Gordon Griffith
Born
July 4, 1907
Died
October 12, 1958 (51 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
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Known For
Outlaws of the Range
Grant
1936
Blazing Justice
Max
1936
Gun Play
Henchman Mark
1935
Bars of Hate
Jim Grant
1935
Western Frontier
Henchman Steve
1935
What Price Crime
Red - a Gangster
1935
Speed Limited
Government Man
1935
The Branded Man
Bruce
1928
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
Little Annie Rooney
Tim Rooney
1925
Main Street
Cy Bogart
1923
Catch My Smoke
Bub Jessup
1922
The Village Blacksmith
Bill as a Child
1922
Penrod
Sam Williams
1922
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
1921
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
1921
A Daughter of the Law
Pete Jepsen
1921
The Son of Tarzan
Jack
1920
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
1920
The Solitary Sin
Bob Meredith - Age 14
1919
Under the Top
Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
1919
The Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan as a Boy
1918
Tarzan of the Apes
Young Tarzan
1918
The Little American
Child (uncredited)
1917
The Price of Silence
Jimmie, Dugan's Son
1917
Gloriana
1916
Naked Hearts
Cecil - as a Child
1916
Ben Blair
Ben Blair, as a child
1916
Kilmeny
Pierre - the Boy
1915
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Newsboy (uncredited)
1914
Those Country Kids
1914
The Fatal Mallet
Boy (uncredited)
1914
Caught in a Cabaret
Boy in Park (uncredited)
1914
Twenty Minutes of Love
Boy
1914
A Bath House Beauty
Fatty's Son
1914
The Star Boarder
Landlady's Son (uncredited)
1914
The Chicken Chaser
1914
Kid Auto Races at Venice
The Boy (uncredited)
1914
Little Billy's Triumph
1914
His Sister's Kids
2nd Nephew
1913
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Boy
1913
The Riot
One of the Neighborhood Kids
1913