Person
Gordon Griffith
Acting · 1907–1958 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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]
Known for
Caught in a Cabaret
Boy in Park (uncredited)
Penrod
Sam Williams
The Jolson Story
Associate Producer
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Producer's Assistant
The Son of Tarzan
Jack
Tarzan of the Apes
Young Tarzan
Adam Had Four Sons
Associate Producer
Naked Hearts
Cecil - as a Child
The Street of Tears
Ted Weller
His Sister's Kids
2nd Nephew
Filmography
- 1951Pandora and the Flying DutchmanProducer's Assistant
- 1946The Jolson StoryAssociate Producer
- 1941Adam Had Four SonsAssociate Producer
- 1940The Courageous Dr. ChristianAssistant Director
- 1939Meet Dr. ChristianAssistant Director
- 1939Exile ExpressProduction Manager
- 1937Renfrew of the Royal MountedProducer
- 1937Jungle MenaceScreenplay
- 1936Outlaws of the RangeGrant
- 1936Blazing JusticeMax
- 1935Gun PlayHenchman Mark
- 1935Bars of HateJim Grant
- 1935Western FrontierHenchman Steve
- 1935Captured in ChinatownAssistant Director
- 1935What Price CrimeRed - a Gangster
- 1935Speed LimitedGovernment Man
- 1931The Nevada BuckarooAssistant Director
- 1928The Branded ManBruce
- 1926The Cat's Pajamas
- 1925Little Annie RooneyTim Rooney
- 1924The Street of TearsTed Weller
- 1923Main StreetCy Bogart
- 1922Catch My SmokeBub Jessup
- 1922The Village BlacksmithBill as a Child
- 1922More to Be Pitied Than ScornedTroubles
- 1922PenrodSam Williams
- 1921Cameron of the Royal Mounted
- 1921The Adventures of Tarzan
- 1921Little Lord FauntleroyBoy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
- 1921A Daughter of the LawPete Jepsen
- 1920The Kentucky ColonelSam Britsides
- 1920The Son of TarzanJack
- 1920Huckleberry FinnTom Sawyer
- 1919The Solitary SinBob Meredith - Age 14
- 1919Under the TopJimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
- 1918The Romance of TarzanTarzan as a Boy
- 1918Tarzan of the ApesYoung Tarzan
- 1917The Little AmericanChild (uncredited)
- 1917The Price of SilenceJimmie, Dugan's Son
- 1916Gloriana
- 1916Naked HeartsCecil - as a Child
- 1916The Code of Marcia GrayNewsboy (uncredited)
- 1916Ben BlairBen Blair, as a child
- 1915KilmenyPierre - the Boy
- 1914Tillie's Punctured RomanceNewsboy (uncredited)
- 1914The Broken DollGordon
- 1914A Rural RomanceGordon
- 1914Those Country Kids
- 1914A Race for LifeThe Villain
- 1914A Wild RideDesmond
- 1914The Fatal MalletBoy (uncredited)
- 1914Caught in a CabaretBoy in Park (uncredited)
- 1914Twenty Minutes of LoveBoy
- 1914A Bath House BeautyFatty's Son
- 1914The Star BoarderLandlady's Son (uncredited)
- 1914The Chicken Chaser
- 1914Kid Auto Races at VeniceThe Boy (uncredited)
- 1914Little Billy's Triumph
- 1913His Sister's Kids2nd Nephew
- 1913Mabel's Dramatic CareerBoy
- 1913The RiotOne of the Neighborhood Kids
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