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