface
1932-04-09
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots
Sophie Lang Goes West
1937-09-10
Reformed jewel-thief Sophie Lang, tired of being questioned by the New York City police every time a
Conquest
1937-10-22
A Polish countess is dispatched by her country to become Napoleon Bonaparte's mistress at the urging
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937-05-21
Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of
City in Darkness
1939-11-15
Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the mu
Trapped in the Sky
1939-06-01
In this exciting spy drama, enemy agents endeavor to steal the plans for a top secret silent aircraf
Trouble in Morocco
1937-03-09
A newspaperman Paul Cluett (Jack Holt) gets rival reporter Linda Lawrence (Mae Clark) to admit that
Penthouse
1933-09-08
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been u
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933-12-01
Los Angeles newspaper reporter Toby Prentiss is continually in trouble with his editor. He is demote
The Charge of the Light Brigade
1936-10-20
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful
Stamboul Quest
1934-07-13
In 1915, German Counter-Intelligence Chief Von Sturm learns that someone is providing the British wi
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
1940-09-06
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and
The Gay Caballero
1932-02-14
Football star Ted Radcliffe goes west to manage an inherited cattle ranch. Empire builder and cattle
Kongo
1932-10-01
The ruthless Flint, a disabled man, rules an isolated region of Kongo like an omnipotent god, throug
Hell's Highway
1932-09-23
A prison-camp convict learns that his younger brother will soon be joining him behind bars.
The Secret of Madame Blanche
1933-02-03
A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
Men in White
1934-04-06
A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his soc
Turn Back the Clock
1933-08-25
While recuperating in a hospital after he's hit by an automobile, a struggling shopowner dreams what
You, the People
1940-11-30
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "
Women in Hiding
1940-06-22
In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of tell
Trapped by G-Men
1937-09-09
Granite-jawed Jack Holt performs a dual role in Columbia's Trapped by G-Men.
Stand-In
1937-10-29
An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a financial
Pursuit
1935-08-09
"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of Cali
Clear All Wires!
1933-02-24
Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports
Professional Soldier
1935-12-27
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and th
Made on Broadway
1933-05-19
A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway pre
Whistling in the Dark
1933-01-21
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist the
Miss Pinkerton
1932-05-27
Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by h
Straight Is the Way
1934-08-10
Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfr
Renegades
1930-10-26
Four one-for-all and all-for-one privates in the French Foreign Legion are all in jail for disorderl
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935-09-20
Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of ban
Stage Mother
1933-09-29
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls eve
Fugitive Lovers
1934-01-05
In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York b
Lazy River
1934-03-16
Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.
The Big Game
1936-10-09
A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.
The Devil's in Love
1933-07-21
The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. When military doctor Andr
This Side of Heaven
1934-02-02
A family man becomes innocently involved in an embezzlement.
The Crooked Circle
1932-09-25
A group of amateur detectives sets out to expose The Crooked Circle, a secretive group of hooded occ
Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of
Roar of the Dragon
1932-07-08
A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage
The Chief
1933-11-03
The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to be
The Black Doll
1938-01-31
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is abou
State's Attorney
1932-05-20
Corrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the courtroom
Hide-Out
1934-08-24
Wounded criminal Lucky Wilson takes refuge in a small Connecticut farm. He falls in love with the f
Rasputin and the Empress
1932-12-23
The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the Russ
Love Letters of a Star
1936-11-08
A woman commits suicide after being blackmailed, and her husband resolves to kill the man responsibl
Thirteen Women
1932-09-16
Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive is n
Gabriel Over the White House
1933-03-31
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis
The Women in His Life
1933-12-08
An immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves his
A Devil with Women
1930-10-17
Soldier of fortune Maxton is stranded in a Central American country. He and Tom, the nephew of the c
A Woman of Experience
1931-07-08
It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute, wan
The Washington Masquerade
1932-07-09
An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a ve
Under Two Flags
1936-04-30
Sergeant Victor comes to the French Foreign Legion after taking the blame for his brother's crime. C
Once a Sinner
1931-01-25
As Diana Barry is preparing to leave New York to marry inventor Tommy Mason she is offered financial
The Black Camel
1931-06-21
Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't ma
Tarzan's Revenge
1938-01-07
Eleanor and her parents are hunting big game, acompanied by her wimpish fiance.
The Long Shot
1939-01-06
A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thorough
The Return of the Cisco Kid
1939-04-28
In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid w
The Crusades
1935-08-21
King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.
Heritage of the Desert
1939-06-23
John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick Chance
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933-11-02
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night
Charlie Chan Carries On
1931-04-11
Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings in
Adventure in Sahara
1938-11-15
Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and oppress
Hollywood Boulevard
1936-08-20
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of
Man of Conquest
1939-05-15
The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republ
Sharpshooters
1938-11-18
Ace newsreel cameraman is working in a mythical European country when the king is assassinated. He g
Kit Carson
1940-08-30
Frontiersman Kit Carson fights off Indian attacks on the trail to California.
Invisible Enemy
1938-04-03
Jeffrey Clavering is hired in London by The Great Eastern Oil Corporation to go to Paris to prevent
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain
1932-05-28
A fast-talking reporter befriends a young woman and her male companion who are wanted for a policema
Mata Hari
1931-12-26
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying fo
Death on the Diamond
1934-09-14
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debt
Young as You Feel
1931-08-06
Lemuel Morehouse, the owner of a profitable meatpacking company in Chicago, bemoans the fact that ne
Hush Money
1931-07-05
Story of a girl who tries to live down the past and marries a wealthy man. Blackmail attempt by old
Honor of the Family
1931-10-17
Intrigue and greed come between an immoral woman and the man who loves her. This film is believed lo
Night Flight
1933-10-06
Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.
Hollywood Extra Girl
1935-08-22
A short semi-documentary about a "typical extra girl" on a DeMille film.
The Doomed Battalion
1932-04-30
During World War 1, an Austrian Battalion holds a mountain stronghold against the attack of the Ital
The Great Hotel Murder
1935-02-27
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder b
Passport to Alcatraz
1940-06-06
George Hollister, crack investigator for the NYC police, is assigned to run down the enemy aliens wh