Gordon Griffith

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Gordon Griffith

Acting July 4, 1907

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 wor…

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Kid Auto Races at Venice

Kid Auto Races at Venice

5.6 1914 Movie
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

6.8 1951 Movie
Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Punctured Romance

6.2 1914 Movie
Caught in a Cabaret

Caught in a Cabaret

5.8 1914 Movie
Twenty Minutes of Love

Twenty Minutes of Love

5.7 1914 Movie
The Star Boarder

The Star Boarder

5.2 1914 Movie
The Fatal Mallet

The Fatal Mallet

5.5 1914 Movie
Tarzan of the Apes

Tarzan of the Apes

5.3 1918 Movie
Adam Had Four Sons

Adam Had Four Sons

5.9 1941 Movie
The Little American

The Little American

6.3 1917 Movie
Little Annie Rooney

Little Annie Rooney

7.1 1925 Movie
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

7.0 1921 Movie

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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]

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1951
    Pandora and the Flying Dutchman

    Movie Producer's Assistant

  2. 1946
    The Jolson Story

    Movie Associate Producer

  3. 1941
    Adam Had Four Sons

    Movie Associate Producer

  4. 1940
    The Courageous Dr. Christian

    Movie Assistant Director

  5. 1939
    Meet Dr. Christian

    Movie Assistant Director

  6. 1939
    Exile Express

    Movie Production Manager

  7. 1937
    Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

    Movie Producer

  8. 1937
    Jungle Menace

    Movie Screenplay

  9. 1936
    Outlaws of the Range

    Movie Grant

  10. 1936
    Blazing Justice

    Movie Max

  11. 1935
    Gun Play

    Movie Henchman Mark

  12. 1935
    Bars of Hate

    Movie Jim Grant

  13. 1935
    Western Frontier

    Movie Henchman Steve

  14. 1935
    Captured in Chinatown

    Movie Assistant Director

  15. 1935
    What Price Crime

    Movie Red - a Gangster

  16. 1935
    Speed Limited

    Movie Government Man

More credits
  1. 1931
    The Nevada Buckaroo

    Movie Assistant Director

  2. 1928
    The Branded Man

    Movie Bruce

  3. 1926
    The Cat's Pajamas

    Movie

  4. 1925
    Little Annie Rooney

    Movie Tim Rooney

  5. 1924
    The Street of Tears

    Movie Ted Weller

  6. 1923
    Main Street

    Movie Cy Bogart

  7. 1922
    Catch My Smoke

    Movie Bub Jessup

  8. 1922
    The Village Blacksmith

    Movie Bill as a Child

  9. 1922
    More to Be Pitied Than Scorned

    Movie Troubles

  10. 1922
    Penrod

    Movie Sam Williams

  11. 1921
    Cameron of the Royal Mounted

    Movie

  12. 1921
    The Adventures of Tarzan

    Movie

  13. 1921
    Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Movie Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)

  14. 1921
    A Daughter of the Law

    Movie Pete Jepsen

  15. 1920
    The Kentucky Colonel

    Movie Sam Britsides

  16. 1920
    The Son of Tarzan

    Movie Jack

  17. 1920
    Huckleberry Finn

    Movie Tom Sawyer

  18. 1919
    The Solitary Sin

    Movie Bob Meredith - Age 14

  19. 1919
    Under the Top

    Movie Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)

  20. 1918
    The Romance of Tarzan

    Movie Tarzan as a Boy

  21. 1918
    Tarzan of the Apes

    Movie Young Tarzan

  22. 1917
    The Little American

    Movie Child (uncredited)

  23. 1917
    The Price of Silence

    Movie Jimmie, Dugan's Son

  24. 1916
    Gloriana

    Movie