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