Gordon Griffith

Gordon Griffith

Acting
🎂 1907-07-04 (51 years old at death)
✝️ 1958-10-12
📍 Chicago, Illinois, USA
👤 Male
🎬 42 Movies
🔗 IMDb
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.

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Filmography (42 movies)

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