Richard Gordon (actor)

[8] After he refused a producer's offer of $35 per week for a minor part in a play, Gordon spent 10 years with a theatrical touring company.

Not long after it was formed, however, he encountered conflicts with officers of the organization as he advocated for inclusion of actors from movies and radio.

The first marriage, beginning in January 1907, was to Denver-born actress Rachel Crown,[15][16] with whom Gordon had two children,[5] and with whom he continued to appear onstage at least as late as the summer of 1910.

[22] To help her promote her works to producers, Gordon built a miniature theater using a scale of one-half inch to one foot.

[23] Finally, from about 1946 until at least 1964, he was married to Boston-born former actress Margaret Brainard (né Taylor),[24][25] with whom he had co-featured more than three decades before in a well-received stage adaptation of Harold Bell Wright's novel The Winning of Barbara Worth.