Alex Gordon and his brother Richard Gordon spent their childhood haunting English movie theaters before emigrating to New York in 1947.
Richard Gordon, who remained based on the East Coast, went on to forge a career as a film distributor and producer, while Alex Gordon established himself in Hollywood, where he played a key role at American International Pictures (AIP).
As a producer at AIP, Alex Gordon worked on a number of notable films, including "The Day the World Ended" (1955),"The She-Creature" (1956),and many more.
Later, he left AIP to become an independent producer, and his subsequent output included films such as "The Atomic Submarine" (1959),"The Underwater City" (1962),and westerns like "The Bounty Killer" (1965) and "Requiem for a Gunfighter" (1965).
After his producing career came to a close, Alex Gordon accepted a position at 20th Century-Fox, where he spearheaded a film restoration program and rediscovered more than 30 Fox films that had been previously thought lost.
In 1976, he left Fox to join the Gene Autry Organization, serving as vice-president of the company owned by the legendary B-western hero he had admired as a boy.
Alex Gordon had previously held the position of president of the British Gene Autry Fan Club and had worked as an advance man on Autry's cross-country personal appearance tours in the 1950s.
As a young man, Alex Gordon had been deeply influenced by Gene Autry, and it was only natural that he would eventually find himself working for the legendary performer.
