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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Outlaws of the Range | Grant | 1936-04-07 |
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Blazing Justice | Max | 1936-01-18 |
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Bars of Hate | Jim Grant | 1935-11-01 |
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Western Frontier | Henchman Steve | 1935-08-07 |
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What Price Crime | Red - a Gangster | 1935-05-27 |
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Gun Play | Henchman Mark | 1935-12-02 |
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Speed Limited | Government Man | 1935-01-12 |
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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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Catch My Smoke | Bub Jessup | 1922-12-31 |
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Penrod | Sam Williams | 1922-02-20 |
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The Village Blacksmith | Bill as a Child | 1922-11-01 |
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More to Be Pitied Than Scorned | Troubles | 1922-08-20 |
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A Daughter of the Law | Pete Jepsen | 1921-02-06 |
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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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The Kentucky Colonel | Sam Britsides | 1920-09-26 |
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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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The Romance of Tarzan | Tarzan as a Boy | 1918-10-17 |
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Tarzan of the Apes | Young Tarzan | 1918-01-27 |
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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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Naked Hearts | Cecil - as a Child | 1916-05-29 |
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Gloriana | 1916-11-06 | |
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Kilmeny | Pierre - the Boy | 1915-07-22 |
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Those Country Kids | 1914-08-19 | |
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The Fatal Mallet | Boy (uncredited) | 1914-06-01 |
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The Broken Doll | Gordon | 1914-09-07 |
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A Race for Life | The Villain | 1914-08-03 |
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A Rural Romance | Gordon | 1914-08-24 |
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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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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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Twenty Minutes of Love | Boy | 1914-04-20 |
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Tillie's Punctured Romance | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1914-12-21 |
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Little Billy's Triumph | 1914-01-28 | |
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Caught in a Cabaret | Boy in Park (uncredited) | 1914-04-27 |
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A Wild Ride | Desmond | 1914-07-27 |
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Mabel's Dramatic Career | Boy | 1913-09-08 |
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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 |
