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]
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Movies (50)
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Producer's Assistant (Production)
1951
The Jolson Story
Associate Producer (Production)
1946
Adam Had Four Sons
Associate Producer (Production)
1941
The Courageous Dr. Christian
Assistant Director (Directing)
1940
Meet Dr. Christian
Assistant Director (Directing)
1939
Exile Express
Production Manager (Production)
1939
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
Producer (Production)
1937
Jungle Menace
Screenplay (Writing)
1937
Outlaws of the Range
as Grant
1936
Blazing Justice
as Max
1936
Gun Play
as Henchman Mark
1935
Bars of Hate
as Jim Grant
1935
Western Frontier
as Henchman Steve
1935
Captured in Chinatown
Assistant Director (Directing)
1935
What Price Crime
as Red - a Gangster
1935
Speed Limited
as Government Man
1935
The Nevada Buckaroo
Assistant Director (Directing)
1931
The Branded Man
as Bruce
1928
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
Little Annie Rooney
as Tim Rooney
1925
Main Street
as Cy Bogart
1923
Catch My Smoke
as Bub Jessup
1922
The Village Blacksmith
as Bill as a Child
1922
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
as Troubles
1922
Penrod
as Sam Williams
1922
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
1921
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
1921
A Daughter of the Law
as Pete Jepsen
1921
The Kentucky Colonel
as Sam Britsides
1920
The Son of Tarzan
as Jack
1920
Huckleberry Finn
as Tom Sawyer
1920
The Solitary Sin
as Bob Meredith - Age 14
1919
Under the Top
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
1919
The Romance of Tarzan
as Tarzan as a Boy
1918
Tarzan of the Apes
as Young Tarzan
1918
The Little American
as Child (uncredited)
1917
The Price of Silence
as Jimmie, Dugan's Son
1917
Gloriana
1916
Naked Hearts
as Cecil - as a Child
1916
Ben Blair
as Ben Blair, as a child
1916
Kilmeny
as Pierre - the Boy
1915
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1914
The Broken Doll
as Gordon
1914
A Rural Romance
as Gordon
1914
Those Country Kids
1914
A Race for Life
as The Villain
1914
A Wild Ride
as Desmond
1914
The Fatal Mallet
as Boy (uncredited)
1914
Caught in a Cabaret
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
1914