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]
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Blazing Justice | Max | 1936-01-18 |
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Outlaws of the Range | Grant | 1936-04-07 |
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Gun Play | Henchman Mark | 1935-12-02 |
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What Price Crime | Red - a Gangster | 1935-05-27 |
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Speed Limited | Government Man | 1935-01-12 |
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Western Frontier | Henchman Steve | 1935-08-07 |
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Bars of Hate | Jim Grant | 1935-11-01 |
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The Branded Man | Bruce | 1928-05-01 |
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The Cat's Pajamas | 1926-08-29 | |
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Little Annie Rooney | Tim Rooney | 1925-10-18 |
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Main Street | Cy Bogart | 1923-04-25 |
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The Village Blacksmith | Bill as a Child | 1922-11-01 |
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Catch My Smoke | Bub Jessup | 1922-12-31 |
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Penrod | Sam Williams | 1922-02-20 |
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Cameron of the Royal Mounted | 1921-12-25 | |
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The Adventures of Tarzan | 1921-12-01 | |
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Little Lord Fauntleroy | Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited) | 1921-09-15 |
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A Daughter of the Law | Pete Jepsen | 1921-02-06 |
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The Son of Tarzan | Jack | 1920-04-30 |
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Huckleberry Finn | Tom Sawyer | 1920-02-29 |
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Under the Top | Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue) | 1919-01-04 |
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The Solitary Sin | Bob Meredith - Age 14 | 1919-07-01 |
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Tarzan of the Apes | Young Tarzan | 1918-01-27 |
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The Romance of Tarzan | Tarzan as a Boy | 1918-10-17 |
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The Little American | Child (uncredited) | 1917-07-12 |
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The Price of Silence | Jimmie, Dugan's Son | 1917-01-08 |
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Ben Blair | Ben Blair, as a child | 1916-03-09 |
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Gloriana | 1916-11-06 | |
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Naked Hearts | Cecil - as a Child | 1916-05-29 |
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Kilmeny | Pierre - the Boy | 1915-07-22 |
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A Wild Ride | Desmond | 1914-07-27 |
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A Race for Life | The Villain | 1914-08-03 |
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The Broken Doll | Gordon | 1914-09-07 |
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A Rural Romance | Gordon | 1914-08-24 |
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Tillie's Punctured Romance | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1914-12-21 |
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Caught in a Cabaret | Boy in Park (uncredited) | 1914-04-27 |
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Those Country Kids | 1914-08-19 | |
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Twenty Minutes of Love | Boy | 1914-04-20 |
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Kid Auto Races at Venice | The Boy (uncredited) | 1914-02-07 |
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A Bath House Beauty | Fatty's Son | 1914-04-12 |
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Little Billy's Triumph | 1914-01-28 | |
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The Fatal Mallet | Boy (uncredited) | 1914-06-01 |
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The Chicken Chaser | 1914-04-01 | |
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The Star Boarder | Landlady's Son (uncredited) | 1914-04-04 |
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His Sister's Kids | 2nd Nephew | 1913-12-13 |
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The Riot | One of the Neighborhood Kids | 1913-08-07 |
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Mabel's Dramatic Career | Boy | 1913-09-08 |