Gordon Griffith
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1907-07-04 – 1958-10-12
Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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]
Known for
Kilmeny
1915Pierre - the Boy
Under the Top
1919Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
Caught in a Cabaret
1914Boy in Park (uncredited)
The Village Blacksmith
1922Bill as a Child
Those Country Kids
1914
The Star Boarder
1914Landlady's Son (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914Boy
The Romance of Tarzan
1918Tarzan as a Boy
The Branded Man
1928Bruce
Blazing Justice
1936Max
Outlaws of the Range
1936Grant
The Son of Tarzan
1920Jack
Bars of Hate
1935Jim Grant
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
Gun Play
1935Henchman Mark
The Solitary Sin
1919Bob Meredith - Age 14
The Riot
1913One of the Neighborhood Kids