Gordon Gebert
Gordon Alan Gebert (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. 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". 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. Gebert also performed in minor roles in 15 episodes of various television series, including "The Donna Reed Show" (one episode, 1959), and "Bachelor Father" (one episode, 1960). Gebert's final performance was in a Christian youth scare film. After graduating from Van Nuys High School , Gebert enrolled at University of California, Los Angeles before transferring to the University of Southern California and eventually earning a bachelor's degree in architecture at the age of 25 from MIT's Department of Architecture in 1966 and a master's degree from Princeton University in 1968. Since 1971 he has been a professor at New York's City College Spitzer School of Architecture, where he was Acting Dean of Architecture, 2015–2019. Gebert has been licensed to practice architecture in New York State since 1973. Personal life. Gebert married Phyllis A. DeReamer of Greenfield, Massachusetts in 1973. The couple  had two daughters, Carrie Gebert-Kaplan and D'Arcy Gebert. Divorced from DeReamer, Gebert married Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, a professor of Hispanic Studies at Vassar College, in 1986. They live in Manhattan, New York. Their son, Gordon Jr. (b. 1992), is a graduate of Oakwood Friends School in Hudson Valley, and an employee at Delta Airlines Atlanta.