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