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