Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 4, 1907
Place of Birth:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Gordon Griffith
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]
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | Outlaws of the Range | Grant |
| 1936 | Blazing Justice | Max |
| 1935 | Bars of Hate | Jim Grant |
| 1935 | Gun Play | Henchman Mark |
| 1935 | Western Frontier | Henchman Steve |
| 1935 | Speed Limited | Government Man |
| 1935 | What Price Crime | Red - a Gangster |
| 1928 | The Branded Man | Bruce |
| 1926 | The Cat's Pajamas | |
| 1925 | Little Annie Rooney | Tim Rooney |
| 1923 | Main Street | Cy Bogart |
| 1922 | The Village Blacksmith | Bill as a Child |
| 1922 | Penrod | Sam Williams |
| 1922 | Catch My Smoke | Bub Jessup |
| 1921 | The Adventures of Tarzan | |
| 1921 | Little Lord Fauntleroy | Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited) |
| 1921 | A Daughter of the Law | Pete Jepsen |
| 1921 | Cameron of the Royal Mounted | |
| 1920 | The Son of Tarzan | Jack |
| 1920 | Huckleberry Finn | Tom Sawyer |
| 1919 | Under the Top | Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue) |
| 1919 | The Solitary Sin | Bob Meredith - Age 14 |
| 1918 | The Romance of Tarzan | Tarzan as a Boy |
| 1918 | Tarzan of the Apes | Young Tarzan |
| 1917 | The Little American | Child (uncredited) |
| 1917 | The Price of Silence | Jimmie, Dugan's Son |
| 1916 | Ben Blair | Ben Blair, as a child |
| 1916 | Naked Hearts | Cecil - as a Child |
| 1916 | Gloriana | |
| 1915 | Kilmeny | Pierre - the Boy |
| 1914 | Caught in a Cabaret | Boy in Park (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Those Country Kids | |
| 1914 | The Star Boarder | Landlady's Son (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Twenty Minutes of Love | Boy |
| 1914 | A Bath House Beauty | Fatty's Son |
| 1914 | The Chicken Chaser | |
| 1914 | The Fatal Mallet | Boy (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Tillie's Punctured Romance | Newsboy (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Little Billy's Triumph | |
| 1914 | Kid Auto Races at Venice | The Boy (uncredited) |
| 1913 | Mabel's Dramatic Career | Boy |
| 1913 | The Riot | One of the Neighborhood Kids |
| 1913 | His Sister's Kids | 2nd Nephew |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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