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Gordon Griffith

Gordon Griffith

Acting·1907–1958·44 films

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.

As Actor

Kid Auto Races at Venice
Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)The Boy (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)Newsboy (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)Boy
Caught in a Cabaret
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)Boy in Park (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
The Star Boarder (1914)Landlady's Son (uncredited)
The Fatal Mallet
The Fatal Mallet (1914)Boy (uncredited)
Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan of the Apes (1918)Young Tarzan
Little Annie Rooney
Little Annie Rooney (1925)Tim Rooney
The Little American
The Little American (1917)Child (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
Those Country Kids
Those Country Kids (1914)
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)Boy
The Adventures of Tarzan
The Adventures of Tarzan (1921)
The Son of Tarzan
The Son of Tarzan (1920)Jack
The Village Blacksmith
The Village Blacksmith (1922)Bill as a Child
A Daughter of the Law
A Daughter of the Law (1921)Pete Jepsen
What Price Crime
What Price Crime (1935)Red - a Gangster
Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn (1920)Tom Sawyer
Main Street
Main Street (1923)Cy Bogart
The Branded Man
The Branded Man (1928)Bruce
Gun Play
Gun Play (1935)Henchman Mark
Bars of Hate
Bars of Hate (1935)Jim Grant
Outlaws of the Range
Outlaws of the Range (1936)Grant
Blazing Justice
Blazing Justice (1936)Max
Little Billy's Triumph
Little Billy's Triumph (1914)
The Romance of Tarzan
The Romance of Tarzan (1918)Tarzan as a Boy
Western Frontier
Western Frontier (1935)Henchman Steve
The Kentucky Colonel
The Kentucky Colonel (1920)Sam Britsides
Under the Top
Under the Top (1919)Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
The Cat's Pajamas
The Cat's Pajamas (1926)
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921)
The Solitary Sin
The Solitary Sin (1919)Bob Meredith - Age 14
Penrod
Penrod (1922)Sam Williams
Catch My Smoke
Catch My Smoke (1922)Bub Jessup
Speed Limited
Speed Limited (1935)Government Man
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned (1922)Troubles
The Riot
The Riot (1913)One of the Neighborhood Kids
The Price of Silence
The Price of Silence (1917)Jimmie, Dugan's Son
Naked Hearts
Naked Hearts (1916)Cecil - as a Child
Gloriana
Gloriana (1916)
Ben Blair
Ben Blair (1916)Ben Blair, as a child
Kilmeny
Kilmeny (1915)Pierre - the Boy
The Code of Marcia Gray
The Code of Marcia Gray (1916)Newsboy (uncredited)

As Writer