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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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The Little American
Child (uncredited)
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Mabel's Dramatic Career
Boy
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What Price Crime
Red - a Gangster
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The Riot
One of the Neighborhood Kids
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His Sister's Kids
2nd Nephew
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The Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan as a Boy
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Little Annie Rooney
Tim Rooney
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
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Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
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Under the Top
Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)

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