Gordon Griffith
Born: 1907-07-04
• 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.
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Filmography
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
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
Penrod
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
The Adventures of Tarzan
Little Lord Fauntleroy
A Daughter of the Law
The Kentucky Colonel
The Son of Tarzan
Huckleberry Finn
The Solitary Sin
Under the Top
The Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan of the Apes
The Little American
The Price of Silence
Gloriana
Naked Hearts
Ben Blair
Kilmeny
Tillie's Punctured Romance
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The Broken Doll
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A Rural Romance
Those Country Kids
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A Race for Life
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A Wild Ride
The Fatal Mallet
Caught in a Cabaret
Twenty Minutes of Love
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A Bath House Beauty
The Star Boarder
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The Chicken Chaser
Kid Auto Races at Venice
Little Billy's Triumph
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His Sister's Kids
Mabel's Dramatic Career
The Riot