Gordon Griffith

Personal Info

Birthday

July 4, 1907

Day of Death

1958-10-12

(51 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

Gordon S. Griffith

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

The Village Blacksmith

The Son of Tarzan

Little Annie Rooney

Tillie's Punctured Romance

The Star Boarder

Caught in a Cabaret

Kid Auto Races at Venice

Tarzan of the Apes

Filmography

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