Gordon Griffith
Acting
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
Acting51
movieGun Play
1935
Henchman Mark
movieBars of Hate
1935
Jim Grant
movieWestern Frontier
1935
Henchman Steve
movieWhat Price Crime
1935
Red - a Gangster
movieSpeed Limited
1935
Government Man
movieLittle Annie Rooney
1925
Tim Rooney
movieMain Street
1923
Cy Bogart
movieCatch My Smoke
1922
Bub Jessup
movieThe Village Blacksmith
1922
Bill as a Child
moviePenrod
1922
Sam Williams
movieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
1921
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
movieA Daughter of the Law
1921
Pete Jepsen
movieThe Kentucky Colonel
1920
Sam Britsides
movieHuckleberry Finn
1920
Tom Sawyer
movieThe Solitary Sin
1919
Bob Meredith - Age 14
movieUnder the Top
1919
Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
movieThe Romance of Tarzan
1918
Tarzan as a Boy
movieTarzan of the Apes
1918
Young Tarzan
movieThe Little American
1917
Child (uncredited)
movieThe Price of Silence
1917
Jimmie, Dugan's Son
movieNaked Hearts
1916
Cecil - as a Child
movieThe Code of Marcia Gray
1916
Newsboy (uncredited)
movieBen Blair
1916
Ben Blair, as a child
movieKilmeny
1915
Pierre - the Boy
movieTillie's Punctured Romance
1914
Newsboy (uncredited)
A Race for Life
1914
The Villain
movieThe Fatal Mallet
1914
Boy (uncredited)
movieCaught in a Cabaret
1914
Boy in Park (uncredited)
movieThe Star Boarder
1914
Landlady's Son (uncredited)
movieKid Auto Races at Venice
1914
The Boy (uncredited)
movieThe Riot
1913
One of the Neighborhood Kids
Production5
moviePandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951
Producer's Assistant
movieThe Jolson Story
1946
Associate Producer
movieAdam Had Four Sons
1941
Associate Producer
movieExile Express
1939
Production Manager
Directing4
movieThe Courageous Dr. Christian
1940
Assistant Director
movieMeet Dr. Christian
1939
Assistant Director
movieCaptured in Chinatown
1935
Assistant Director
movieThe Nevada Buckaroo
1931
Assistant Director
Writing1
movieJungle Menace
1937
Screenplay