Gordon Griffith
Acting · 51 years old
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
A Daughter of the Law
Pete Jepsen
Little Annie Rooney
Tim Rooney
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
The Little American
Child (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Newsboy (uncredited)
The Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan as a Boy
The Adventures of Tarzan
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
Caught in a Cabaret
Boy in Park (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
Boy
Kid Auto Races at Venice
The Boy (uncredited)
The Son of Tarzan
Jack
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Boy
The Fatal Mallet
Boy (uncredited)
The Village Blacksmith
Bill as a Child
Tarzan of the Apes
Young Tarzan
The Star Boarder
Landlady's Son (uncredited)
Outlaws of the Range
Grant
Bars of Hate
Jim Grant
Gun Play
Henchman Mark
