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Gordon Griffith

Jul 04, 1907 - Oct 12, 1958 (51 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
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Little Annie Rooney
Tim Rooney
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What Price Crime
Red - a Gangster
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The Little American
Child (uncredited)
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The Price of Silence
Jimmie, Dugan's Son
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Mabel's Dramatic Career
Boy
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Catch My Smoke
Bub Jessup
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Bars of Hate
Jim Grant
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Twenty Minutes of Love
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Tillie's Punctured Romance
Newsboy (uncredited)

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