Gordon Griffith

Acting

Gordon Griffith

Born July 4, 1907Chicago, Illinois, USA51 credits

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

Filmography

Gun Play
1935Gun Play
as Henchman MarkMovie
Bars of Hate
1935Bars of Hate
as Jim GrantMovie
Western Frontier
1935Western Frontier
as Henchman SteveMovie
What Price Crime
1935What Price Crime
as Red - a GangsterMovie
Speed Limited
1935Speed Limited
as Government ManMovie
The Branded Man
1928The Branded Man
as BruceMovie
Little Annie Rooney
1925Little Annie Rooney
as Tim RooneyMovie
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1924The Street of Tears
as Ted WellerMovie
Main Street
1923Main Street
as Cy BogartMovie
Catch My Smoke
1922Catch My Smoke
as Bub JessupMovie
The Village Blacksmith
1922The Village Blacksmith
as Bill as a ChildMovie
Penrod
1922Penrod
as Sam WilliamsMovie
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)Movie
A Daughter of the Law
1921A Daughter of the Law
as Pete JepsenMovie
The Kentucky Colonel
1920The Kentucky Colonel
as Sam BritsidesMovie
Huckleberry Finn
1920Huckleberry Finn
as Tom SawyerMovie
The Solitary Sin
1919The Solitary Sin
as Bob Meredith - Age 14Movie
Under the Top
1919Under the Top
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)Movie
The Romance of Tarzan
1918The Romance of Tarzan
as Tarzan as a BoyMovie
Tarzan of the Apes
1918Tarzan of the Apes
as Young TarzanMovie
The Little American
1917The Little American
as Child (uncredited)Movie
The Price of Silence
1917The Price of Silence
as Jimmie, Dugan's SonMovie
Naked Hearts
1916Naked Hearts
as Cecil - as a ChildMovie
The Code of Marcia Gray
1916The Code of Marcia Gray
as Newsboy (uncredited)Movie
Ben Blair
1916Ben Blair
as Ben Blair, as a childMovie
Kilmeny
1915Kilmeny
as Pierre - the BoyMovie
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Newsboy (uncredited)Movie
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1914The Broken Doll
as GordonMovie
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1914A Rural Romance
as GordonMovie
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1914A Race for Life
as The VillainMovie
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1914A Wild Ride
as DesmondMovie
The Fatal Mallet
1914The Fatal Mallet
as Boy (uncredited)Movie
Caught in a Cabaret
1914Caught in a Cabaret
as Boy in Park (uncredited)Movie
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1914A Bath House Beauty
as Fatty's SonMovie
The Star Boarder
1914The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)Movie
Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Boy (uncredited)Movie
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1913His Sister's Kids
as 2nd NephewMovie
The Riot
1913The Riot
as One of the Neighborhood KidsMovie