Gordon Hopkirk was a British actor of the silent era.

Gordon Hopkirk was born in Jena

Jena

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, Germany

Germany

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 to British parents and began his film career in the late 1910s. After a series of films in England, he came to the United States to appear in Hollywood films before returning to England.

Hopkirk never married. Later in life he converted to Buddhism

Buddhism

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 and resided in Bangkok

Bangkok

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, Thailand

Thailand

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. He died in an automobile accident at age 72.

Selected filmography

• Sybil
  Sybil (1921 film)
  Sybil is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by Jack Denton and starring Evelyn Brent, Cowley Wright and Gordon Hopkirk. It is an adaptation of the novel Sybil by Benjamin Disraeli. A lost film.-Cast:* Evelyn Brent - Sybil Gerard...
  
  (1921)
• Madame Recamier; Or, The Price of Virtue (1923)
• The Wandering Jew
  The Wandering Jew (1923 film)
  The Wandering Jew is a 1923 British silent fantasy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Matheson Lang, Hutin Britton and Malvina Longfellow. It was based on a play by E. Temple Thurston. A Jewish man is condemned to wander aimlessly through the ages...
  
  (1923)
• Love, Life and Laughter
  Love, Life and Laughter
  Love, Life and Laughter is a 1923 British film, written and directed by George Pearson. As of August 2010, the film is missing from the BFI National Archive, and is listed as one of the British Film Institute's "75 Most Wanted" lost films.-Plot:...
  
  (1923)
• The Notorious Mrs. Carrick
  The Notorious Mrs. Carrick
  The Notorious Mrs. Carrick is a 1924 British silent crime film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Cameron Carr, A.B. Imeson and Gordon Hopkirk. It was an adaptation of the novel Pools of the Past by Charles Proctor.-Cast:...
  
  (1924)
• The Island of Despair
  The Island of Despair
  The Island of Despair is a 1926 British drama film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Matheson Lang, Marjorie Hume and Gordon Hopkirk. It was based on a novel by Margot Neville.-Cast:* Matheson Lang - Stephen Rhodes...
  
  (1926)
• A Woman Redeemed
  A Woman Redeemed
  A Woman Redeemed is a 1927 British crime film directed by Sinclair Hill and starring Joan Lockton, Brian Aherne and James Carew. A secret society uses a young woman to try and steal some sensitive information. It was based on the novel The Fining Pot is for Silver by F. Britten Austin.-Cast:* Joan...
  
  (1927)

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