Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born July 4, 1907
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]
MovieOutlaws of the Range
1936
as Grant
MovieBlazing Justice
1936
as Max
MovieGun Play
1935
as Henchman Mark
MovieBars of Hate
1935
as Jim Grant
MovieWestern Frontier
1935
as Henchman Steve
MovieWhat Price Crime
1935
as Red - a Gangster
MovieSpeed Limited
1935
as Government Man
MovieThe Branded Man
1928
as Bruce
MovieThe Cat's Pajamas
1926
MovieLittle Annie Rooney
1925
as Tim Rooney
The Street of Tears
1924
as Ted Weller
MovieMain Street
1923
as Cy Bogart
MovieCatch My Smoke
1922
as Bub Jessup
MovieThe Village Blacksmith
1922
as Bill as a Child
MovieMore to Be Pitied Than Scorned
1922
as Troubles
MoviePenrod
1922
as Sam Williams
MovieCameron of the Royal Mounted
1921
MovieThe Adventures of Tarzan
1921
MovieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1921
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
MovieA Daughter of the Law
1921
as Pete Jepsen
MovieThe Kentucky Colonel
1920
as Sam Britsides
MovieThe Son of Tarzan
1920
as Jack
MovieHuckleberry Finn
1920
as Tom Sawyer
MovieThe Solitary Sin
1919
as Bob Meredith - Age 14
MovieUnder the Top
1919
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
MovieThe Romance of Tarzan
1918
as Tarzan as a Boy
MovieTarzan of the Apes
1918
as Young Tarzan
MovieThe Little American
1917
as Child (uncredited)
MovieThe Price of Silence
1917
as Jimmie, Dugan's Son
MovieGloriana
1916
MovieNaked Hearts
1916
as Cecil - as a Child
MovieThe Code of Marcia Gray
1916
as Newsboy (uncredited)
MovieBen Blair
1916
as Ben Blair, as a child
MovieKilmeny
1915
as Pierre - the Boy
MovieTillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Newsboy (uncredited)
The Broken Doll
1914
as Gordon
A Rural Romance
1914
as Gordon
MovieThose Country Kids
1914
A Race for Life
1914
as The Villain
A Wild Ride
1914
as Desmond
MovieThe Fatal Mallet
1914
as Boy (uncredited)
MovieCaught in a Cabaret
1914
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
MovieTwenty Minutes of Love
1914
as Boy
A Bath House Beauty
1914
as Fatty's Son
MovieThe Star Boarder
1914
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
The Chicken Chaser
1914
MovieKid Auto Races at Venice
1914
as The Boy (uncredited)
MovieLittle Billy's Triumph
1914
His Sister's Kids
1913
as 2nd Nephew
MovieMabel's Dramatic Career
1913
as Boy
MovieThe Riot
1913
as One of the Neighborhood Kids
