Gordon Griffith
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-07-04
Day of Death
1958-10-12 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Gordon 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
Acting
(1936)
Outlaws of the Range
as Grant
(1936)
Blazing Justice
as Max
(1935)
Gun Play
as Henchman Mark
(1935)
Western Frontier
as Henchman Steve
(1935)
Speed Limited
as Government Man
(1935)
What Price Crime
as Red - a Gangster
(1935)
Bars of Hate
as Jim Grant
(1928)
The Branded Man
as Bruce
(1926)
(1925)
Little Annie Rooney
as Tim Rooney
(1923)
Main Street
as Cy Bogart
(1922)
Penrod
as Sam Williams
(1922)
The Village Blacksmith
as Bill as a Child
(1922)
Catch My Smoke
as Bub Jessup
(1921)
(1921)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
(1921)
A Daughter of the Law
as Pete Jepsen
(1921)
(1920)
Huckleberry Finn
as Tom Sawyer
(1920)
The Son of Tarzan
as Jack
(1919)
Under the Top
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
(1919)
The Solitary Sin
as Bob Meredith - Age 14
(1918)
Tarzan of the Apes
as Young Tarzan
(1918)
The Romance of Tarzan
as Tarzan as a Boy
(1917)
The Little American
as Child (uncredited)
(1916)
Ben Blair
as Ben Blair, as a child
(1916)
Naked Hearts
as Cecil - as a Child
(1916)
(1915)
Kilmeny
as Pierre - the Boy
(1914)
Caught in a Cabaret
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
(1914)
The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
(1914)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1914)
(1914)
(1914)
The Fatal Mallet
as Boy (uncredited)
(1914)
Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Boy (uncredited)
(1914)
Twenty Minutes of Love
as Boy
(1914)
(1914)
A Bath House Beauty
as Fatty's Son
(1913)
The Riot
as One of the Neighborhood Kids
(1913)
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Boy
(1913)
His Sister's Kids
as 2nd Nephew
Crew
(1946)
The Jolson Story
Associate Producer
(1941)
Adam Had Four Sons
Associate Producer
(1940)
The Courageous Dr. Christian
Assistant Director
(1939)
Meet Dr. Christian
Assistant Director
(1939)
Exile Express
Production Manager
(1937)
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
Producer
(1937)
Jungle Menace
Screenplay
(1935)
Captured in Chinatown
Assistant Director
(1931)
The Nevada Buckaroo
Assistant Director