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Personal Info

Known Credits 42

Gender Male

Birthdate 1907-07-04 (118 Y.O)

Place Of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known For 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 (excerpte ...

Known For

Outlaws of the Range

Blazing Justice

Gun Play

Bars of Hate

Western Frontier

Acting

1936 -- Outlaws of the Range | Grant

1936 -- Blazing Justice | Max

1935 -- Gun Play | Henchman Mark

1935 -- Bars of Hate | Jim Grant

1935 -- Western Frontier | Henchman Steve

1935 -- What Price Crime | Red - a Gangster

1935 -- Speed Limited | Government Man

1928 -- The Branded Man | Bruce

1926 -- The Cat's Pajamas |

1925 -- Little Annie Rooney | Tim Rooney

1923 -- Main Street | Cy Bogart

1922 -- Catch My Smoke | Bub Jessup

1922 -- The Village Blacksmith | Bill as a Child

1922 -- Penrod | Sam Williams

1921 -- Cameron of the Royal Mounted |

1921 -- The Adventures of Tarzan |

1921 -- Little Lord Fauntleroy | Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

1921 -- A Daughter of the Law | Pete Jepsen

1920 -- The Son of Tarzan | Jack

1920 -- Huckleberry Finn | Tom Sawyer

1919 -- The Solitary Sin | Bob Meredith - Age 14

1919 -- Under the Top | Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)

1918 -- The Romance of Tarzan | Tarzan as a Boy

1918 -- Tarzan of the Apes | Young Tarzan

1917 -- The Little American | Child (uncredited)

1916 -- Gloriana |

1916 -- Naked Hearts | Cecil - as a Child

1916 -- Ben Blair | Ben Blair, as a child

1915 -- Kilmeny | Pierre - the Boy

1914 -- Tillie's Punctured Romance | Newsboy (uncredited)

1914 -- Those Country Kids |

1914 -- The Fatal Mallet | Boy (uncredited)

1914 -- Caught in a Cabaret | Boy in Park (uncredited)

1914 -- Twenty Minutes of Love | Boy

1914 -- A Bath House Beauty | Fatty's Son

1914 -- The Star Boarder | Landlady's Son (uncredited)

1914 -- The Chicken Chaser |

1914 -- Kid Auto Races at Venice | The Boy (uncredited)

1914 -- Little Billy's Triumph |

1913 -- His Sister's Kids | 2nd Nephew

1913 -- Mabel's Dramatic Career | Boy

1913 -- The Riot | One of the Neighborhood Kids