Acting
Gordon Griffith
EN, NL cinema · 61 credits
Born
4 July 1907
Died
12 October 1958 (aged 51)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known as Gordon S. Griffith
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
Filmography
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Producer's Assistant
The Jolson Story
Associate Producer
Adam Had Four Sons
Associate Producer
The Courageous Dr. Christian
Assistant Director
Meet Dr. Christian
Assistant Director
Exile Express
Production Manager
Jungle Menace
Screenplay
Outlaws of the Range
as Grant
Bars of Hate
as Jim Grant
Gun Play
as Henchman Mark
Western Frontier
as Henchman Steve
Speed Limited
as Government Man
What Price Crime
as Red - a Gangster
Captured in Chinatown
Assistant Director
The Nevada Buckaroo
Assistant Director
The Branded Man
as Bruce
Little Annie Rooney
as Tim Rooney
Main Street
as Cy Bogart
The Village Blacksmith
as Bill as a Child
Penrod
as Sam Williams
Catch My Smoke
as Bub Jessup
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
as Troubles
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
A Daughter of the Law
as Pete Jepsen
Huckleberry Finn
as Tom Sawyer
The Kentucky Colonel
as Sam Britsides
Under the Top
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
The Solitary Sin
as Bob Meredith - Age 14
The Romance of Tarzan
as Tarzan as a Boy
Tarzan of the Apes
as Young Tarzan
The Little American
as Child (uncredited)
The Price of Silence
as Jimmie, Dugan's Son
Ben Blair
as Ben Blair, as a child
Naked Hearts
as Cecil - as a Child
The Code of Marcia Gray
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Kilmeny
as Pierre - the Boy
Caught in a Cabaret
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
A Bath House Beauty
1914
A Bath House Beauty
as Fatty's Son
The Fatal Mallet
as Boy (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Boy (uncredited)
A Race for Life
1914
A Race for Life
as The Villain
A Wild Ride
1914
A Wild Ride
as Desmond
The Riot
as One of the Neighborhood Kids
His Sister's Kids
1913
His Sister's Kids
as 2nd Nephew