Gordon Griffith
Known for Acting · 51 credits
- Born
- 1907-07-04
- Died
- 1958-10-12
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Gordon S. 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
Movies (51)
Penrod
1922
as Sam Williams
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914
as Boy
The Son of Tarzan
1920
as Jack
His Sister's Kids
1913
as 2nd Nephew
The Street of Tears
1924
as Ted Weller
Those Country Kids
1914
The Fatal Mallet
1914
as Boy (uncredited)
The Kentucky Colonel
1920
as Sam Britsides
The Little American
1917
as Child (uncredited)
The Code of Marcia Gray
1916
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Newsboy (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
1914
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914
as The Boy (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
The Branded Man
1928
as Bruce
Gun Play
1935
as Henchman Mark
A Race for Life
1914
as The Villain
Outlaws of the Range
1936
as Grant
A Rural Romance
1914
as Gordon
The Broken Doll
1914
as Gordon
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
as Boy
A Wild Ride
1914
as Desmond
Little Annie Rooney
1925
as Tim Rooney
The Romance of Tarzan
1918
as Tarzan as a Boy
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
Tarzan of the Apes
1918
as Young Tarzan
Naked Hearts
1916
as Cecil - as a Child
Western Frontier
1935
as Henchman Steve
Huckleberry Finn
1920
as Tom Sawyer
The Solitary Sin
1919
as Bob Meredith - Age 14
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
1922
as Troubles
Bars of Hate
1935
as Jim Grant
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
The Chicken Chaser
1914
The Village Blacksmith
1922
as Bill as a Child
What Price Crime
1935
as Red - a Gangster
Blazing Justice
1936
as Max
The Price of Silence
1917
as Jimmie, Dugan's Son
Main Street
1923
as Cy Bogart
Gloriana
1916
Ben Blair
1916
as Ben Blair, as a child
A Bath House Beauty
1914
as Fatty's Son
The Riot
1913
as One of the Neighborhood Kids
Kilmeny
1915
as Pierre - the Boy
Under the Top
1919
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
Speed Limited
1935
as Government Man
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
1921
A Daughter of the Law
1921
as Pete Jepsen
Catch My Smoke
1922
as Bub Jessup
Little Billy's Triumph
1914
About Gordon Griffith
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] With 51 credits spanning from 1913 to 1936, Gordon Griffith has appeared in 51 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Penrod (1922) — as Sam Williams
- Caught in a Cabaret (1914) — as Boy in Park (uncredited)
- Twenty Minutes of Love (1914) — as Boy
- The Son of Tarzan (1920) — as Jack
- His Sister's Kids (1913) — as 2nd Nephew
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