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

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Western Frontier

Kid Auto Races at Venice

Gun Play

Little Lord Fauntleroy

The Adventures of Tarzan

The Village Blacksmith

Tarzan of the Apes

All Movies (51)

• Outlaws of the Range1936 · as Grant
• Blazing Justice1936 · as Max
• Gun Play1935 · as Henchman Mark
• Bars of Hate1935 · as Jim Grant
• Western Frontier1935 · as Henchman Steve
• What Price Crime1935 · as Red - a Gangster
• Speed Limited1935 · as Government Man
• The Branded Man1928 · as Bruce
• The Cat's Pajamas1926
• Little Annie Rooney1925 · as Tim Rooney
• The Street of Tears1924 · as Ted Weller
• Main Street1923 · as Cy Bogart
• Catch My Smoke1922 · as Bub Jessup
• The Village Blacksmith1922 · as Bill as a Child
• More to Be Pitied Than Scorned1922 · as Troubles
• Penrod1922 · as Sam Williams
• Cameron of the Royal Mounted1921
• The Adventures of Tarzan1921
• Little Lord Fauntleroy1921 · as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
• A Daughter of the Law1921 · as Pete Jepsen
• The Kentucky Colonel1920 · as Sam Britsides
• The Son of Tarzan1920 · as Jack
• Huckleberry Finn1920 · as Tom Sawyer
• The Solitary Sin1919 · as Bob Meredith - Age 14
• Under the Top1919 · as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
• The Romance of Tarzan1918 · as Tarzan as a Boy
• Tarzan of the Apes1918 · as Young Tarzan
• The Little American1917 · as Child (uncredited)
• The Price of Silence1917 · as Jimmie, Dugan's Son
• Gloriana1916
• Naked Hearts1916 · as Cecil - as a Child
• The Code of Marcia Gray1916 · as Newsboy (uncredited)
• Ben Blair1916 · as Ben Blair, as a child
• Kilmeny1915 · as Pierre - the Boy
• Tillie's Punctured Romance1914 · as Newsboy (uncredited)
• The Broken Doll1914 · as Gordon
• A Rural Romance1914 · as Gordon
• Those Country Kids1914
• A Race for Life1914 · as The Villain
• A Wild Ride1914 · as Desmond
• The Fatal Mallet1914 · as Boy (uncredited)
• Caught in a Cabaret1914 · as Boy in Park (uncredited)
• Twenty Minutes of Love1914 · as Boy
• A Bath House Beauty1914 · as Fatty's Son
• The Star Boarder1914 · as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
• The Chicken Chaser1914
• Kid Auto Races at Venice1914 · as The Boy (uncredited)
• Little Billy's Triumph1914
• His Sister's Kids1913 · as 2nd Nephew
• Mabel's Dramatic Career1913 · as Boy
• The Riot1913 · as One of the Neighborhood Kids