Gordon Griffith
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 4 July 1907 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Died
- 12 October 1958
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
Production 5
- 1951Pandora and the Flying Dutchman · producer's assistant
- 1946The Jolson Story · associate producer
- 1941Adam Had Four Sons · associate producer
- 1939Exile Express · production manager
- 1937Renfrew of the Royal Mounted · producer
Directing 4
- 1940The Courageous Dr. Christian · assistant director
- 1939Meet Dr. Christian · assistant director
- 1935Captured in Chinatown · assistant director
- 1931The Nevada Buckaroo · assistant director
Writing 1
- 1937Jungle Menace · screenplay
Acting 51
- 1936Outlaws of the Range as Grant
- 1936Blazing Justice as Max
- 1935Gun Play as Henchman Mark
- 1935Bars of Hate as Jim Grant
- 1935Western Frontier as Henchman Steve
- 1935What Price Crime as Red - a Gangster
- 1935Speed Limited as Government Man
- 1928The Branded Man as Bruce
- 1926The Cat's Pajamas
- 1925Little Annie Rooney as Tim Rooney
- 1924The Street of Tears as Ted Weller
- 1923Main Street as Cy Bogart
- 1922Catch My Smoke as Bub Jessup
- 1922The Village Blacksmith as Bill as a Child
- 1922More to Be Pitied Than Scorned as Troubles
- 1922Penrod as Sam Williams
- 1921Cameron of the Royal Mounted
- 1921The Adventures of Tarzan
- 1921Little Lord Fauntleroy as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
- 1921A Daughter of the Law as Pete Jepsen
- 1920The Kentucky Colonel as Sam Britsides
- 1920The Son of Tarzan as Jack
- 1920Huckleberry Finn as Tom Sawyer
- 1919The Solitary Sin as Bob Meredith - Age 14
- 1919Under the Top as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
- 1918The Romance of Tarzan as Tarzan as a Boy
- 1918Tarzan of the Apes as Young Tarzan
- 1917The Little American as Child (uncredited)
- 1917The Price of Silence as Jimmie, Dugan's Son
- 1916Gloriana
- 1916Naked Hearts as Cecil - as a Child
- 1916The Code of Marcia Gray as Newsboy (uncredited)
- 1916Ben Blair as Ben Blair, as a child
- 1915Kilmeny as Pierre - the Boy
- 1914Tillie's Punctured Romance as Newsboy (uncredited)
- 1914The Broken Doll as Gordon
- 1914A Rural Romance as Gordon
- 1914Those Country Kids
- 1914A Race for Life as The Villain
- 1914A Wild Ride as Desmond
- 1914The Fatal Mallet as Boy (uncredited)
- 1914Caught in a Cabaret as Boy in Park (uncredited)
- 1914Twenty Minutes of Love as Boy
- 1914A Bath House Beauty as Fatty's Son
- 1914The Star Boarder as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
- 1914The Chicken Chaser
- 1914Kid Auto Races at Venice as The Boy (uncredited)
- 1914Little Billy's Triumph
- 1913His Sister's Kids as 2nd Nephew
- 1913Mabel's Dramatic Career as Boy
- 1913The Riot as One of the Neighborhood Kids