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Gordon Griffith
Actor, Producer, Additional Credits
Born July 4, 1907Died October 12, 1958 (51 years)
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]
Griffith died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 51.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
Filmography
| 1936 | The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand · as Blackie Humphries, Alias Hamik [chs.3,5,7,10,11] |
| 1936 | Outlaws of the Range · as Grant |
| 1936 | Blazing Justice · as Max |
| 1935 | Gun Play · as Henchman Mark |
| 1935 | Bars of Hate · as Jim Grant |
| 1935 | The Crusades · as Templar |
| 1935 | Danger Ahead · as Chuck - Henchman |
| 1935 | What Price Crime · as Red - A Gangster |
| 1931 | Forgotten Women · as Movie Cameraman |
| 1925 | Little Annie Rooney · as Tim Rooney |
| 1922 | The Village Blacksmith · as Bill As A Child |
| 1921 | |
| 1921 | Little Lord Fauntleroy · as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited) |
| 1920 | The Son of Tarzan · as Jack |
| 1920 | Huckleberry Finn · as Tom Sawyer |
| 1918 | The Romance of Tarzan · as Tarzan As A Boy |
| 1918 | Tarzan of the Apes · as Young Tarzan |
| 1917 | The Little American · as Child (uncredited) |
| 1916 | The Call of the Cumberlands · as Samson As A Boy |
| 1914 | Tillie's Punctured Romance · as Newsboy (uncredited) |
| 1914 | The Fatal Mallet · as Boy (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Caught in a Cabaret · as Boy In Park (uncredited) |
| 1914 | Twenty Minutes of Love · as Boy |
| 1914 | The Star Boarder · as Landlady's Son (uncredited) |
| 1914 | A Back Yard Theatre · as Cast |
| 1914 | The Race · as Cast |
| 1914 | Kid Auto Races at Venice · as The Boy (uncredited) |
| 1913 | The Horse Thief · as The Horse Thief |
| 1913 | A Chip Off the Old Block · as The Widower's Son |
| 1913 | Cohen's Outing · as Kelly's Son |