Gordon Griffith
Biography
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
Pierre - the Boy
Kilmeny
Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
Under the Top
Boy in Park (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
Bill as a Child
The Village Blacksmith
Those Country Kids
Landlady's Son (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
Boy
Twenty Minutes of Love
Tarzan as a Boy
The Romance of Tarzan
Bruce
The Branded Man
Grant
Outlaws of the Range
Max
Blazing Justice
Jack
The Son of Tarzan
Jim Grant
Bars of Hate
The Adventures of Tarzan
Henchman Mark
Gun Play
Bob Meredith - Age 14
The Solitary Sin
Boy
Mabel's Dramatic Career
One of the Neighborhood Kids
The Riot
2nd Nephew
His Sister's Kids
Fatty's Son
A Bath House Beauty
The Chicken Chaser
Henchman Steve
Western Frontier
Boy (uncredited)
The Fatal Mallet
Newsboy (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Government Man
Speed Limited
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn
Little Billy's Triumph
Red - a Gangster
What Price Crime
Tim Rooney
Little Annie Rooney
Child (uncredited)
The Little American
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Ben Blair, as a child
Ben Blair
Sam Williams
Penrod
The Boy (uncredited)
Kid Auto Races at Venice
Pete Jepsen
A Daughter of the Law
Young Tarzan
Tarzan of the Apes
Cecil - as a Child
Naked Hearts
Gloriana
The Cat's Pajamas
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
Bub Jessup
Catch My Smoke
Cy Bogart
Main Street
Jimmie, Dugan's Son
The Price of Silence
Gordon
The Broken Doll
Gordon
A Rural Romance
The Villain
A Race for Life
Desmond
A Wild Ride
Troubles
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
Sam Britsides
The Kentucky Colonel
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
49
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-07-04
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Gordon S. Griffith