Gordon Griffith
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.
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Known for
The Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan as a Boy
Tarzan of the Apes
Young Tarzan
Caught in a Cabaret
Boy in Park (uncredited)
Little Annie Rooney
Tim Rooney
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Newsboy (uncredited)
The Little American
Child (uncredited)
Western Frontier
Henchman Steve
Kid Auto Races at Venice
The Boy (uncredited)
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
What Price Crime
Red - a Gangster
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
Ben Blair
Ben Blair, as a child
The Adventures of Tarzan
Main Street
Cy Bogart
The Village Blacksmith
Bill as a Child
Speed Limited
Government Man
Gun Play
Henchman Mark
The Star Boarder
Landlady's Son (uncredited)
Kilmeny
Pierre - the Boy
The Riot
One of the Neighborhood Kids
The Chicken Chaser
The Solitary Sin
Bob Meredith - Age 14
Penrod
Sam Williams
A Bath House Beauty
Fatty's Son
The Son of Tarzan
Jack
His Sister's Kids
2nd Nephew
The Fatal Mallet
Boy (uncredited)
Those Country Kids
Naked Hearts
Cecil - as a Child
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
Twenty Minutes of Love
Boy
Bars of Hate
Jim Grant
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Boy
Under the Top
Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
A Daughter of the Law
Pete Jepsen
The Branded Man
Bruce
Catch My Smoke
Bub Jessup
Gloriana
The Cat's Pajamas
Outlaws of the Range
Grant
Blazing Justice
Max