Gordon Griffith

Gordon Griffith (51)

1907-07-04 - 1958-10-12 | Chicago, Illinois, USA

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]

On Movies

  • Outlaws of the Range
  • Blazing Justice
  • Gun Play
  • Bars of Hate
  • Western Frontier
  • What Price Crime
  • Speed Limited
  • The Branded Man
  • The Cat's Pajamas
  • Little Annie Rooney
  • Main Street
  • Catch My Smoke
  • The Village Blacksmith
  • Penrod
  • Cameron of the Royal Mounted
  • The Adventures of Tarzan
  • Little Lord Fauntleroy
  • A Daughter of the Law
  • The Son of Tarzan
  • Huckleberry Finn
  • The Solitary Sin
  • Under the Top
  • The Romance of Tarzan
  • Tarzan of the Apes
  • The Little American
  • Gloriana
  • Naked Hearts
  • Ben Blair
  • Tillie's Punctured Romance
  • Those Country Kids
  • The Fatal Mallet
  • Caught in a Cabaret
  • Twenty Minutes of Love
  • A Bath House Beauty
  • The Star Boarder
  • The Chicken Chaser
  • Kid Auto Races at Venice
  • Little Billy's Triumph
  • His Sister's Kids
  • Mabel's Dramatic Career
  • The Riot

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