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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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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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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The Street of Tears | Ted Weller | 1924-10-01 |
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Main Street | Cy Bogart | 1923-04-25 |
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More to Be Pitied Than Scorned | Troubles | 1922-08-20 |
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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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The Adventures of Tarzan | 1921-12-01 | |
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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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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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Huckleberry Finn | Tom Sawyer | 1920-02-29 |
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The Son of Tarzan | Jack | 1920-04-30 |
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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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The Code of Marcia Gray | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1916-03-16 |
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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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Ben Blair | Ben Blair, as a child | 1916-03-09 |
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Kilmeny | Pierre - the Boy | 1915-07-22 |
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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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A Wild Ride | Desmond | 1914-07-27 |
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The Broken Doll | Gordon | 1914-09-07 |
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Caught in a Cabaret | Boy in Park (uncredited) | 1914-04-27 |
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Tillie's Punctured Romance | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1914-12-21 |
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The Chicken Chaser | 1914-04-01 | |
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Those Country Kids | 1914-08-19 | |
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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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The Fatal Mallet | Boy (uncredited) | 1914-06-01 |
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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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Little Billy's Triumph | 1914-01-28 | |
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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 |
