Gordon Griffith
July 4, 1907 (117 years old) in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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
Credits
- 1936 · Outlaws of the Range as Grant
- 1936 · Blazing Justice as Max
- 1935 · Gun Play as Henchman Mark
- 1935 · Bars of Hate as Jim Grant
- 1935 · Western Frontier as Henchman Steve
- 1935 · What Price Crime as Red - a Gangster
- 1935 · Speed Limited as Government Man
- 1928 · The Branded Man as Bruce
- 1926 · The Cat's Pajamas as
- 1925 · Little Annie Rooney as Tim Rooney
- 1923 · Main Street as Cy Bogart
- 1922 · Catch My Smoke as Bub Jessup
- 1922 · The Village Blacksmith as Bill as a Child
- 1922 · Penrod as Sam Williams
- 1921 · Cameron of the Royal Mounted as
- 1921 · The Adventures of Tarzan as
- 1921 · Little Lord Fauntleroy as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
- 1921 · A Daughter of the Law as Pete Jepsen
- 1920 · The Son of Tarzan as Jack
- 1920 · Huckleberry Finn as Tom Sawyer
- 1919 · The Solitary Sin as Bob Meredith - Age 14
- 1919 · Under the Top as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
- 1918 · The Romance of Tarzan as Tarzan as a Boy
- 1918 · Tarzan of the Apes as Young Tarzan
- 1917 · The Little American as Child (uncredited)
- 1916 · Gloriana as
- 1916 · Naked Hearts as Cecil - as a Child
- 1916 · Ben Blair as Ben Blair, as a child
- 1915 · Kilmeny as Pierre - the Boy
- 1914 · Tillie's Punctured Romance as Newsboy (uncredited)
- 1914 · Those Country Kids as
- 1914 · The Fatal Mallet as Boy (uncredited)
- 1914 · Caught in a Cabaret as Boy in Park (uncredited)
- 1914 · Twenty Minutes of Love as Boy
- 1914 · A Bath House Beauty as Fatty's Son
- 1914 · The Star Boarder as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
- 1914 · The Chicken Chaser as
- 1914 · Kid Auto Races at Venice as The Boy (uncredited)
- 1914 · Little Billy's Triumph as
- 1913 · His Sister's Kids as 2nd Nephew
- 1913 · Mabel's Dramatic Career as Boy
- 1913 · The Riot as One of the Neighborhood Kids