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]
Filmography
all 57
Movies 57
Producer 5
Director 4
Screenplay 1
Producer
Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
Movie
Producer
Monsoon (1952)
Movie
Associate Producer
The Jolson Story (1946)
Movie
Associate Producer
Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
Movie
Assistant Director
Meet Dr. Christian (1939)
Movie
Production Manager
Exile Express (1939)
Movie
Screenplay
Jungle Menace (1937)
Movie
Jim Grant
Bars of Hate (1935)
Movie
Henchman Steve (Scotty in credits)
Western Frontier (1935)
Movie
Assistant Director
Captured in Chinatown (1935)
Movie
Red - a Gangster
What Price Crime (1935)
Movie
Government Man
Speed Limited (1935)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Nevada Buckaroo (1931)
Movie
Tim Rooney
Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Movie
Bub Jessup
Catch My Smoke (1922)
Movie
Bill as a Child
The Village Blacksmith (1922)
Movie
Sam Williams
Penrod (1922)
Movie
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)
Movie
Pete Jepsen - A Waif of the Hills
A Daughter of the Law (1921)
Movie
Bobby Granville
To Please One Woman (1920)
Movie
Jack - Son of Tarzan as a Boy
The Son of Tarzan (1920)
Movie
Tom Sawyer
Huckleberry Finn (1920)
Movie
Nat Farleigh
Cupid Forecloses (1919)
Movie
Bob Meredith - Age 14
The Solitary Sin (1919)
Movie
Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
Under the Top (1919)
Movie
Tarzan as a Boy
The Romance of Tarzan (1918)
Movie
Tarzan - Younger
Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Movie
Child (uncredited)
The Little American (1917)
Movie
Blake Manning
Gloriana (1916)
Movie
Cecil as a Child
Naked Hearts (1916)
Movie
Ben Blair, as a child
Ben Blair (1916)
Movie
Pierre - the Boy
Kilmeny (1915)
Movie
Jane's Nephew
Jane's Declaration of Independence (1915)
Movie
Newsboy (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Movie
Boy in Park (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
Movie
Fatty's Son
A Bath House Beauty (1914)
Movie
The Son
The Star Boarder (1914)
Movie
Show Operator
Little Billy's Triumph (1914)
Movie
2nd Nephew
His Sister's Kids (1913)
Movie
One of the Neighborhood Kids
The Riot (1913)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1907-07-04
Deathday1958-10-12 (51 years old)
Birth PlaceChicago, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known AsGordon S. Griffith
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