Gordon Griffith

Gordon Griffith

1907-07-04 – 1958-10-12 (age 51) Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Biography

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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Known For

Penrod
Penrod

1922

as Sam Williams

Gloriana
Caught in a Cabaret
Caught in a Cabaret

1914

as Boy in Park (uncredited)

Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy

1921

as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn

1920

as Tom Sawyer

Kid Auto Races at Venice
Kid Auto Races at Venice

1914

as The Boy (uncredited)

Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

as Newsboy (uncredited)

The Little American
The Little American

1917

as Child (uncredited)

The Village Blacksmith
The Village Blacksmith

1922

as Bill as a Child

Gun Play
Gun Play

1935

as Henchman Mark

Twenty Minutes of Love
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A Bath House Beauty

1914

as Fatty's Son

The Riot
The Riot

1913

as One of the Neighborhood Kids

Little Annie Rooney
Little Annie Rooney

1925

as Tim Rooney

The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder

1914

as Landlady's Son (uncredited)

Under the Top
Under the Top

1919

as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)

Main Street
Main Street

1923

as Cy Bogart

The Romance of Tarzan
The Romance of Tarzan

1918

as Tarzan as a Boy

Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan of the Apes

1918

as Young Tarzan