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Gordon Griffith

Gordon Griffith

Actor · 1907–1958 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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]

Acted in 43

1930s

  1. 1936

    Outlaws of the Range

    Grant

  2. Blazing Justice

    Max

  3. 1935

    Gun Play

    Henchman Mark

  4. Bars of Hate

    Jim Grant

  5. Western Frontier

    Henchman Steve

  6. What Price Crime

    Red - a Gangster

  7. Speed Limited

    Government Man

1920s

  1. 1928

    The Branded Man

    Bruce

  2. 1926

    The Cat's Pajamas

    Movie

  3. 1925

    Little Annie Rooney

    Tim Rooney

  4. 1923

    Main Street

    Cy Bogart

  5. 1922

    Catch My Smoke

    Bub Jessup

  6. The Village Blacksmith

    Bill as a Child

  7. More to Be Pitied Than Scorned

    Troubles

  8. Penrod

    Sam Williams

  9. 1921

    Cameron of the Royal Mounted

    Movie

  10. The Adventures of Tarzan

    Movie

  11. Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

  12. A Daughter of the Law

    Pete Jepsen

  13. 1920

    The Kentucky Colonel

    Sam Britsides

  14. The Son of Tarzan

    Jack

  15. Huckleberry Finn

    Tom Sawyer

1910s

  1. 1919

    The Solitary Sin

    Bob Meredith - Age 14

  2. Under the Top

    Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)

  3. 1918

    The Romance of Tarzan

    Tarzan as a Boy

  4. Tarzan of the Apes

    Young Tarzan

    64
  5. 1917

    The Little American

    Child (uncredited)

  6. The Price of Silence

    Jimmie, Dugan's Son

  7. 1916

    Gloriana

    Movie

  8. Naked Hearts

    Cecil - as a Child

  9. The Code of Marcia Gray

    Newsboy (uncredited)

  10. Ben Blair

    Ben Blair, as a child

  11. 1915

    Kilmeny

    Pierre - the Boy

  12. 1914

    Tillie's Punctured Romance

    Newsboy (uncredited)

    69

  13. Those Country Kids

    Movie

  14. The Fatal Mallet

    Boy (uncredited)

  15. Caught in a Cabaret

    Boy in Park (uncredited)

    57

  16. Twenty Minutes of Love

    Boy

  17. The Star Boarder

    Landlady's Son (uncredited)

  18. Kid Auto Races at Venice

    The Boy (uncredited)

  19. Little Billy's Triumph

    Movie

  20. 1913

    Mabel's Dramatic Career

    Boy

  21. The Riot

    One of the Neighborhood Kids

Produced 5

1940s

  1. 1946

    The Jolson Story

    Associate Producer

    79
  2. 1941

    Adam Had Four Sons

    Associate Producer

1930s

  1. 1939

    Exile Express

    Production Manager

  2. 1937

    Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

    Producer

Directed 4

1940s

  1. 1940

    The Courageous Dr. Christian

    Assistant Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    Meet Dr. Christian

    Assistant Director

  2. 1935

    Captured in Chinatown

    Assistant Director

  3. 1931

    The Nevada Buckaroo

    Assistant Director

Wrote 1

1930s

  1. 1937

    Jungle Menace

    Screenplay