Gordon Griffith
Birthday
1907/07/04
Day of death
1958/10/12 (51 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also know as
Gordon S. Griffith
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]
Acting
(1915) Kilmeny
as Pierre - the Boy
(1919) Under the Top
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
(1914) Caught in a Cabaret
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
(1922) The Village Blacksmith
as Bill as a Child
(1914) Those Country Kids
as ---
(1914) The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
(1914) Twenty Minutes of Love
as Boy
(1918) The Romance of Tarzan
as Tarzan as a Boy
(1928) The Branded Man
as Bruce
(1936) Outlaws of the Range
as Grant
(1936) Blazing Justice
as Max
(1920) The Son of Tarzan
as Jack
(1935) Bars of Hate
as Jim Grant
(1921) The Adventures of Tarzan
as ---
(1935) Gun Play
as Henchman Mark
(1919) The Solitary Sin
as Bob Meredith - Age 14
(1913) Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Boy
(1913) The Riot
as One of the Neighborhood Kids
(1913) His Sister's Kids
as 2nd Nephew
(1914) A Bath House Beauty
as Fatty's Son
(1914) The Chicken Chaser
as ---
(1935) Western Frontier
as Henchman Steve
(1914) The Fatal Mallet
as Boy (uncredited)
(1914) Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Newsboy (uncredited)
(1935) Speed Limited
as Government Man
(1920) Huckleberry Finn
as Tom Sawyer
(1914) Little Billy's Triumph
as ---
(1935) What Price Crime
as Red - a Gangster
(1925) Little Annie Rooney
as Tim Rooney
(1917) The Little American
as Child (uncredited)
(1921) Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
(1916) Ben Blair
as Ben Blair, as a child
(1922) Penrod
as Sam Williams
(1914) Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Boy (uncredited)
(1921) A Daughter of the Law
as Pete Jepsen
(1918) Tarzan of the Apes
as Young Tarzan
(1916) Naked Hearts
as Cecil - as a Child
(1916) Gloriana
as ---
(1926) The Cat's Pajamas
as ---
(1921) Cameron of the Royal Mounted
as ---
(1922) Catch My Smoke
as Bub Jessup
(1923) Main Street
as Cy Bogart