Gordon Griffith
American actor and film producer (1907-1958) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 51
Gordon S. Griffith 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 - films with sound.
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Jungle MenaceFilm, Writer1936
Blazing JusticeFilm, Max1935
Bars of HateFilm, Jim Grant1928
The Branded ManFilm, Bruce1926
The Cat's PajamasFilm1925
Little Annie RooneyFilm, Tim Rooney1923
Main StreetFilm, Cy Bogart1921
A Daughter of the LawFilm, Pete Jepsen1920
Huckleberry FinnFilm, Tom Sawyer1919
Under the TopFilm, Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)1918
Tarzan of the ApesFilm, Young Tarzan1917
The Little AmericanFilm, Child (uncredited)1914A Bath House BeautyFilm, Fatty's Son1913His Sister's KidsFilm, 2nd Nephew1907Born4 July 1907Known for
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Tillie's Punctured Romance 1914
Caught in a Cabaret 1914
Twenty Minutes of Love 1914
Kid Auto Races at Venice 1914
The Star Boarder 1914
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Mack Sennett Produced Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
Charlie Chaplin Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Mary Pickford Produced Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921)
Albert Herman Directed Bars of Hate and Gun Play
Mabel Normand Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Edgar Kennedy Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Frank Lloyd Directed The Price of Silence (1917)
Elmo Lincoln Duets: Tarzan
Henry Lehrman Directed Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
Minta Durfee Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Alice Davenport Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Hank Mann Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Robert Thornby Directed The Horse Thief (1913)
Wallace MacDonald Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Edgar Rice Burroughs Wrote Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Chester Conklin Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Mack Swain Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Josef Swickard Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
William Hauber Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
P. Dempsey Tabler Duets: Tarzan, also in The Son of Tarzan (1920)
Al St. John Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Phyllis Allen Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Harry McCoy Also in Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
Enid Markey Also in Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
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During his acting career, he worked with Charlie Chaplin, Fatty Arbuckle, Mary Pickford, Mabel Normand, Bessie Love, Betty Bronson, his mother Katherine Griffith, and was the first actor to portray young Tarzan on film.
