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