
Gordon Griffith
Known for Acting · 51 credits
- Born
- 1907-07-04
- Died
- 1958-10-12
- Place of birth
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Also known as
- Gordon S. 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]
Known For
Movies (51)

Huckleberry Finn
1920
as Tom Sawyer

Gloriana
1916

Main Street
1923
as Cy Bogart

Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Newsboy (uncredited)

Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914
as The Boy (uncredited)

Gun Play
1935
as Henchman Mark

Penrod
1922
as Sam Williams

Caught in a Cabaret
1914
as Boy in Park (uncredited)

The Riot
1913
as One of the Neighborhood Kids

Those Country Kids
1914

The Village Blacksmith
1922
as Bill as a Child
The Chicken Chaser
1914

Twenty Minutes of Love
1914
as Boy

Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
as Boy

Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

The Little American
1917
as Child (uncredited)

The Son of Tarzan
1920
as Jack

The Adventures of Tarzan
1921

Little Annie Rooney
1925
as Tim Rooney

Under the Top
1919
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)

The Fatal Mallet
1914
as Boy (uncredited)

Naked Hearts
1916
as Cecil - as a Child

Little Billy's Triumph
1914

Tarzan of the Apes
1918
as Young Tarzan

The Star Boarder
1914
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
A Bath House Beauty
1914
as Fatty's Son

The Romance of Tarzan
1918
as Tarzan as a Boy

Outlaws of the Range
1936
as Grant

The Price of Silence
1917
as Jimmie, Dugan's Son

The Solitary Sin
1919
as Bob Meredith - Age 14

Ben Blair
1916
as Ben Blair, as a child

What Price Crime
1935
as Red - a Gangster

Blazing Justice
1936
as Max

The Cat's Pajamas
1926

Bars of Hate
1935
as Jim Grant

Kilmeny
1915
as Pierre - the Boy

Western Frontier
1935
as Henchman Steve

Catch My Smoke
1922
as Bub Jessup
His Sister's Kids
1913
as 2nd Nephew

More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
1922
as Troubles

The Kentucky Colonel
1920
as Sam Britsides

The Branded Man
1928
as Bruce

Speed Limited
1935
as Government Man

Cameron of the Royal Mounted
1921

The Code of Marcia Gray
1916
as Newsboy (uncredited)
A Race for Life
1914
as The Villain
The Broken Doll
1914
as Gordon
A Wild Ride
1914
as Desmond

A Daughter of the Law
1921
as Pete Jepsen
The Street of Tears
1924
as Ted Weller
A Rural Romance
1914
as Gordon
About 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. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia] With 51 credits spanning from 1913 to 1936, Gordon Griffith has appeared in 51 films and 0 TV shows.
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- Huckleberry Finn (1920) — as Tom Sawyer
- Gloriana (1916)
- Main Street (1923) — as Cy Bogart
- Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) — as Newsboy (uncredited)
- Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) — as The Boy (uncredited)
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