Gordon Griffith

Gordon Griffith

Acting
Born 1907-07-04 Died 1958-10-12 Chicago, Illinois, USA 61 credits
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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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Acting 46 credits
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951 · ★ 6.7 · Producer's Assistant
Caught in a Cabaret
Caught in a Cabaret
1914 · ★ 5.8 · Boy in Park (uncredited)
Penrod
Penrod
1922 · Sam Williams
Exile Express
Exile Express
1939 · Production Manager
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914 · ★ 6.2 · Newsboy (uncredited)
Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan of the Apes
1918 · Young Tarzan
Kid Auto Races at Venice
Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914 · ★ 5.6 · The Boy (uncredited)
His Sister's Kids
His Sister's Kids
1913 · 2nd Nephew
The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder
1914 · ★ 5.3 · Landlady's Son (uncredited)
The Little American
The Little American
1917 · Child (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914 · ★ 5.7 · Boy
Gun Play
Gun Play
1935 · Henchman Mark
A Bath House Beauty
A Bath House Beauty
1914 · Fatty's Son
Little Annie Rooney
Little Annie Rooney
1925 · Tim Rooney
The Kentucky Colonel
The Kentucky Colonel
1920 · Sam Britsides
Western Frontier
Western Frontier
1935 · Henchman Steve
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921 · Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
The Son of Tarzan
The Son of Tarzan
1920 · Jack
A Race for Life
A Race for Life
1914 · The Villain
The Fatal Mallet
The Fatal Mallet
1914 · Boy (uncredited)
Naked Hearts
Naked Hearts
1916 · Cecil - as a Child
The Romance of Tarzan
The Romance of Tarzan
1918 · Tarzan as a Boy
Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
1920 · Tom Sawyer
Bars of Hate
Bars of Hate
1935 · Jim Grant
The Village Blacksmith
The Village Blacksmith
1922 · Bill as a Child
Speed Limited
Speed Limited
1935 · Government Man
Main Street
Main Street
1923 · Cy Bogart
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913 · Boy
The Branded Man
The Branded Man
1928 · Bruce
A Rural Romance
A Rural Romance
1914 · Gordon
A Wild Ride
A Wild Ride
1914 · Desmond
The Solitary Sin
The Solitary Sin
1919 · Bob Meredith - Age 14
The Riot
The Riot
1913 · One of the Neighborhood Kids
Blazing Justice
Blazing Justice
1936 · Max
The Broken Doll
The Broken Doll
1914 · Gordon
Outlaws of the Range
Outlaws of the Range
1936 · Grant
Ben Blair
Ben Blair
1916 · Ben Blair, as a child
Catch My Smoke
Catch My Smoke
1922 · Bub Jessup
Kilmeny
Kilmeny
1915 · Pierre - the Boy
The Code of Marcia Gray
The Code of Marcia Gray
1916 · Newsboy (uncredited)
Under the Top
Under the Top
1919 · Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
What Price Crime
What Price Crime
1935 · Red - a Gangster
A Daughter of the Law
A Daughter of the Law
1921 · Pete Jepsen
The Price of Silence
The Price of Silence
1917 · Jimmie, Dugan's Son
The Street of Tears
The Street of Tears
1924 · Ted Weller
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
1922 · Troubles
Other credits 10 credits
Producing 3 credits
Writing 1 credit
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