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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Speed Limited | Government Man | 1935-01-12 |
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What Price Crime | Red - a Gangster | 1935-05-27 |
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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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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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Penrod | Sam Williams | 1922-02-20 |
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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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A Daughter of the Law | Pete Jepsen | 1921-02-06 |
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Little Lord Fauntleroy | Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited) | 1921-09-15 |
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The Adventures of Tarzan | 1921-12-01 | |
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Cameron of the Royal Mounted | 1921-12-25 | |
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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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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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Kid Auto Races at Venice | The Boy (uncredited) | 1914-02-07 |
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The Chicken Chaser | 1914-04-01 | |
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Little Billy's Triumph | 1914-01-28 | |
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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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Caught in a Cabaret | Boy in Park (uncredited) | 1914-04-27 |
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A Bath House Beauty | Fatty's Son | 1914-04-12 |
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Tillie's Punctured Romance | Newsboy (uncredited) | 1914-12-21 |
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The Fatal Mallet | Boy (uncredited) | 1914-06-01 |
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The Star Boarder | Landlady's Son (uncredited) | 1914-04-04 |
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The Riot | One of the Neighborhood Kids | 1913-08-07 |
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His Sister's Kids | 2nd Nephew | 1913-12-13 |
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Mabel's Dramatic Career | Boy | 1913-09-08 |
