Gordon Griffith
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Jul 4, 1907 (119 years old)
Place of Birth
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]
Known For
| 1936 | Blazing JusticeMax | |
| 1936 | Outlaws of the RangeGrant | |
| 1935 | Bars of HateJim Grant | |
| 1935 | Gun PlayHenchman Mark | |
| 1935 | Western FrontierHenchman Steve | |
| 1935 | Speed LimitedGovernment Man | |
| 1935 | What Price CrimeRed - a Gangster | |
| 1928 | The Branded ManBruce | |
| 1926 | The Cat's Pajamas | |
| 1925 | Little Annie RooneyTim Rooney | |
| 1924 | The Street of TearsTed Weller | |
| 1923 | Main StreetCy Bogart | |
| 1922 | The Village BlacksmithBill as a Child | |
| 1922 | PenrodSam Williams | |
| 1922 | Catch My SmokeBub Jessup | |
| 1922 | More to Be Pitied Than ScornedTroubles | |
| 1921 | The Adventures of Tarzan | |
| 1921 | Little Lord FauntleroyBoy Stealing Grapes (uncredited) | |
| 1921 | A Daughter of the LawPete Jepsen | |
| 1921 | Cameron of the Royal Mounted | |
| 1920 | The Son of TarzanJack | |
| 1920 | Huckleberry FinnTom Sawyer | |
| 1920 | The Kentucky ColonelSam Britsides | |
| 1919 | Under the TopJimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue) | |
| 1919 | The Solitary SinBob Meredith - Age 14 | |
| 1918 | The Romance of TarzanTarzan as a Boy | |
| 1918 | Tarzan of the ApesYoung Tarzan | |
| 1917 | The Little AmericanChild (uncredited) | |
| 1917 | The Price of SilenceJimmie, Dugan's Son | |
| 1916 | Ben BlairBen Blair, as a child | |
| 1916 | Gloriana | |
| 1916 | Naked HeartsCecil - as a Child | |
| 1916 | The Code of Marcia GrayNewsboy (uncredited) | |
| 1915 | KilmenyPierre - the Boy | |
| 1914 | Caught in a CabaretBoy in Park (uncredited) | |
| 1914 | Those Country Kids | |
| 1914 | The Star BoarderLandlady's Son (uncredited) | |
| 1914 | Twenty Minutes of LoveBoy | |
| 1914 | A Bath House BeautyFatty's Son | |
| 1914 | The Chicken Chaser | |
| 1914 | The Fatal MalletBoy (uncredited) | |
| 1914 | Tillie's Punctured RomanceNewsboy (uncredited) | |
| 1914 | Little Billy's Triumph | |
| 1914 | Kid Auto Races at VeniceThe Boy (uncredited) | |
| 1914 | The Broken DollGordon | |
| 1914 | A Rural RomanceGordon | |
| 1914 | A Race for LifeThe Villain | |
| 1914 | A Wild RideDesmond | |
| 1913 | Mabel's Dramatic CareerBoy | |
| 1913 | The RiotOne of the Neighborhood Kids | |
| 1913 | His Sister's Kids2nd Nephew |
| 1951 | Pandora and the Flying DutchmanProducer's Assistant | |
| 1946 | The Jolson StoryAssociate Producer | |
| 1941 | Adam Had Four SonsAssociate Producer | |
| 1939 | Exile ExpressProduction Manager | |
| 1937 | Renfrew of the Royal MountedProducer |
| 1940 | The Courageous Dr. ChristianAssistant Director | |
| 1939 | Meet Dr. ChristianAssistant Director | |
| 1935 | Captured in ChinatownAssistant Director | |
| 1931 | The Nevada BuckarooAssistant Director |
| 1937 | Jungle MenaceScreenplay |