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| name = Gordon Westcott | image = Gordon Westcott - Murder in the Clouds (1934).jpg | caption = From Murder in the Clouds (1934) | birth_name = Myrthus Hickman | birth_date = {{birth date|1903|11|6}} | birth_place = St. George, Utah, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1935|10|30|1903|11|6}} | death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1929–1935 | children = 2, including Helen Westcott | spouse = Margaret Cardon (1922–19??; divorced) Hazel Beth McArthur (19??–1935; his death) }} Gordon Westcott (born Myrthus Hickman, November 6, 1903 – October 30, 1935) was an American film actor. BiographyBorn in St. George, Utah, in 1903, Westcott studied architecture at the University of Chicago, where he was also lightweight boxing champion of the university.[1] Westcott acted on stage in New York, Utah, and California, before he made the move to film.[2] He became a contract player with Warner Brothers and appeared in 37 films between 1928 and 1935,[3] starring alongside such up and comers as Bette Davis, Loretta Young and James Cagney. After appearing in a string of Pre-Code productions, and working with such directors as William A. Wellman, Busby Berkeley and William Dieterle, his film career ended with his death on October 30, 1935 from a skull fracture[4] sustained in a polo accident that occurred three days earlier. He was 31 years old and survived by his second wife and two children.[5] FamilyHis son, from a brief 1922 marriage to Margaret Cardon Hickman (1902–1991), was Louis C. Hickman (1922–2016).{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} His daughter, by Hazel Bethea McArthur, was actress Helen Westcott (1928–1998).{{citation needed|date=May 2018}} Filmography
References1. ^{{cite news |title=Fight Training Is Aid to Actor Now |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21601008/gordon_westcott/ |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=August 31, 1927 |location=California, Los Angeles |page=25|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 5, 2018}} {{Open access}} 2. ^{{cite news |title=Gordon Wescott [sic] Dies from Skull Injury |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21600685/gordon_westcott/ |work=The Oshkosh Northwestern |agency=Associated Press |date=October 31, 1935 |location=Wisconsin, Oshkosh |page=4|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 5, 2018}} {{Open access}} 3. ^{{cite book |last1=Hunter |first1=James Michael |title=Mormons and Popular Culture: The Global Influence of an American Phenomenon |date=2013 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780313391675 |pages=253–254 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5oM1B1VE-yMC&pg=PA253&lpg=PA253&dq=%22(stage+name+Helen+Westcott)+by+his+second+wife+was+raised+in+Hollywood+as+a%22&source=bl&ots=EJKf_9RUNH&sig=7moH8bFKbiNV-53qZGQygkbY3a4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjBz_bLroncAhWIzIMKHYriDUgQ6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=%22(stage%20name%20Helen%20Westcott)%20by%20his%20second%20wife%20was%20raised%20in%20Hollywood%20as%20a%22&f=false |accessdate=6 July 2018 |language=en}} 4. ^{{cite news |title=Polo Game Injuries Take Actor's Life |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21600494/gordon_westcott/ |work=Star Tribune |agency=Associated Press |date=October 31, 1935 |location=Minnesota, Minneapolis |page=12|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = July 5, 2018}} {{Open access}} 5. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/30981998/|title=The Ogden Standard-Examiner from Ogden, Utah on October 31, 1935 · Page 18|website=newspapers.com}} 6. ^"Warner Brothers film release; aired on TCM, 12 January 2013 External links{{Portal|Biography|Utah|Film|Theater}}{{commons category|Gordon Westcott}}
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