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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Speed Limited

Government Man

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Ben Blair

Ben Blair, as a child

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Catch My Smoke

Bub Jessup

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Tillie's Punctured Romance

Newsboy (uncredited)

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The Star Boarder

Landlady's Son (uncredited)

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Little Lord Fauntleroy

Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

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Kid Auto Races at Venice

The Boy (uncredited)

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Tarzan of the Apes

Young Tarzan

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The Chicken Chaser

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The Adventures of Tarzan

Credits

Outlaws of the Range 1936

Grant

★ 5
Blazing Justice 1936

Max

★ 4
Gun Play 1935

Henchman Mark

★ 5
Bars of Hate 1935

Jim Grant

★ 5
Western Frontier 1935

Henchman Steve

★ NR
What Price Crime 1935

Red - a Gangster

★ 3
Speed Limited 1935

Government Man

★ NR
The Branded Man 1928

Bruce

★ 1
The Cat's Pajamas 1926

★ NR
Little Annie Rooney 1925

Tim Rooney

★ 6.9
Main Street 1923

Cy Bogart

★ 4
Catch My Smoke 1922

Bub Jessup

★ NR
The Village Blacksmith 1922

Bill as a Child

★ 5.3
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned 1922

Troubles

★ NR
Penrod 1922

Sam Williams

★ NR
Cameron of the Royal Mounted 1921

★ NR
The Adventures of Tarzan 1921

★ 5.9
Little Lord Fauntleroy 1921

Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

★ 7
A Daughter of the Law 1921

Pete Jepsen

★ 7.3
The Kentucky Colonel 1920

Sam Britsides

★ NR
The Son of Tarzan 1920

Jack

★ 5.5
Huckleberry Finn 1920

Tom Sawyer

★ 5.8
The Solitary Sin 1919

Bob Meredith - Age 14

★ NR
Under the Top 1919

Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)

★ NR
The Romance of Tarzan 1918

Tarzan as a Boy

★ 6
Tarzan of the Apes 1918

Young Tarzan

★ 5.3
The Little American 1917

Child (uncredited)

★ 6.3
The Price of Silence 1917

Jimmie, Dugan's Son

★ NR
Gloriana 1916

★ NR
Naked Hearts 1916

Cecil - as a Child

★ NR
Ben Blair 1916

Ben Blair, as a child

★ NR
Kilmeny 1915

Pierre - the Boy

★ NR
Tillie's Punctured Romance 1914

Newsboy (uncredited)

★ 6.1
The Broken Doll 1914

Gordon

★ NR
A Rural Romance 1914

Gordon

★ NR
Those Country Kids 1914

★ 4.1
A Race for Life 1914

The Villain

★ NR
A Wild Ride 1914

Desmond

★ NR
The Fatal Mallet 1914

Boy (uncredited)

★ 5.4
Caught in a Cabaret 1914

Boy in Park (uncredited)

★ 5.6
Twenty Minutes of Love 1914

Boy

★ 5.6
A Bath House Beauty 1914

Fatty's Son

★ NR
The Star Boarder 1914

Landlady's Son (uncredited)

★ 5.1
The Chicken Chaser 1914

★ NR
Kid Auto Races at Venice 1914

The Boy (uncredited)

★ 5.5
Little Billy's Triumph 1914

★ 5
His Sister's Kids 1913

2nd Nephew

★ NR
Mabel's Dramatic Career 1913

Boy

★ 5.5
The Riot 1913

One of the Neighborhood Kids

★ NR

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