Gordon Griffith
Acting · Production · Directing · Writing
Born July 4, 1907, 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]
Filmography
- 1951Pandora and the Flying Dutchman — Producer's Assistant
- 1946The Jolson Story — Associate Producer
- 1941Adam Had Four Sons — Associate Producer
- 1940The Courageous Dr. Christian — Assistant Director
- 1939Exile Express — Production Manager
- 1939Meet Dr. Christian — Assistant Director
- 1937Jungle Menace — Screenplay
- 1937Renfrew of the Royal Mounted — Producer
- 1936Blazing Justice — Max
- 1936Outlaws of the Range — Grant
- 1935Bars of Hate — Jim Grant
- 1935Captured in Chinatown — Assistant Director
- 1935Gun Play — Henchman Mark
- 1935Speed Limited — Government Man
- 1935Western Frontier — Henchman Steve
- 1935What Price Crime — Red - a Gangster
- 1931The Nevada Buckaroo — Assistant Director
- 1928The Branded Man — Bruce
- 1926The Cat's Pajamas
- 1925Little Annie Rooney — Tim Rooney
- 1924The Street of Tears — Ted Weller
- 1923Main Street — Cy Bogart
- 1922Catch My Smoke — Bub Jessup
- 1922More to Be Pitied Than Scorned — Troubles
- 1922Penrod — Sam Williams
- 1922The Village Blacksmith — Bill as a Child
- 1921A Daughter of the Law — Pete Jepsen
- 1921Cameron of the Royal Mounted
- 1921Little Lord Fauntleroy — Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
- 1921The Adventures of Tarzan
- 1920Huckleberry Finn — Tom Sawyer
- 1920The Kentucky Colonel — Sam Britsides
- 1920The Son of Tarzan — Jack
- 1919The Solitary Sin — Bob Meredith - Age 14
- 1919Under the Top — Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
- 1918Tarzan of the Apes — Young Tarzan
- 1918The Romance of Tarzan — Tarzan as a Boy
- 1917The Little American — Child (uncredited)
- 1917The Price of Silence — Jimmie, Dugan's Son
- 1916Ben Blair — Ben Blair, as a child
- 1916Gloriana
- 1916Naked Hearts — Cecil - as a Child
- 1916The Code of Marcia Gray — Newsboy (uncredited)
- 1915Kilmeny — Pierre - the Boy
- 1914A Bath House Beauty — Fatty's Son
- 1914A Race for Life — The Villain
- 1914A Rural Romance — Gordon
- 1914A Wild Ride — Desmond
- 1914Caught in a Cabaret — Boy in Park (uncredited)
- 1914Kid Auto Races at Venice — The Boy (uncredited)
- 1914Little Billy's Triumph
- 1914The Broken Doll — Gordon
- 1914The Chicken Chaser
- 1914The Fatal Mallet — Boy (uncredited)
- 1914The Star Boarder — Landlady's Son (uncredited)
- 1914Those Country Kids
- 1914Tillie's Punctured Romance — Newsboy (uncredited)
- 1914Twenty Minutes of Love — Boy
- 1913His Sister's Kids — 2nd Nephew
- 1913Mabel's Dramatic Career — Boy
- 1913The Riot — One of the Neighborhood Kids