1907-07-04 Chicago, Illinois, USA
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]
 |
Blazing Justice | Max | 1936-01-18 |
 |
Outlaws of the Range | Grant | 1936-04-07 |
 |
Bars of Hate | Jim Grant | 1935-11-01 |
 |
Speed Limited | Government Man | 1935-01-12 |
 |
What Price Crime | Red - a Gangster | 1935-05-27 |
 |
Gun Play | Henchman Mark | 1935-12-02 |
 |
Western Frontier | Henchman Steve | 1935-08-07 |
 |
The Branded Man | Bruce | 1928-05-01 |
 |
The Cat's Pajamas | 1926-08-29 | |
 |
Little Annie Rooney | Tim Rooney | 1925-10-18 |
 |
Main Street | Cy Bogart | 1923-04-25 |
 |
The Village Blacksmith | Bill as a Child | 1922-11-01 |
 |
Catch My Smoke | Bub Jessup | 1922-12-31 |
 |
Penrod | Sam Williams | 1922-02-20 |
 |
A Daughter of the Law | Pete Jepsen | 1921-02-06 |
 |
Little Lord Fauntleroy | Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited) | 1921-09-15 |
 |
Cameron of the Royal Mounted | 1921-12-25 | |
 |
The Adventures of Tarzan | 1921-12-01 | |
 |
Huckleberry Finn | Tom Sawyer | 1920-02-29 |
 |
The Son of Tarzan | Jack | 1920-04-30 |
 |
Under the Top | Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue) | 1919-01-04 |
 |
The Solitary Sin | Bob Meredith - Age 14 | 1919-07-01 |
 |
The Romance of Tarzan | Tarzan as a Boy | 1918-10-17 |
 |
Tarzan of the Apes | Young Tarzan | 1918-01-27 |
 |
The Price of Silence | Jimmie, Dugan's Son | 1917-01-08 |
 |
The Little American | Child (uncredited) | 1917-07-12 |
 |
Naked Hearts | Cecil - as a Child | 1916-05-29 |
 |
Ben Blair | Ben Blair, as a child | 1916-03-09 |
 |
Gloriana | 1916-11-06 | |
 |
Kilmeny | Pierre - the Boy | 1915-07-22 |
 |
Kid Auto Races at Venice | The Boy (uncredited) | 1914-02-07 |
 |
Caught in a Cabaret | Boy in Park (uncredited) | 1914-04-27 |
 |
Little Billy's Triumph | 1914-01-28 | |
 |
Twenty Minutes of Love | Boy | 1914-04-20 |
 |
The Star Boarder | Landlady's Son (uncredited) | 1914-04-04 |
 |
The Chicken Chaser | 1914-04-01 | |
|
A Bath House Beauty | Fatty's Son | 1914-04-12 |
 |
Tillie's Punctured Romance | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1914-12-21 |
 |
The Fatal Mallet | Boy (uncredited) | 1914-06-01 |
 |
Those Country Kids | 1914-08-19 | |
|
His Sister's Kids | 2nd Nephew | 1913-12-13 |
 |
Mabel's Dramatic Career | Boy | 1913-09-08 |
 |
The Riot | One of the Neighborhood Kids | 1913-08-07 |
