Richard Tucker (1884-1942) played the distinguished astronomer Lawrence Gordon in the 1936 Flash Gordon serial. Tucker performed in over 200 films and shorts in his long cinema career, beginning with silent shorts such asNo Cooking Allowed (1911). Silent features includedVanity Fair (1915, as George Osborne), Don't Neglect Your Wife (1921), and Is Divorce a Failure? (1923). In 1927, Tucker appeared in the first "talkie" feature The Jazz Singer (although much of the footage remained silent), in the prominent supporting role of empresario Harry Lee.