Gordon Griffith
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]
Acting (40 movies)
Kilmeny
1915
Under the Top
1919
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
The Village Blacksmith
1922
Those Country Kids
1914
The Star Boarder
1914
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914
The Romance of Tarzan
1918
The Branded Man
1928
Blazing Justice
1936
Outlaws of the Range
1936
The Son of Tarzan
1920
Bars of Hate
1935
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
Gun Play
1935
The Solitary Sin
1919
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
The Riot
1913
Western Frontier
1935
The Fatal Mallet
1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
Speed Limited
1935
Huckleberry Finn
1920
Little Billy's Triumph
1914
What Price Crime
1935
Little Annie Rooney
1925
The Little American
1917
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
Ben Blair
1916
Penrod
1922
Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914
Tarzan of the Apes
1918
A Daughter of the Law
1921
Gloriana
1916
Naked Hearts
1916
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
1921
Catch My Smoke
1922
Main Street
1923
The Price of Silence
1917
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Jungle Menace | 1937 | Screenplay |
| Renfrew of the Royal Mounted | 1937 | Producer |