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

The Fatal Mallet
The Fatal Mallet

1914

as Boy (uncredited)

Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy

1921

as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

Western Frontier
Western Frontier

1935

as Henchman Steve

Kid Auto Races at Venice
Kid Auto Races at Venice

1914

as The Boy (uncredited)

The Riot
The Riot

1913

as One of the Neighborhood Kids

The Village Blacksmith
The Village Blacksmith

1922

as Bill as a Child

The Little American
The Little American

1917

as Child (uncredited)

Main Street
Main Street

1923

as Cy Bogart

Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn

1920

as Tom Sawyer

Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan of the Apes

1918

as Young Tarzan

The Romance of Tarzan
The Romance of Tarzan

1918

as Tarzan as a Boy

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His Sister's Kids

1913

as 2nd Nephew

The Kentucky Colonel
The Kentucky Colonel

1920

as Sam Britsides

Mabel's Dramatic Career
Gloriana
Catch My Smoke
Catch My Smoke

1922

as Bub Jessup

Bars of Hate
Bars of Hate

1935

as Jim Grant

Gun Play
Gun Play

1935

as Henchman Mark