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Gordon Griffith
Acting
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]
BODY OF WORK
Gordon Griffith's Filmography
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Outlaws of the Range
as Grant
Blazing Justice
as Max
Gun Play
as Henchman Mark
Bars of Hate
as Jim Grant
Western Frontier
as Henchman Steve
What Price Crime
as Red - a Gangster
Speed Limited
as Government Man
The Branded Man
as Bruce
The Cat's Pajamas
Little Annie Rooney
as Tim Rooney
No Poster
The Street of Tears
as Ted Weller
Main Street
as Cy Bogart
Catch My Smoke
as Bub Jessup
The Village Blacksmith
as Bill as a Child
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
as Troubles
Penrod
as Sam Williams
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
The Adventures of Tarzan
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
A Daughter of the Law
as Pete Jepsen
The Kentucky Colonel
as Sam Britsides
The Son of Tarzan
as Jack
Huckleberry Finn
as Tom Sawyer
The Solitary Sin
as Bob Meredith - Age 14
Under the Top
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
The Romance of Tarzan
as Tarzan as a Boy
Tarzan of the Apes
as Young Tarzan
The Little American
as Child (uncredited)
The Price of Silence
as Jimmie, Dugan's Son
Gloriana
Naked Hearts
as Cecil - as a Child
The Code of Marcia Gray
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Ben Blair
as Ben Blair, as a child
Kilmeny
as Pierre - the Boy
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Newsboy (uncredited)
No Poster
The Broken Doll
as Gordon
No Poster
A Rural Romance
as Gordon
Those Country Kids
No Poster
A Race for Life
as The Villain
No Poster
A Wild Ride
as Desmond
The Fatal Mallet
as Boy (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
as Boy
No Poster
A Bath House Beauty
as Fatty's Son
The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
No Poster
The Chicken Chaser
Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Boy (uncredited)
Little Billy's Triumph
No Poster
His Sister's Kids
as 2nd Nephew
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Boy
The Riot
as One of the Neighborhood Kids