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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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Cameron of the Royal Mounted
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Bars of Hate
Jim Grant
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Western Frontier
Henchman Steve
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The Fatal Mallet
Boy (uncredited)
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What Price Crime
Red - a Gangster
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Kilmeny
Pierre - the Boy
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The Village Blacksmith
Bill as a Child
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The Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan as a Boy
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The Chicken Chaser
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The Solitary Sin
Bob Meredith - Age 14

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