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 ...
Slid 15 feet from the top of the Old Woman's Shoe and tore ligaments in his left leg during the filming of Babes in Toyland (1934), on which he worked as an assistant director.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Our Gang: Inside the Clubhouse
1984
TV Movie documentary uncredited
Viva Knievel!
1977
Nevada Smith
1975
TV Movie
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
1973
Skin Game
1971
co-director - uncredited
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
Barquero
1970
Skullduggery
1970
Lady in Cement
1968
The Detective
1968
Tony Rome
1967
Chuka
1967
In Like Flint
1967
Way... Way Out
1966
Stagecoach
1966
Harlow
1965/I
Sylvia
1965
Rio Conchos
1964
Robin and the 7 Hoods
1964
Call Me Bwana
1963
Follow That Dream
1962
Claudelle Inglish
1961
Gold of the Seven Saints
1961
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
The Miracle
1959
battle scenes, uncredited
Yellowstone Kelly
1959
Up Periscope
1959
The Fiend Who Walked the West
1958
Fort Dobbs
1958
Maverick
1958
TV Series 1 episode
Bombers B-52
1957
The Big Land
1957
Santiago
1956
Sincerely Yours
1955
The McConnell Story
1955
The Little Rascals
1955
TV Series 1936-1938
Young at Heart
1954
Them!
1954
So This Is Love
1953
The Charge at Feather River
1953
She's Back on Broadway
1953
The Iron Mistress
1952
Mara Maru
1952
Come Fill the Cup
1951
I Was a Communist for the FBI
1951
Only the Valiant
1951
The Great Missouri Raid
1951
Between Midnight and Dawn
1950
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
1950
Fortunes of Captain Blood
1950
The Nevadan
1950
Mr. Soft Touch
1949
The Doolins of Oklahoma
1949
Walk a Crooked Mile
1948
The Black Arrow
1948
If You Knew Susie
1948
as Gordon M. Douglas
San Quentin
1946
as Gordon M. Douglas
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946
as Gordon M. Douglas
First Yank Into Tokyo
1945
Zombies on Broadway
1945
The Falcon in Hollywood
1944
Girl Rush
1944
A Night of Adventure
1944
Gildersleeve's Ghost
1944
Gildersleeve on Broadway
1943
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
1943
The Great Gildersleeve
1942
The Devil with Hitler
1942
Short
Niagara Falls
1941
Broadway Limited
1941
Saps at Sea
1940
Zenobia
1939
Aladdin's Lantern
1938
Short
The Little Ranger
1938
Short
Hide and Shriek
1938
Short
Feed 'em and Weep
1938
Short
Came the Brawn
1938
Short
Bear Facts
1938
Short
Canned Fishing
1938
Short
Our Gang Follies of 1938
1937
Short
The Pigskin Palooka
1937
Short
Framing Youth
1937
Short
Fishy Tales
1937
Short
Night 'n' Gales
1937
Short
Roamin' Holiday
1937
Short
Three Smart Boys
1937
Short
Rushin' Ballet
1937
Short
Hearts Are Thumps
1937
Short
Glove Taps
1937
Short
Reunion in Rhythm
1937
Short
General Spanky
1936
Spooky Hooky
1936
Short
Pay As You Exit
1936
Short
Two Too Young
1936
Short
Bored of Education
1936
Short
The Infernal Triangle
1935
Short
Lucky Beginners
1935
Short
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Lux Video Theatre
1955
TV Series
Intermission Guest
Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
Coroner (uncredited)
The Fatal Glass of Beer
1933
Short
Student Drinker (uncredited)
Birthday Blues
1932
Short
Delivery boy
Too Many Women
1932
Short
Gordon
You're Telling Me
1932
Short
Eddie Morgan
The Knockout
1932
Short
Slug, Sophomore Champ
Love Pains
1932
Short
Rowdy Singer (uncredited)
On the Loose
1931
Short
Fun House Worker (uncredited)
Beau Hunks
1931
Short
Fort Arid Legionnaire (uncredited)
The Kick-Off!
1931
Short
Bit (uncredited)
One Good Turn
1931
Short
A Community Player (uncredited)
Come Clean
1931
Short
Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)
Big Ears
1931
Short
Orderly
Catch-As Catch-Can
1931
Short
Young man (uncredited)
Pardon Us
1931
Typist (uncredited)
Let's Do Things
1931
Short
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Love Fever
1931
Short
Thelma's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Chickens Come Home-
1931
Short
Passerby Outside Apartment (uncredited)
Looser Than Loose
1930
Short
Young Man (uncredited)
Teacher's Pet
1930
Short
Second Caterer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Little Rascals Varieties
1959
story
If You Knew Susie
1948
uncredited
Topper Returns
1941
original screenplay
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
screen play
Kelly the Second
1936
adaptation
Beginner's Luck
1935
Short
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Chump at Oxford
1940
director: additional scenes - uncredited
Captain Fury
1939
second unit director - uncredited
The Lucky Corner
1936
Short assistant director - uncredited
Anniversary Trouble
1935
Short assistant director - uncredited
Babes in Toyland
1934
first assistant director - uncredited
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Skin Game
1971
fill-in director - uncredited
Little Rascals Varieties
1959
director: archive footage
Road Show
1941
associate director
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Falcon in Hollywood
1944
producer - uncredited
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
All Eyes and Ears
2015
Documentary special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Warner Brothers Presents
1955
TV Series
Himself - Director
Kings Row
1955
TV Series
Himself - Guest
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Our Gang Story
1994
Video documentary
Himself
The Laurel and Hardy Show
1986
TV Series
Passerby / Typist / Community player / ...
The Little Rascals
1955
TV Series
Carter (1955) / Orderly (1955) / Delivery Boy (1955)