Acting
Gordon Griffith
Also Known As: Gordon S. Griffith
Birth Date
July 4, 1907
Death Date
October 12, 1958
(passed away at 51)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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]
Photos
Tarzan of the Apes
Young Tarzan
1918
Caught in a Cabaret
Boy in Park (uncredited)
1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Newsboy (uncredited)
1914
Kid Auto Races at Venice
The Boy (uncredited)
1914
Penrod
Sam Williams
1922
Twenty Minutes of Love
Boy
1914
The Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan as a Boy
1918
The Son of Tarzan
Jack
1920
The Fatal Mallet
Boy (uncredited)
1914
A Bath House Beauty
Fatty's Son
1914
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
1921
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
His Sister's Kids
2nd Nephew
1913
Gun Play
Henchman Mark
1935
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Boy
1913
The Code of Marcia Gray
Newsboy (uncredited)
1916
The Star Boarder
Landlady's Son (uncredited)
1914
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
Those Country Kids
1914
The Little American
Child (uncredited)
1917