
Cast
Gordon Griffith
Acting
Cast
Gordon Griffith
Known for
Acting
Born
1907-07-04
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
1958-10-12
Also known as Gordon S. Griffith
Biography
Gordon Griffith (July 4, 1907 β 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]

Penrod
as Sam Williams

Gloriana

Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Newsboy (uncredited)

Huckleberry Finn
as Tom Sawyer

Caught in a Cabaret
as Boy in Park (uncredited)

Gun Play
as Henchman Mark

Tarzan of the Apes
as Young Tarzan

Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Boy (uncredited)

The Little American
as Child (uncredited)

Little Annie Rooney
as Tim Rooney

The Chicken Chaser

A Bath House Beauty
as Fatty's Son

Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Boy

Main Street
as Cy Bogart

The Riot
as One of the Neighborhood Kids

The Village Blacksmith
as Bill as a Child

Those Country Kids

The Romance of Tarzan
as Tarzan as a Boy

The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)

Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

Under the Top
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)

Twenty Minutes of Love
as Boy

The Fatal Mallet
as Boy (uncredited)

The Solitary Sin
as Bob Meredith - Age 14

Little Billy's Triumph

The Branded Man
as Bruce

The Adventures of Tarzan

The Cat's Pajamas

The Code of Marcia Gray
as Newsboy (uncredited)

What Price Crime
as Red - a Gangster

The Son of Tarzan
as Jack

The Kentucky Colonel
as Sam Britsides

Bars of Hate
as Jim Grant

Naked Hearts
as Cecil - as a Child

Outlaws of the Range
as Grant

The Price of Silence
as Jimmie, Dugan's Son

More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
as Troubles

Kilmeny
as Pierre - the Boy

Western Frontier
as Henchman Steve

Blazing Justice
as Max

Cameron of the Royal Mounted

His Sister's Kids
as 2nd Nephew

Ben Blair
as Ben Blair, as a child

The Broken Doll
as Gordon

A Wild Ride
as Desmond

Speed Limited
as Government Man

A Race for Life
as The Villain

A Daughter of the Law
as Pete Jepsen

Catch My Smoke
as Bub Jessup

The Street of Tears
as Ted Weller

A Rural Romance
as Gordon