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Gordon Gebert

{{Short description|American child actor, professor (born 1941)}}

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| name = Gordon Gebert

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| birth_name = Gordon Alan Gebert Jr.

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|10|17|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.

| years_active = 1949–60

| spouse = Phyllis DeReamer (m. 1973; div. 19??)

{{marriage|Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert |1988}}

| children = 3

| occupation = Child actor, professor, architect

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Gordon Alan Gebert Jr. (born October 17, 1941) is an American former child actor, architect, and professor predominantly known for playing Janet Leigh's son in Holiday Affair and for smaller roles. In adulthood, he trained as an architect and has taught at the City College of New York.{{cite web|title=City College of New York (CUNY)|url=https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/people/gordon-a-gebert/|accessdate=15 December 2019}}

Biography

Gebert was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1941 to Gordon and Violette Gebert. His father was a salesman for a trailer company and sold truck and bus fleets for Ford Motor Company in Iowa. In 1948, Gebert, aged seven, moved with his family to Van Nuys, California. In 1949 Gebert was cast as WWII widow Janet Leigh's son in the movie Holiday Affair.{{cite news|last1=Brophy Champion|first1=Allison|title=Timmy from "Holiday Affair" coming to Culpeper|url=http://www.dailyprogress.com/starexponent/news/timmy-from-holiday-affair-coming-to-culpeper/article_cb4b54c2-863d-11e4-8246-9351eacd735d.html|work=Culperer Star Exponent|date=December 17, 2014}} Thereafter, he appeared in nine full-length feature films, including the highly regarded films noir The Narrow Margin and The House on Telegraph Hill, and two shorts released between 1950 and 1970, always playing the role of a son.{{cite journal|last1=Goldrup|first1=Tom|last2=Goldrup|first2=Jim|title=Encyclopedia of feature players of hollywood, volume 2|date=2012|url=https://www.worldcat.org|publisher=Baby Book|location=Cork}}

Gebert also performed in minor roles in 15 episodes of various television series, including The Donna Reed Show (one episode, 1959),{{cite web|title=Episode 30. The Hero - (4/15/1959)|url=http://www.donnareed.org/html/drs/shows.php?drf_page=season1|website=donnareed.org|accessdate=29 May 2016}} and Bachelor Father (one episode, 1960). Gebert's final performance was in a Christian youth scare film.{{cite journal|last1=Lantz |first1=Donald R., et al/|title=Christian youth scare films. / Volume 1|date=1996|publisher=Something Weird Video|location=Seattle, Washington|oclc=35446277}}

After graduating from Van Nuys High School, Gebert enrolled at University of California, Los Angeles before transferring to the University of Southern California. He earned a bachelor's degree in architecture at age 25 from Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Architecture in 1966 and a master's degree from Princeton University in 1968.{{Cite web|title=Famous Iowans - Gordon Gebert|url=https://data.desmoinesregister.com/famous-iowans/gordon-gebert|last=Longden|first=Tom|date=|website=data.desmoinesregister.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-24}}

Since 1971, he has been a professor at New York's City College Spitzer School of Architecture, where he was Acting Dean of Architecture from 2015 to 2019.{{cite news|last1=Chen|first1=David W.|title=Dreams Stall as CUNY, New York City's Engine of Mobility, Sputters|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/29/nyregion/dreams-stall-as-cuny-citys-engine-of-mobility-sputters.html?ribbon-ad-idx=4&rref=nyregion&module=Ribbon&version=origin®ion=Header&action=click&contentCollection=N.Y.%20%2F%20Region&pgtype=article|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 28, 2016}} Gebert has been licensed to practice architecture in New York State since 1973.{{cite web|last1=Gebert|first1=Gordon Alan|title=License Information|url=http://www.nysed.gov/coms/op001/opsc2a?profcd=03&plicno=012246&namechk=GEB|website=nysed.gov|publisher=New York State Office of the Professions}}

Personal life

Gebert married Phyllis A. DeReamer of Greenfield, Massachusetts in 1973; they later divorced. The couple had two daughters.{{cite news|title=Weddings: Carrie Gebert and Matthew Kaplan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/30/fashion/weddings/carrie-gebert-and-matthew-kaplan.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 30, 2005}}

In 1988, Gebert married Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, a professor of Hispanic Studies at Vassar College.{{cite web|title=Hispanic Studies|url=http://hispanicstudies.vassar.edu/bios/liparavisini.html|publisher=Vassar College|accessdate=30 May 2016}}{{cite news|last1=Chandna|first1=Aditi|title=Martinez explores changing Caribbean cultural identity|url=http://miscellanynews.org/2015/11/18/features/martinez-explores-changing-caribbean-cultural-identity/|work=The Miscellany News: Vassar College's Student Newspaper of Record Since 1866|date=November 18, 2015}}{{Cite web |date=2020-04-14 |title=Paravisini-Gebert, Lizabeth 1953- {{!}} Encyclopedia.com |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/paravisini-gebert-lizabeth-1953 |access-date=2023-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414170548/https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/paravisini-gebert-lizabeth-1953 |archive-date=2020-04-14}}{{Cite web |date=2020-03-17 |title=Caribbean Studies Association » Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert |url=https://www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org/lizabeth-paravisini-gebert/ |access-date=2023-01-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317181235/https://www.caribbeanstudiesassociation.org/lizabeth-paravisini-gebert/ |archive-date=2020-03-17 }} They reside in Manhattan, New York and have a son.{{cite web|title=Oak Leaves: Newsletter from Oakwod Friends School|url=http://www.oakwoodfriends.org/files/OakLeaves-Summer2015-Web.pdf|publisher=Oakwood Friends School|accessdate=May 30, 2016|date=June 2015|page=14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626133349/http://www.oakwoodfriends.org/files/OakLeaves-Summer2015-Web.pdf |archive-date=June 26, 2016}}

Filmography

Publications

  • Gebert, G. A. (1966). Thesis: A continuing education conference center for Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • Gebert, G. A. (1985), Urban and Regional Information Systems Association. Academy of Local Government Information Sciences., & Local Government Computer Services Board of Ireland. Local government and information technology: Papers and reports from the International workshop held at Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland, April 24–27, 1984. Oxford: Pergamon Press.{{cite journal|last1=Gebert|first1=Gordon A.|last2=Urban and Regional Information Systems Association.|last3=Academy of Local Government Information Sciences|last4=Local Government Computer Services Board of Ireland|title=Local government and information technology : papers and reports from the International workshop held at Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland, 24–27 April 1984|journal=Computers, Environment and Urban Systems|date=1985|volume=10|issue=1|pages=56|url=https://www.worldcat.org|publisher=Pergamon Press|oclc=225015233}}
  • Gebert, G. A. (1985). "Application development approaches in a MUMPS environment". Journal of Medical Systems, 9, 3, 155–162.{{cite journal|last1=Gordon A Gebert Affiliation: From Data Methods Incorporated, One Blue Hill Plaza, Pearl River, New York, 10965|title=Application development approaches in a MUMPS environment|journal=Journal of Medical Systems|date=June 1, 1985|volume=9|issue=3|pages=155–162|doi=10.1007/BF00996200|pmid=3840519|s2cid=12918631|url=https://www.worldcat.org}}
  • Gebert, G. A. (1986), Editorial: Software survey section. Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 11, 3.{{cite journal|last1=Gebert|first1=Gordon Alan|title=Editorial: Software survey section|journal=Computers, Environment and Urban Systems|date=1986|volume=11|issue=3|pages=I-III|doi=10.1016/0198-9715(86)90021-9|url=https://www.worldcat.org|issn=0198-9715|id=4929036328}}

References

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External links

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Category:1941 births

Category:Living people

Category:American male child actors

Category:Architecture educators

Category:MIT School of Architecture and Planning alumni

Category:City College of New York faculty

Category:Princeton University School of Architecture alumni

Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni

Category:USC School of Architecture alumni