Biography
Gordon Griffith (July 4, 1907 β 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.
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Filmography
all 58
Movies 58
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
Cy Bogart

Main Street (1923)
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 (uncredited)

The Fatal Mallet (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
The Boy (uncredited)

Kid Auto Races at Venice (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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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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