Gordon Griffith

Gordon Griffith

  • Birthday: 1907-07-04
  • Deathday: 1958-10-12
  • Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Also know 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]

Filmography

Caught in a Cabaret

1914

As Boy in Park (uncredited)

The Star Boarder

1914

As Landlady's Son (uncredited)

The Son of Tarzan

1920

As Jack

Blazing Justice

1936

As Max

Outlaws of the Range

1936

As Grant

Bars of Hate

1935

As Jim Grant

Gun Play

1935

As Henchman Mark

The Riot

1913

As One of the Neighborhood Kids

His Sister's Kids

1913

As 2nd Nephew

A Bath House Beauty

1914

As Fatty's Son

Western Frontier

1935

As Henchman Steve

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

As Newsboy (uncredited)

The Fatal Mallet

1914

As Boy (uncredited)

Speed Limited

1935

As Government Man

What Price Crime

1935

As Red - a Gangster

Huckleberry Finn

1920

As Tom Sawyer

Little Annie Rooney

1925

As Tim Rooney

The Little American

1917

As Child (uncredited)

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1921

As Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

Ben Blair

1916

As Ben Blair, as a child

Penrod

1922

As Sam Williams

Kid Auto Races at Venice

1914

As The Boy (uncredited)

Tarzan of the Apes

1918

As Young Tarzan

A Daughter of the Law

1921

As Pete Jepsen

Gloriana

1916

As

Naked Hearts

1916

As Cecil - as a Child

Catch My Smoke

1922

As Bub Jessup

Kilmeny

1915

As Pierre - the Boy

Under the Top

1919

As Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)

The Village Blacksmith

1922

As Bill as a Child

The Romance of Tarzan

1918

As Tarzan as a Boy

The Branded Man

1928

As Bruce

The Solitary Sin

1919

As Bob Meredith - Age 14

Production

Jungle Menace

1937

As Screenplay

The Courageous Dr. Christian

1940

As Assistant Director

Meet Dr. Christian

1939

As Assistant Director

Exile Express

1939

As Production Manager

The Nevada Buckaroo

1931

As Assistant Director

The Jolson Story

1946

As Associate Producer

Captured in Chinatown

1935

As Assistant Director

keyboard_arrow_up