Gordon Griffith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 4, 1907
- Died
- October 12, 1958 (aged 51)
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
Gordon Griffith (July 4, 1907 – October 12, 1958) was an American assistant director, film producer, and one of the first child actors in the American movie industry. Griffith worked in the film industry for five decades, acting in over 60 films, and surviving the transition from silent films to talkies. During his acting career, he worked with Charlie Chaplin, and was the first actor to portray Tarzan on film. Griffith died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 51. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
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Filmography
Outlaws of the Range
Movie · as Grant
Blazing Justice
Movie · as Max
Bars of Hate
Movie · as Jim Grant
Gun Play
Movie · as Henchman Mark
Western Frontier
Movie · as Henchman Steve
Speed Limited
Movie · as Government Man
What Price Crime
Movie · as Red - a Gangster
The Branded Man
Movie · as Bruce
The Cat's Pajamas
Movie
Little Annie Rooney
Movie · as Tim Rooney
The Street of Tears
Movie · as Ted Weller
Main Street
Movie · as Cy Bogart
The Village Blacksmith
Movie · as Bill as a Child
Penrod
Movie · as Sam Williams
Catch My Smoke
Movie · as Bub Jessup
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
Movie · as Troubles
The Adventures of Tarzan
Movie
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Movie · as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
A Daughter of the Law
Movie · as Pete Jepsen
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
Movie
The Son of Tarzan
Movie · as Jack
Huckleberry Finn
Movie · as Tom Sawyer
The Kentucky Colonel
Movie · as Sam Britsides
Under the Top
Movie · as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
The Solitary Sin
Movie · as Bob Meredith - Age 14
The Romance of Tarzan
Movie · as Tarzan as a Boy
Tarzan of the Apes
Movie · as Young Tarzan
The Little American
Movie · as Child (uncredited)
The Price of Silence
Movie · as Jimmie, Dugan's Son
Ben Blair
Movie · as Ben Blair, as a child
Naked Hearts
Movie · as Cecil - as a Child
Gloriana
Movie
The Code of Marcia Gray
Movie · as Newsboy (uncredited)
Kilmeny
Movie · as Pierre - the Boy
Caught in a Cabaret
Movie · as Boy in Park (uncredited)
Those Country Kids
Movie
The Star Boarder
Movie · as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
Movie · as Boy
A Bath House Beauty
Movie · as Fatty's Son
The Chicken Chaser
Movie
The Fatal Mallet
Movie · as Boy (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie · as Newsboy (uncredited)
Little Billy's Triumph
Movie
Kid Auto Races at Venice
Movie · as The Boy (uncredited)
The Broken Doll
Movie · as Gordon
A Rural Romance
Movie · as Gordon
A Race for Life
Movie · as The Villain
A Wild Ride
Movie · as Desmond
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Movie · as Boy
The Riot
Movie · as One of the Neighborhood Kids
His Sister's Kids
Movie · as 2nd Nephew