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Raymond Griffith
Producer, Actor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born January 22, 1895Died November 25, 1957 (62 years)
Raymond Griffith was one of the great silent movie comedians. Later in his career, he worked behind the camera as writer and producer. Griffith was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He lost his voice at an early age, causing him to speak for the rest of his life in a hoarse whisper. Griffith claimed that it was the result of his having to scream at the top of his lungs every night in a stage melodrama as a child actor —others have stated that a childhood disease was more likely the cause. Although a few comedy films of his are considered classics, Griffith is almost totally forgotten today. Many of his starring feature films have long since been lost, but probably the best known of his films today is Hands Up! (1926), a Civil War comedy feature directed by Clarence G. Badger, and co-starring Mack Swain, which was entered into the National Film Registry in 2005. Also considered a classic is Badger's Paths to Paradise, a caper film that is in all circulating prints missing its final reel. Like many silent comedians, he had a traditional costume; his was a top hat, white tie and tails, often augmented by a cape and/or walking stick. The coming of sound ended Griffith's acting career, but he did have one memorable role in a motion picture before retiring from the screen, playing a French soldier killed by Lew Ayres in the 1930 Lewis Milestone film All Quiet on the Western Front. He then segued into a writing/producing career at Twentieth Century Fox. Griffith choked to death at the Masquers Club in Los Angeles, California, aged 62, on November 25, 1957.
Known For
Filmography
| 1940 | The Mark of Zorro · as Associate Producer |
| 1940 | The Great Profile · as Associate Producer |
| 1940 | The Man I Married · as Associate Producer |
| 1940 | Little Old New York · as Associate Producer |
| 1940 | He Married His Wife · as Associate Producer |
| 1939 | |
| 1939 | Drums Along the Mohawk · as Associate Producer |
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| 1939 | The Three Musketeers · as Associate Producer |
| 1938 | Always Goodbye · as Associate Producer |
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| 1938 | |
| 1938 | The Baroness and the Butler · as Associate Producer |
| 1937 | Second Honeymoon · as Associate Producer |
| 1937 | Heidi · as Associate Producer |
| 1937 | |
| 1937 | Thin Ice · as Associate Producer |
| 1937 | Fifty Roads to Town · as Associate Producer |
| 1937 | Seventh Heaven · as Associate Producer |
| 1936 | One in a Million · as Associate Producer |
| 1936 | Girls' Dormitory · as Associate Producer |
| 1936 | |
| 1936 | Private Number · as Associate Producer |
| 1936 | Under Two Flags · as Associate Producer |
| 1936 | A Message to Garcia · as Associate Producer |
| 1936 | It Had to Happen · as Associate Producer |
| 1935 | Show Them No Mercy! · as Associate Producer |
| 1935 | Call of the Wild · as Associate Producer |
| 1935 | L'homme des Folies Bergère · as Associate Producer |
| 1935 | Les Misérables · as Associate Producer |
| 1935 | Cardinal Richelieu · as Associate Producer |
| 1935 | Folies Bergère de Paris · as Associate Producer |
| 1935 | Clive of India · as Associate Producer |
| 1934 | The Mighty Barnum · as Associate Producer |
| 1934 | The Affairs of Cellini · as Associate Producer |
| 1934 | Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back · as Associate Producer |
| 1934 | Born to Be Bad · as Associate Producer |
| 1934 | The Last Gentleman · as Associate Producer |
| 1934 | The House of Rothschild · as Associate Producer |
| 1934 | Looking for Trouble · as Associate Producer |
| 1934 | Moulin Rouge · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | Gallant Lady · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | Advice to the Forlorn · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | Blood Money · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | The Bowery · as Associate Producer |
| 1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933 · as Associate Producer |
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| 1931 | Girls About Town · as Associate Producer |