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Mary Gordon

Acting Born May 16, 1882 Died Aug 23, 1963 Glasgow, Scotland, UK 230 credits
230
Total Credits
1925–1950
26 Years Career Span
33
Vault Titles
10
Key Co-Stars

Biography

Mary Gordon works in acting. Born May 16, 1882 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. Died August 23, 1963. Archytele tracks 230 screen credits across canonical film and television databases.

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Known for

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The Cisco Kid

as Mary O'Toole

Éramos Seis

as Charwoman (uncredited)

Eat the poor Taoist

as Mrs. Lance

Pé na Jaca

as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
Film

Fort Apache

as Ma (barmaid)

Love Is in the Air

as Mrs. Bledsoe
Film

Dressed to Kill

as Mrs. Hudson
Film

The Woman in Green

as Mrs. Hudson
Film

The Pearl of Death

as Mrs. Hudson

Macross II: Lovers Again

as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
Film

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death

as Mrs. Hudson
Film

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

as Mrs. Hudson

Frequent co-stars

Kim Young-ah 10 shared titles
Basil Rathbone 10 shared titles
Nigel Bruce 10 shared titles
Jo Kyoung-i 7 shared titles
Harry Cording 6 shared titles
Ha Soo-ho 5 shared titles
Holmes Herbert 5 shared titles
Jang Ye-na 4 shared titles
Kim Eun-ah 4 shared titles
John Burton 4 shared titles

Career timeline

The Cisco KidWest of Wyoming
The File on Thelma JordonTucsonDeputy MarshalHaunted TrailsMr. Soft Touch
Fort ApacheKidnappedThe Strange Mrs. CraneBig Town ScandalAngels' Alley
ExposedThe Long NightThe Judge Steps OutThe Invisible WallRoses Are Red
Dressed to KillThe Hoodlum SaintSister KennySentimental JourneyIn Fast Company
The Woman in GreenThe Body SnatcherKittyCaptain EddieStrange Confession
The Pearl of DeathHollywood CanteenThe Hour Before the DawnFollow the LeaderSecret Command
Sherlock Holmes Faces DeathSherlock Holmes in WashingtonSarong GirlThe Spider WomanKeep 'Em Slugging
Sealed LipsThe Pride of the YankeesSherlock Holmes and the Secret WeaponThe Mummy's TombGentleman Jim
Double CrossAppointment for LoveIt Started with EveRiot SquadFlight from Destiny
Kitty FoyleGo WestThe Invisible Man ReturnsYoung PeopleThe Invisible Woman
Mr. Smith Goes to WashingtonThe Hound of the BaskervillesThe Adventures of Sherlock HolmesCaptain FuryWings of the Navy
Angels with Dirty FacesBlond CheatKidnappedMannequinCity Streets
You Can't Have EverythingDouble WeddingPick a StarOne Man JusticeYou're Only Young Once
Mary of ScotlandAfter the Thin ManThe Plough and the StarsGreat GuyThe Plot Thickens
Bride of FrankensteinMutiny on the BountyBonnie ScotlandThe Irish in UsVanessa: Her Love Story
Manhattan MelodramaCharlie Chan in LondonOur Daily BreadThe LoudspeakerCross Streets
The Invisible ManShe Done Him WrongMy WomanLadies They Talk AboutDesign for Living
Beauty ParlorBlonde VenusPack Up Your TroublesWild GirlThe Trial of Vivienne Ware
PossessedWaterloo BridgeThe Black CamelA House DividedThe Brat
Oh, for a Man!Anybody's WomanLet Us Be GaySong o' My HeartWhen the Wind Blows
Madame XHell's HeroesDynamiteThe Saturday Night KidIs Everybody Happy?
The Old CodeThe Matinee IdolThe Ol' Gray HossHangman's House
Naughty NanetteClancy's Kosher WeddingLittle Mickey GroganAnnie Laurie
Black Paradise
The People vs. Nancy PrestonTessieThe Home Maker

Full Filmography

230 titles
  • The Cisco Kid (1950) as Mary O'Toole
  • West of Wyoming (1950) as Nora Jones
  • The File on Thelma Jordon (1949) as Charwoman (uncredited)
  • Tucson (1949) as Housemother (uncredited)
  • Deputy Marshal (1949) as Mrs. Lance
  • Haunted Trails (1949) as Aunt Libby
  • Mr. Soft Touch (1949) as Slatternly Woman Tenant (Uncredited)
  • Shamrock Hill (1949) as Grandma Rogan
  • Advertisement
  • Clues to Adventure (1949) as Woman Reading Newspaper (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • Fort Apache (1948) as Ma (barmaid)
  • Kidnapped (1948) as Scottish Woman (uncredited)
  • The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948) as Nora
  • Big Town Scandal (1948) as Mary - Cleaning Woman (uncredited)
  • Angels' Alley (1948) as Mrs. Mamie Mahoney
  • Highway 13 (1948) as Aunt Myrt Lacy
  • Exposed (1947) as Housekeeper
  • The Long Night (1947) as Old Woman in Crowd (uncredited)
  • The Judge Steps Out (1947) as Annie (Scrub Woman) (uncredited)
  • The Invisible Wall (1947) as Mrs. Bledsoe
  • Roses Are Red (1947) as Cleaning Lady
  • Dressed to Kill (1946) as Mrs. Hudson
  • The Hoodlum Saint (1946) as Trina
  • Sister Kenny (1946) as Mrs. Gordon (uncredited)
  • Sentimental Journey (1946) as Agnes, the Cook (uncredited)
  • In Fast Company (1946) as Mrs. Cassidy
  • Shadows Over Chinatown (1946) as Mrs. Conover
  • Little Giant (1946) as Ma Miller
  • The Dark Horse (1946) as Mrs. Mahoney
  • The Woman in Green (1945) as Mrs. Hudson
  • The Body Snatcher (1945) as Mary McBride (uncredited)
  • Kitty (1945) as Nanny
  • Captain Eddie (1945) as Mrs. Westrom
  • Strange Confession (1945) as Mrs. O'Connor
  • Divorce (1945) as Ellen
  • See My Lawyer (1945) as Mrs. Fillmore
  • Law of the Badlands (1945)
  • The Pearl of Death (1944) as Mrs. Hudson
  • Hollywood Canteen (1944) as Hostess (uncredited)
  • The Hour Before the Dawn (1944) as Annie
  • Follow the Leader (1944)
  • Secret Command (1944) as Mrs. McKenzie (uncredited)
  • The Last Ride (1944) as Mrs. Mary Kelly
  • The Racket Man (1944) as Mom Benson
  • Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944) as Libby, the Housekeeper
  • Million Dollar Kid (1944) as Mrs. McGinnis
  • Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) as Mrs. Hudson
  • Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) as Mrs. Hudson
  • Sarong Girl (1943) as Mattie
  • The Spider Woman (1943) as Mrs. Hudson
  • Keep 'Em Slugging (1943) as Mrs. Banning
  • Two Tickets to London (1943) as Mrs. Tinkle
  • Whispering Footsteps (1943) as Ma Murphy
  • Smart Guy (1943) as Maggie
  • Here Comes Kelly (1943) as Mrs. Kelly
  • Sealed Lips (1942) as Mrs. Ann Morton (Fred's mother)
  • The Pride of the Yankees (1942) as Maid (uncredited)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) as Mrs. Hudson
  • The Mummy's Tomb (1942) as Jane Banning
  • Gentleman Jim (1942) as Mrs. Casey (uncredited)
  • Blue, White and Perfect (1942) as Mrs. Flaherty - Mike's Landlady (uncredited)
  • Dr. Broadway (1942) as Broadway Carrie
  • Meet the Stewarts (1942) as Mrs. Stewart
  • Fly By Night (1942) as Ma Prescott
  • It Happened in Flatbush (1942) as Mrs. Collins
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942) as Mrs. Hudson
  • Bombay Clipper (1942) as Abigail 'Mag' MacPherson
  • The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942) as Mrs. Scott
  • Powder Town (1942) as Mrs. Douglas
  • Half Way to Shanghai (1942) as Mrs. McIntyre
  • Double Cross (1941) as Mrs. Murray
  • Appointment for Love (1941) as Martha
  • It Started with Eve (1941) as Mrs. O'Toole (uncredited)
  • Riot Squad (1941) as Mrs. McGonigle
  • Flight from Destiny (1941) as Martha
  • Pot o' Gold (1941) as Mom McCorkle
  • Borrowed Hero (1941) as Mrs. Riley
  • Unfinished Business (1941) as Miss Brady
  • Kitty Foyle (1940) as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
  • Go West (1940) as Train Passenger
  • The Invisible Man Returns (1940) as Cookie (uncredited)
  • Young People (1940) as Old Woman (uncredited)
  • The Invisible Woman (1940) as Mrs. Bates
  • No, No, Nanette (1940) as Gertrude, the Cook
  • When the Daltons Rode (1940) as Ma Dalton
  • Brother Orchid (1940) as Mrs. Sweeney - Flo's Landlady (uncredited)
  • Women Without Names (1940) as Juror
  • Saps at Sea (1940) as Mrs. O'Riley
  • Queen of the Mob (1940) as Tenement Landlady
  • My Son, My Son! (1940) as Mrs. Mulvaney
  • I Take This Oath (1940) as Mrs. Eileen Hanagan
  • Public Deb No. 1 (1940) as Landlady
  • Tear Gas Squad (1940) as Mrs. Sullivan
  • Nobody's Children (1940) as Mary
  • The Last Alarm (1940) as Mrs. Hadley
  • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) as Woman (uncredited)
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) as Mrs. Hudson
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939) as Mrs. Hudson
  • Captain Fury (1939) as Mrs. Bailey
  • Wings of the Navy (1939) as Irene's Housekeeper
  • Broadway Serenade (1939) as Annie (uncredited)
  • Code of the Streets (1939) as Mrs. Flaherty
  • She Married a Cop (1939) as Ma Duffy
  • The Escape (1939) as Neighbor
  • Day-time Wife (1939) as Scrubwoman
  • Tail Spin (1939) as Mrs. Lee
  • Tell No Tales (1939) as Mrs. Bryant (uncredited)
  • Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939) as Mrs. O'Leary
  • Off the Record (1939) as Mrs. Finnegan (uncredited)
  • The Night of Nights (1939) as 1nd Pencil Woman (uncredited)
  • Rulers of the Sea (1939) as Mrs. Ogilvie (Uncredited)
  • Racketeers of the Range (1939) as Mary-Benson's Housekeeper
  • The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939) as Landlady (uncredited)
  • The Marshal Of Mesa City (1939) as Mrs. Dudley
  • The Story That Couldn't Be Printed (1939) as Woman Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
  • Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
  • Blond Cheat (1938) as Maggie (uncredited)
  • Kidnapped (1938) as Mrs. MacDonald
  • Mannequin (1938) as Mrs. O'Rourke (Uncredited)
  • City Streets (1938) as Mrs. Devlin
  • Gateway (1938) as Scottish Mother
  • Campus Confessions (1938) as Mrs. Twill
  • You Can't Have Everything (1937) as YWCA Scrub Woman (uncredited)
  • Double Wedding (1937) as Mrs. Keough
  • Pick a Star (1937) as Mrs Watts - The Undertaker’s Wife
  • One Man Justice (1937) as Bridget
  • You're Only Young Once (1937) as Mary's Mother (uncredited)
  • Her Husband Lies (1937) as Mrs. Jenks
  • A Damsel in Distress (1937) as Cook (uncredited)
  • The Great O'Malley (1937) as Mrs. O'Malley
  • Lady Behave! (1937) as Cook
  • Meet the Boy Friend (1937) as Mrs. Grimes
  • Friend Indeed (1937) as Housekeeper
  • Mary of Scotland (1936) as Nurse
  • After the Thin Man (1936) as Rose (uncredited)
  • The Plough and the Stars (1936) as Woman at Barricades
  • Great Guy (1936) as Mrs. Ogilvie
  • The Plot Thickens (1936) as Woman with Bag (uncredited)
  • Laughing Irish Eyes (1936) as Mrs. O'Keefe
  • The White Angel (1936) as Nursing Applicant (uncredited)
  • Little Miss Nobody (1936) as Mrs. Biddle
  • The Lady Consents (1936) as Apple Lady
  • Forgotten Faces (1936) as Mrs. O'Leary
  • Stage Struck (1936) as Mrs. Cassidy
  • Share the Wealth (1936) as Ma MacClyde
  • Bride of Frankenstein (1935) as Hans' Wife
  • Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) as Peddler (uncredited)
  • Bonnie Scotland (1935) as Mrs. Bickerdike
  • The Irish in Us (1935) as Ma O'Hara
  • Vanessa: Her Love Story (1935) as Mrs. Leathwaite
  • Waterfront Lady (1935) as Mrs. O'Flaherty
  • Vagabond Lady (1935) as Myrtle, Scrubwoman (uncredited)
  • $10 Raise (1935) as Landlady (uncredited)
  • Ginger (1935) as Mrs. Monahan (uncredited)
  • Manhattan Melodrama (1934) as Boat Passenger (uncredited)
  • Charlie Chan in London (1934) as Prison Visitor (uncredited)
  • Our Daily Bread (1934) as Community Woman in Cottage (uncredited)
  • The Loudspeaker (1934) as Landlady
  • Cross Streets (1934) as Sonny's Mother
  • The Little Minister (1934) as Nanny
  • The Little Minister (1934) Dialogue Coach
  • Murder at the Vanities (1934) as Assistant Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)
  • The Defense Rests (1934) as Scrub Woman
  • Change of Heart (1934) as Woman in Street (uncredited)
  • The Woman Condemned (1934) as Crying Woman at Night Court (uncredited)
  • One More River (1934) as Cook (Uncredited)
  • Baby Take a Bow (1934) as Mrs. O'Brien (Uncredited)
  • The Man from Hell (1934) as Mrs. Frank McCarrol
  • Whom the Gods Destroy (1934) as Newfoundlander
  • Beloved (1934) as Mrs. O'Leary
  • The Invisible Man (1933) as Screaming Woman (uncredited)
  • She Done Him Wrong (1933) as Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
  • My Woman (1933) as Woman at Ironing Board (Uncredited)
  • Ladies They Talk About (1933) as Prisoner in Visiting Room (uncredited)
  • Design for Living (1933) as Theatre Chambermaid (uncredited)
  • The World Changes (1933) as Lady at Party (uncredited)
  • The Kiss Before the Mirror (1933) as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
  • Pilgrimage (1933)
  • Sweepings (1933) as Mrs. Patrick O'Leary (Uncredited)
  • The Power and the Glory (1933) as Nurse (uncredited)
  • Meet the Baron (1933) as Washer Woman (uncredited)
  • Broadway Thru a Keyhole (1933) as Cleaning Woman
  • Men Must Fight (1933) as Pacifist Audience Member
  • Doctor Bull (1933) as Townswoman at Meeting
  • The Whirlwind (1933) as Mrs. Curtis
  • Nature in the Wrong (1933) as Mrs. Clancy
  • Beauty Parlor (1932) as Landlady
  • Blonde Venus (1932) as Landlady (uncredited)
  • Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) as Mrs. MacTavish (uncredited)
  • Wild Girl (1932) as Washerwoman (uncredited)
  • The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) as Court Matron (uncredited)
  • Call Her Savage (1932) as Lady in Tenement (Uncredited)
  • Skyscraper Souls (1932) as Charwoman
  • Texas Cyclone (1932) as Kate
  • Dancers in the Dark (1932) as Scrubwoman
  • Radio Patrol (1932) as Landlady (uncredited)
  • The Impatient Maiden (1932) as Irish Neighbor (uncredited)
  • 70,000 Witnesses (1932) as Scrubwoman (uncredited)
  • The Expert (1932) as Neighbor
  • Possessed (1931) as Woman at Political Rally (uncredited)
  • Waterloo Bridge (1931) as Distraught Woman on Stairway (uncredited)
  • The Black Camel (1931) as Mrs. MacMasters
  • A House Divided (1931) as Townswoman (uncredited)
  • The Brat (1931) as Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
  • 24 Hours (1931) as Nurse
  • Subway Express (1931) as Mrs. Delaney
  • Oh, for a Man! (1930) as Stage Door Admirer with Violets
  • Anybody's Woman (1930) as Maid
  • Let Us Be Gay (1930) as Mrs. McIntyre (uncredited)
  • Song o' My Heart (1930) as Irish Woman
  • When the Wind Blows (1930) as Chubby's Mother (uncredited)
  • The Ghosts (1930) as Chubby's Mama
  • Roaring Ranch (1930) as Mrs. O'Riley (uncredited)
  • His Honor the Mayor (1930) as His Wife
  • Madame X (1929) as Nursemaid (uncredited)
  • Hell's Heroes (1929) as Choir Member (uncredited)
  • Dynamite (1929) as Neighbor at Store
  • The Saturday Night Kid (1929) as Reducing customer (uncredited)
  • Is Everybody Happy? (1929) as Neighbor (uncredited)
  • The Old Code (1928) as Mary MacGregor
  • The Matinee Idol (1928) as Woman in Audience (uncredited)
  • The Ol' Gray Hoss (1928) as First taxi passenger
  • Hangman's House (1928) as The Woman at Hogan's Hideout
  • Naughty Nanette (1927) as Mrs. Rooney
  • Clancy's Kosher Wedding (1927) as Molly Clancy
  • Little Mickey Grogan (1927) as Kind Landlady
  • Annie Laurie (1927)
  • Black Paradise (1926) as Mrs. Murphy
  • The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925) as Mrs. Tifft
  • Tessie (1925) as Aunt Maggie
  • The Home Maker (1925) as Mrs. Hennessy

Frequently Asked Questions

What movies or TV shows is Mary Gordon best known for?

Mary Gordon is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including The Cisco Kid (1950), Éramos Seis (1994), Eat the poor Taoist (2023), Pé na Jaca (2006).

When and where was Mary Gordon born?

Mary Gordon was born on May 16, 1882 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. They passed away on August 23, 1963.

How many credits does Mary Gordon have?

Mary Gordon has accumulated over 230 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1925 to 1950.

What is Mary Gordon's background in cinema and television?

Mary Gordon (born Mary Gilmour, 16 May 1882 – 23 August 1963) was a Scottish actress, long in the United States, who mainly played housekeepers and mothers, most notably the landlady Mrs. Hudson in the Sherlock Holmes series of movies of the 1940s starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. Her body of work included nearl...

Mary Gordon by the numbers

230credits
229films
1TV series
1925–1950active years

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Full filmography (230) Born on May 16 In memoriam 1963

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