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.
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Full Filmography
Acting
Mabel's Dramatic Career
(1913)
Boy
The Riot
(1913)
One of the Neighborhood Kids
His Sister's Kids
(1913)
2nd Nephew
Caught in a Cabaret
(1914)
Boy in Park (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
(1914)
Boy
The Star Boarder
(1914)
Landlady's Son (uncredited)
A Bath House Beauty
(1914)
Fatty's Son
The Chicken Chaser
(1914)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
(1914)
Newsboy (uncredited)
The Fatal Mallet
(1914)
Boy (uncredited)
Kid Auto Races at Venice
(1914)
The Boy (uncredited)
Those Country Kids
(1914)
Little Billy's Triumph
(1914)
Kilmeny
(1915)
Pierre - the Boy
Ben Blair
(1916)
Ben Blair, as a child
Gloriana
(1916)
Naked Hearts
(1916)
Cecil - as a Child
The Little American
(1917)
Child (uncredited)
Tarzan of the Apes
(1918)
Young Tarzan
The Romance of Tarzan
(1918)
Tarzan as a Boy
Under the Top
(1919)
Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
The Solitary Sin
(1919)
Bob Meredith - Age 14
The Son of Tarzan
(1920)
Jack
Huckleberry Finn
(1920)
Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tarzan
(1921)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
(1921)
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
A Daughter of the Law
(1921)
Pete Jepsen
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
(1921)
Penrod
(1922)
Sam Williams
Catch My Smoke
(1922)
Bub Jessup
The Village Blacksmith
(1922)
Bill as a Child
Little Annie Rooney
(1925)
Tim Rooney
The Cat's Pajamas
(1926)
The Branded Man
(1928)
Bruce
Bars of Hate
(1935)
Jim Grant
Gun Play
(1935)
Henchman Mark
Western Frontier
(1935)
Henchman Steve
Speed Limited
(1935)
Government Man
What Price Crime
(1935)
Red - a Gangster
Blazing Justice
(1936)
Max
Outlaws of the Range
(1936)
Grant
Directing
The Nevada Buckaroo
(1931)
Assistant Director
Captured in Chinatown
(1935)
Assistant Director
Meet Dr. Christian
(1939)
Assistant Director
The Courageous Dr. Christian
(1940)
Assistant Director
Production
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
(1937)
Producer
Exile Express
(1939)
Production Manager
The Jolson Story
(1946)
Associate Producer
Writing