Gordon Griffith
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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
Credits
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
The Son of Tarzan (1920)
as Jack
The Branded Man (1928)
as Bruce
Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
as Boy
Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
as Young Tarzan
Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
as The Boy (uncredited)
The Kentucky Colonel (1920)
as Sam Britsides
The Code of Marcia Gray (1916)
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Penrod (1922)
as Sam Williams
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
as Newsboy (uncredited)
His Sister's Kids (1913)
as 2nd Nephew
Gun Play (1935)
as Henchman Mark
The Price of Silence (1917)
as Jimmie, Dugan's Son
Outlaws of the Range (1936)
as Grant
Those Country Kids (1914)
Actor
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned (1922)
as Troubles
A Race for Life (1914)
as The Villain
Naked Hearts (1916)
as Cecil - as a Child
What Price Crime (1935)
as Red - a Gangster
Catch My Smoke (1922)
as Bub Jessup
The Adventures of Tarzan (1921)
Actor
The Street of Tears (1924)
as Ted Weller
Western Frontier (1935)
as Henchman Steve
Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)
as Boy
The Fatal Mallet (1914)
as Boy (uncredited)
The Romance of Tarzan (1918)
as Tarzan as a Boy
Huckleberry Finn (1920)
as Tom Sawyer
A Rural Romance (1914)
as Gordon
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
The Village Blacksmith (1922)
as Bill as a Child
Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921)
Actor
Speed Limited (1935)
as Government Man
The Cat's Pajamas (1926)
Actor
The Star Boarder (1914)
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
The Broken Doll (1914)
as Gordon
Blazing Justice (1936)
as Max
A Bath House Beauty (1914)
as Fatty's Son
Little Annie Rooney (1925)
as Tim Rooney
Kilmeny (1915)
as Pierre - the Boy
A Wild Ride (1914)
as Desmond
The Little American (1917)
as Child (uncredited)
Main Street (1923)
as Cy Bogart
Under the Top (1919)
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
Little Billy's Triumph (1914)
Actor
Bars of Hate (1935)
as Jim Grant
A Daughter of the Law (1921)
as Pete Jepsen
The Solitary Sin (1919)
as Bob Meredith - Age 14
Ben Blair (1916)
as Ben Blair, as a child
Gloriana (1916)
Actor
The Riot (1913)
as One of the Neighborhood Kids
The Chicken Chaser (1914)
Actor