Actor
Gordon Griffith
Born July 4, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died October 12, 195851 films
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.
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Griffith died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 51.
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First watchTillie's Punctured Romance19146.2as Newsboy (uncredited)A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope with him.View filmEssential films
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Filmography
51 films as actor- 1936Outlaws of the RangeGrant
- 1936Blazing JusticeMax
- 1935Gun PlayHenchman Mark
- 1935Bars of HateJim Grant
- 1935Western FrontierHenchman Steve
- 1935What Price CrimeRed - a Gangster
- 1935Speed LimitedGovernment Man
- 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