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Gordon Griffith

Personal Information

Known ForActing
GenderMale
Born / DiedJul 4, 1907 (Died at 51)
Zodiac Sign♋Cancer
Place of BirthChicago, Illinois, USA
Career Span1920 – 1958
Known Credits53 Titles
Official Links
ActingPopularity Score 0.8

Gordon Griffith

Also known as:Gordon S. Griffith
Total Works

53

53 movies • 0 shows

Avg Rating

6.1 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#1

TMDB star index

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]

Signature Roles & Milestones

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
6.8
Role: Producer's Assistant
Tillie's Punctured Romance
6.2
as Newsboy (uncredited)

Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 53 titles featuring Gordon Griffith

Kid Auto Races at Venice
5.6

as The Boy (uncredited)

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
6.8

Role: Producer's Assistant

Tillie's Punctured Romance
6.2

as Newsboy (uncredited)

Twenty Minutes of Love
5.7

as Boy

Caught in a Cabaret
5.8

as Boy in Park (uncredited)

The Star Boarder
5.2
The Star Boarder
1914•movie

as Landlady's Son (uncredited)

The Fatal Mallet
5.5
The Fatal Mallet
1914•movie

as Boy (uncredited)

Tarzan of the Apes
5.2
Tarzan of the Apes
1918•movie

as Young Tarzan

Adam Had Four Sons
5.9
Adam Had Four Sons
1941•movie

Role: Associate Producer

Little Annie Rooney
7.1

as Tim Rooney

The Little American
6.3

as Child (uncredited)

Little Lord Fauntleroy
7.0

as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

The Jolson Story
6.8
The Jolson Story
1946•movie

Role: Associate Producer

Those Country Kids
4.1
Those Country Kids
1914•movie
Mabel's Dramatic Career
5.6

as Boy

Captured in Chinatown
4.8

Role: Assistant Director

The Courageous Dr. Christian
6.2

Role: Assistant Director

The Son of Tarzan
5.8
The Son of Tarzan
1920•movie

as Jack

A Daughter of the Law
7.2

as Pete Jepsen

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
4.6

Role: Producer

The Village Blacksmith
5.3

as Bill as a Child

What Price Crime
4.0
What Price Crime
1935•movie

as Red - a Gangster

The Branded Man
4.0
The Branded Man
1928•movie

as Bruce

Huckleberry Finn
6.8
Huckleberry Finn
1920•movie

as Tom Sawyer

Main Street
6.0
Main Street
1923•movie

as Cy Bogart

The Romance of Tarzan
6.0

as Tarzan as a Boy

Blazing Justice
6.5
Blazing Justice
1936•movie

as Max

Outlaws of the Range
6.5

as Grant

Bars of Hate
7.0
Bars of Hate
1935•movie

as Jim Grant

Gun Play
6.0
Gun Play
1935•movie

as Henchman Mark

Little Billy's Triumph
6.0
Jungle Menace
7.0
Jungle Menace
1937•movie

Role: Screenplay

Exile Express
7.0
Exile Express
1939•movie

Role: Production Manager

Under the Top
10.0
Under the Top
1919•movie

as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)

The Solitary Sin
8.0
The Solitary Sin
1919•movie

as Bob Meredith - Age 14

Western Frontier
9.0
Western Frontier
1935•movie

as Henchman Steve

Speed Limited
8.0
Speed Limited
1935•movie

as Government Man

Penrod
10.0
Penrod
1922•movie

as Sam Williams

The Cat's Pajamas
9.0
The Cat's Pajamas
1926•movie
Catch My Smoke
7.0
Catch My Smoke
1922•movie

as Bub Jessup

More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
9.0

as Troubles

The Kentucky Colonel
8.0

as Sam Britsides

The Nevada Buckaroo
8.0

Role: Assistant Director

Meet Dr. Christian
7.0
Meet Dr. Christian
1939•movie

Role: Assistant Director

Kilmeny
Kilmeny
1915•movie

as Pierre - the Boy

The Riot
The Riot
1913•movie

as One of the Neighborhood Kids

Ben Blair
Ben Blair
1916•movie

as Ben Blair, as a child

Gloriana
Gloriana
1916•movie
Naked Hearts
Naked Hearts
1916•movie

as Cecil - as a Child

The Price of Silence

as Jimmie, Dugan's Son

The Code of Marcia Gray

as Newsboy (uncredited)