Starting out as a child actor, Gordon Douglas was eventually hired by 'Hal Roach crime drama about a homicide cop who gets involved in a murder case involving wealthy and powerful homosexual men.
Slid 15 feet from the top of the Old Womans Shoe and tore ligaments in his left leg during the filming of Babes in Toyland , on which he worked as an assistant director.
Only filmmaker to have directed both Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley.
Uncle of television director Linda Day.
Directed nearly 100 features and shorts, including five features alone that were released in 1950, and four more in 1951.
