Leon Gordon Bennett (12 January 1894 – 4 January 1960) was an English-born actor, playwright, screenwriter, director and sportsman[1] who wrote the screenplay for White Cargo.

[1][2] 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.

After directing plays in Australia,[3] he emigrated to the United States.

[4] He died of a heart ailment at the Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, in Los Angeles, California on 4 January 1960.