J. Gordon Edwards

Began as an actor, then as director and producer at the Suburban Garden Theatre in St. Louis, then at the Academy of Music in New York, where he was hired by 'William Fox' (qv) to direct films in 1914. He directed 22 films starring 'Theda Bara' (qv), who called him "the nicest director I ever worked with." His grandson is the director 'Blake Edwards' (qv).::Anonymous