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Gordon Griffith
Gordon Griffith

Gordon Griffith

ActingBorn July 4, 1907Died October 12, 1958 (age 51)Chicago, Illinois, USA

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]

Filmography

1936Movie
1936Movie
1935
Gun Play

as Henchman Mark

Movie
1935
Bars of Hate

as Jim Grant

Movie
1935
Western Frontier

as Henchman Steve

Movie
1935
What Price Crime

as Red - a Gangster

Movie
1935
Speed Limited

as Government Man

Movie
1928Movie
1925
Little Annie Rooney

as Tim Rooney

Movie
1924
The Street of Tears

as Ted Weller

Movie
1923
Main Street

as Cy Bogart

Movie
1922
Catch My Smoke

as Bub Jessup

Movie
1922
The Village Blacksmith

as Bill as a Child

Movie
1922Movie
1922
Penrod

as Sam Williams

Movie
1921
Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

Movie
1921
A Daughter of the Law

as Pete Jepsen

Movie
1920
The Kentucky Colonel

as Sam Britsides

Movie
1920Movie
1920
Huckleberry Finn

as Tom Sawyer

Movie
1919
The Solitary Sin

as Bob Meredith - Age 14

Movie
1919
Under the Top

as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)

Movie
1918
The Romance of Tarzan

as Tarzan as a Boy

Movie
1918
Tarzan of the Apes

as Young Tarzan

Movie
1917
The Little American

as Child (uncredited)

Movie
1917
The Price of Silence

as Jimmie, Dugan's Son

Movie
1916Movie
1916
Naked Hearts

as Cecil - as a Child

Movie
1916
The Code of Marcia Gray

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Movie
1916
Ben Blair

as Ben Blair, as a child

Movie
1915
Kilmeny

as Pierre - the Boy

Movie
1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Movie
1914Movie
1914Movie
1914
A Race for Life

as The Villain

Movie
1914
A Wild Ride

as Desmond

Movie
1914
The Fatal Mallet

as Boy (uncredited)

Movie
1914
Caught in a Cabaret

as Boy in Park (uncredited)

Movie
1914Movie
1914
A Bath House Beauty

as Fatty's Son

Movie
1914
The Star Boarder

as Landlady's Son (uncredited)

Movie
1914
Kid Auto Races at Venice

as The Boy (uncredited)

Movie
1913
His Sister's Kids

as 2nd Nephew

Movie
1913
The Riot

as One of the Neighborhood Kids

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 4, 1907
Day of DeathOctober 12, 1958
Place of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA
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