Gordon Griffith

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Male

birthday

July 4, 1907

died

October 12, 1958

place of birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

also known as

Gordon S. Griffith

total credits

43 movies

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]

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Known For

Filmography

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Tillie's Punctured Romance
6.2

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914as Newsboy (uncredited)
Western Frontier
9.0

Western Frontier

1935as Henchman Steve
Kid Auto Races at Venice
5.6

Kid Auto Races at Venice

1914as The Boy (uncredited)
The Village Blacksmith
5.3

The Village Blacksmith

1922as Bill as a Child
Little Lord Fauntleroy
7.0

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1921as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
The Adventures of Tarzan
6.6

The Adventures of Tarzan

1921
Gun Play
6.0

Gun Play

1935as Henchman Mark
The Star Boarder
5.2

The Star Boarder

1914as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
Tarzan of the Apes
5.3

Tarzan of the Apes

1918as Young Tarzan
Little Annie Rooney
7.1

Little Annie Rooney

1925as Tim Rooney
Huckleberry Finn
6.8

Huckleberry Finn

1920as Tom Sawyer
Caught in a Cabaret
5.7

Caught in a Cabaret

1914as Boy in Park (uncredited)
The Riot

The Riot

1913as One of the Neighborhood Kids
A Daughter of the Law
7.5

A Daughter of the Law

1921as Pete Jepsen
The Kentucky Colonel
8.0

The Kentucky Colonel

1920as Sam Britsides
The Fatal Mallet
5.4

The Fatal Mallet

1914as Boy (uncredited)
Mabel's Dramatic Career
5.5

Mabel's Dramatic Career

1913as Boy
The Son of Tarzan
5.8

The Son of Tarzan

1920as Jack
Those Country Kids
4.1

Those Country Kids

1914
The Little American
6.3

The Little American

1917as Child (uncredited)
Main Street
6.0

Main Street

1923as Cy Bogart
The Cat's Pajamas
9.0

The Cat's Pajamas

1926
Under the Top
10.0

Under the Top

1919as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
Bars of Hate
7.0

Bars of Hate

1935as Jim Grant
Blazing Justice
6.5

Blazing Justice

1936as Max
What Price Crime
4.0

What Price Crime

1935as Red - a Gangster
Catch My Smoke
7.0

Catch My Smoke

1922as Bub Jessup
Twenty Minutes of Love
5.6

Twenty Minutes of Love

1914as Boy
Penrod
10.0

Penrod

1922as Sam Williams
The Solitary Sin
8.0

The Solitary Sin

1919as Bob Meredith - Age 14
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
9.0

Cameron of the Royal Mounted

1921
Gloriana

Gloriana

1916
Ben Blair

Ben Blair

1916as Ben Blair, as a child
Outlaws of the Range
6.5

Outlaws of the Range

1936as Grant
The Romance of Tarzan
6.0

The Romance of Tarzan

1918as Tarzan as a Boy
Kilmeny

Kilmeny

1915as Pierre - the Boy
The Price of Silence

The Price of Silence

1917as Jimmie, Dugan's Son
Speed Limited
8.0

Speed Limited

1935as Government Man
The Branded Man
4.0

The Branded Man

1928as Bruce
Naked Hearts

Naked Hearts

1916as Cecil - as a Child
Little Billy's Triumph
6.0

Little Billy's Triumph

1914
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
9.0

More to Be Pitied Than Scorned

1922as Troubles
The Code of Marcia Gray

The Code of Marcia Gray

1916as Newsboy (uncredited)