Gordon Griffith
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-07-04 (51 years old)
Deathday
1958-10-12
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also known As
Gordon S. Griffith
Gordon Griffith
Biography
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]
Acting
1915
as Pierre - the Boy
1919
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
1914
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
1922
as Bill as a Child
1914
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
1914
as Boy
1918
as Tarzan as a Boy
1928
as Bruce
1936
as Max
1936
as Grant
1920
as Jack
1935
as Jim Grant
1935
as Henchman Mark
1919
as Bob Meredith - Age 14
1913
as Boy
1913
as One of the Neighborhood Kids
1913
as 2nd Nephew
1914
as Fatty's Son
1935
as Henchman Steve
1914
as Boy (uncredited)
1914
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1935
as Government Man
1920
as Tom Sawyer
1935
as Red - a Gangster
1925
as Tim Rooney
1917
as Child (uncredited)
1921
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
1916
as Ben Blair, as a child
1922
as Sam Williams
1914
as The Boy (uncredited)
1918
as Young Tarzan
1921
as Pete Jepsen
1916
1916
as Cecil - as a Child
1922
as Bub Jessup
1923
as Cy Bogart
1917
as Jimmie, Dugan's Son
Production
1937
as Producer
1937
as Screenplay
1935
as Assistant Director
1931
as Assistant Director
1946
as Associate Producer
1940
as Assistant Director
1939
as Assistant Director
1939
as Production Manager
1941
as Associate Producer
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