Gordon Griffith
Gordon Griffith
Person

Gordon Griffith

Actor 1907-07-04 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

FILMOGRAPHY
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Kid Auto Races at Venice

Kid Auto Races at Venice

1914 · The Boy (uncredited)

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914 · Newsboy (uncredited)

Twenty Minutes of Love

Twenty Minutes of Love

1914 · Boy

Caught in a Cabaret

Caught in a Cabaret

1914 · Boy in Park (uncredited)

The Star Boarder

The Star Boarder

1914 · Landlady's Son (uncredited)

The Fatal Mallet

The Fatal Mallet

1914 · Boy (uncredited)

Tarzan of the Apes

Tarzan of the Apes

1918 · Young Tarzan

Little Annie Rooney

Little Annie Rooney

1925 · Tim Rooney

The Little American

The Little American

1917 · Child (uncredited)

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1921 · Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

Mabel's Dramatic Career

Mabel's Dramatic Career

1913 · Boy

Those Country Kids

Those Country Kids

1914 · Movie

The Adventures of Tarzan

The Adventures of Tarzan

1921 · Movie

The Son of Tarzan

The Son of Tarzan

1920 · Jack

A Daughter of the Law

A Daughter of the Law

1921 · Pete Jepsen

The Village Blacksmith

The Village Blacksmith

1922 · Bill as a Child

What Price Crime

What Price Crime

1935 · Red - a Gangster

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

1920 · Tom Sawyer

The Branded Man

The Branded Man

1928 · Bruce

Main Street

Main Street

1923 · Cy Bogart