Gordon Griffith
Acting
1907-07-04 · 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
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951 · Movie
The Jolson Story
1946 · Movie
Adam Had Four Sons
1941 · Movie
The Courageous Dr. Christian
1940 · Movie
Meet Dr. Christian
1939 · Movie
Exile Express
1939 · Movie
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
1937 · Movie
Jungle Menace
1937 · Movie
Outlaws of the Range
1936 · Movie
Blazing Justice
1936 · Movie
Gun Play
1935 · Movie
Bars of Hate
1935 · Movie
Western Frontier
1935 · Movie
Captured in Chinatown
1935 · Movie
What Price Crime
1935 · Movie
Speed Limited
1935 · Movie
The Nevada Buckaroo
1931 · Movie
The Branded Man
1928 · Movie
The Cat's Pajamas
1926 · Movie
Little Annie Rooney
1925 · Movie
The Street of Tears
1924 · Movie
Main Street
1923 · Movie
Catch My Smoke
1922 · Movie
The Village Blacksmith
1922 · Movie
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
1922 · Movie
Penrod
1922 · Movie
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
1921 · Movie
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921 · Movie
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921 · Movie
A Daughter of the Law
1921 · Movie
The Kentucky Colonel
1920 · Movie
The Son of Tarzan
1920 · Movie
Huckleberry Finn
1920 · Movie
The Solitary Sin
1919 · Movie
Under the Top
1919 · Movie
The Romance of Tarzan
1918 · Movie
Tarzan of the Apes
1918 · Movie
The Little American
1917 · Movie
The Price of Silence
1917 · Movie
Gloriana
1916 · Movie
Naked Hearts
1916 · Movie
The Code of Marcia Gray
1916 · Movie
Ben Blair
1916 · Movie
Kilmeny
1915 · Movie
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914 · Movie
The Broken Doll
1914 · Movie
A Rural Romance
1914 · Movie
Those Country Kids
1914 · Movie
A Race for Life
1914 · Movie
A Wild Ride
1914 · Movie
The Fatal Mallet
1914 · Movie
Caught in a Cabaret
1914 · Movie
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914 · Movie
A Bath House Beauty
1914 · Movie
The Star Boarder
1914 · Movie
The Chicken Chaser
1914 · Movie
Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914 · Movie
Little Billy's Triumph
1914 · Movie
His Sister's Kids
1913 · Movie
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913 · Movie
The Riot
1913 · Movie