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Raymond Griffith
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Raymond Griffith was one of the great silent movie comedians. Later in his career, he worked behind the camera as writer and producer. Griffith was born in Boston, Massachusetts.…
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Raymond Griffith was one of the great silent movie comedians. Later in his career, he worked behind the camera as writer and producer. Griffith was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He lost his voice at an early age, causing him to speak for the rest of his life in a hoarse whisper. Griffith claimed that it was the result of his having to scream at the top of his lungs every night in a stage melodrama as a child actor —others have stated that a childhood disease was more likely the cause. Although a few comedy films of his are considered classics, Griffith is almost totally forgotten today. Many of his starring feature films have long since been lost, but probably the best known of his films today is Hands Up! (1926), a Civil War comedy feature directed by Clarence G. Badger, and co-starring Mack Swain, which was entered into the National Film Registry in 2005. Also considered a classic is Badger's Paths to Paradise, a caper film that is in all circulating prints missing its final reel. Like many silent comedians, he had a traditional costume; his was a top hat, white tie and tails, often augmented by a cape and/or walking stick. The coming of sound ended Griffith's acting career, but he did have one memorable role in a motion picture before retiring from the screen, playing a French soldier killed by Lew Ayres in the 1930 Lewis Milestone film All Quiet on the Western Front. He then segued into a writing/producing career at Twentieth Century Fox. Griffith choked to death at the Masquers Club in Los Angeles, California, aged 62, on November 25, 1957.
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1939
Day-time Wife
Movie Producer
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1939
Drums Along the Mohawk
Movie Associate Producer
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1939
Hotel for Women
Movie Producer
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1938
Three Blind Mice
Movie Producer
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1938
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Movie Associate Producer
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1937
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Movie Producer
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1936
Poor Little Rich Girl
Movie Producer
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1936
Private Number
Movie Associate Producer
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1935
Clive of India
Movie Associate Producer
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1934
The Affairs of Cellini
Movie Associate Producer
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1934
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Movie Associate Producer
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1934
Born to Be Bad
Movie Associate Producer
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1934
The House of Rothschild
Movie Co-Producer
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1933
Blood Money
Movie Associate Producer
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1933
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Movie Producer
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1933
Baby Face
Movie Producer
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1933
Gold Diggers of 1933
Movie Associate Producer
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1933
Picture Snatcher
Movie Supervising Producer
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1933
Ladies They Talk About
Movie Producer
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1933
Parachute Jumper
Movie Supervising Producer
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1932
Three on a Match
Movie Supervising Producer
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1932
Life Begins
Movie Production Supervisor
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1932
The Rich Are Always with Us
Movie Supervising Producer
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1931
Local Boy Makes Good
Movie Adaptation
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1931
Girls About Town
Movie Writer
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1931
Expensive Women
Movie Writer
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1931
The Beloved Bachelor
Movie Adaptation
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1931
Bought!
Movie Writer
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1931
God's Gift to Women
Movie Screenplay
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1930
All Quiet on the Western Front
Movie Gérard Duval (uncredited)
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1929
The Sleeping Porch
Movie
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1929
Trent's Last Case
Movie Philip Trent
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1927
Time to Love
Movie Alfred Sava-Goiu
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1927
Wedding Bills
Movie Algernon Schuyler Van Twidder
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1926
You'd Be Surprised
Movie Mr. Green
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1926
Wet Paint
Movie He
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1926
Hands Up!
Movie Jack
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1925
He's a Prince!
Movie Prince
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1925
Fine Clothes
Movie Oscar
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1925
Paths to Paradise
Movie The Dude from Duluth
