J. Gordon Edwards

Director | Writer

Date of birth : 06/23/1867

Date of death : 12/31/1925

City of birth : Montréal, Québec, Canada

Began as an actor, then as director and producer at the Suburban Garden Theatre in St. Louis, then at the Academy of Music in New York, where he was hired by William Fox to direct films in 1914. He directed 22 films starring Theda Bara, who called him "the nicest director I ever worked with." His grandson is the director Blake Edwards.