Gordon James was a British actor who appeared in some twenty films between 1929 and 1942.

Born in Manchester

Manchester

Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...

 on 22 July 1878 as Sydney Lynn, he made his first screen appearance in the 1929 film Atlantic. He was the brother of Ralph Lynn

Ralph Lynn

Ralph Lynn was a British stage and screen actor.Lynn was born in Manchester and began his acting career in Wigan in 1900 in King of Terrors. After years spent touring regional theatres and a spell in America he made his West End debut in 1915 at the Empire theatre in By Jingo...

 who enjoyed enormous success as a comedy actor in the 1930s. James appeared alongside him in several films.

Gordon James's date and place of death are unknown.

Selected filmography

• Tons of Money (1930)
• Plunder
  Plunder (1931 film)
  Plunder is a British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. It also features Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter and Robertson Hare...
  
  (1931)
• Thark (1932)
• Summer Lightning
  Summer Lightning (film)
  Summer Lightning is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Chili Bouchier and Horace Hodges. It is based on the novel Summer Lightning by P.G...
  
  (1933)
• A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933)
• Dirty Work
  Dirty Work (1934 film)
  Dirty Work is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Tom Walls and starring Ralph Lynn, Gordon Harker, Robertson Hare and Basil Sydney...
  
  (1934)
• A Cup of Kindness
  A Cup of Kindness
  A Cup of Kindness is a 1934 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls. It also featured Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Dorothy Hyson and Claude Hulbert...
  
  (1934)
• Foreign Affaires
  Foreign Affaires
  Foreign Affaires is a 1935 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls based on an Aldwych Farce written by Ben Travers. It also features Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare, Norma Varden and Cecil Parker. The film is set on the French Riviera where two hard-living British spongers become mixed...
  
  (1935)
• Stormy Weather (1935)
• Pot Luck (1936)
• A Spot of Bother
  A Spot of Bother (film)
  A Spot of Bother is a 1938 British comedy film directed by David MacDonald and starring Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton, Sandra Storme and Kathleen Joyce. The film is a farce in which a Bishop unwisely decides to loan the catherdral funds to a dubious businessman. Meanwhile his sectetary is involved...
  
  (1938)
• Saloon Bar
  Saloon Bar
  - Plot summary :An amateur detective tries to clear an innocent man of a crime before the date of his execution.- Cast :*Gordon Harker as Joe Harris*Elizabeth Allan as Queenie*Mervyn Johns as Wickers*Joyce Barbour as Sally*Anna Konstam as Ivy...
  
  (1940)
• The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)