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]
Known For
Top 40 Movies
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
The Son of Tarzan
1920
The Little American
1917
The Village Blacksmith
1922
Main Street
1923
Under the Top
1919
Those Country Kids
1914
Gloriana
1916
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
Western Frontier
1935
Tarzan of the Apes
1918
Little Annie Rooney
1925
Penrod
1922
The Riot
1913
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
The Solitary Sin
1919
What Price Crime
1935
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914
Naked Hearts
1916
The Star Boarder
1914
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
Bars of Hate
1935
The Fatal Mallet
1914
Catch My Smoke
1922
The Kentucky Colonel
1920
Blazing Justice
1936
The Romance of Tarzan
1918
A Daughter of the Law
1921
Huckleberry Finn
1920
Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
Kilmeny
1915
Outlaws of the Range
1936
The Price of Silence
1917
Gun Play
1935
The Branded Man
1928
Speed Limited
1935