Gordon Griffith
Acting
Born: 1907-07-04 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Biography
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
Naked Hearts
Cecil - as a Child
Those Country Kids
Penrod
Sam Williams
Caught in a Cabaret
Boy in Park (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
Boy
Tarzan of the Apes
Young Tarzan
The Kentucky Colonel
Sam Britsides
Bars of Hate
Jim Grant
The Son of Tarzan
Jack
What Price Crime
Red - a Gangster
The Code of Marcia Gray
Newsboy (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Newsboy (uncredited)
Little Annie Rooney
Tim Rooney
The Star Boarder
Landlady's Son (uncredited)
Gun Play
Henchman Mark
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
The Little American
Child (uncredited)
Kilmeny
Pierre - the Boy
The Price of Silence
Jimmie, Dugan's Son
Gloriana
Kid Auto Races at Venice
The Boy (uncredited)
The Village Blacksmith
Bill as a Child
The Branded Man
Bruce
Outlaws of the Range
Grant
Main Street
Cy Bogart
The Solitary Sin
Bob Meredith - Age 14
The Riot
One of the Neighborhood Kids
The Fatal Mallet
Boy (uncredited)
The Adventures of Tarzan
The Chicken Chaser
Catch My Smoke
Bub Jessup
The Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan as a Boy
Speed Limited
Government Man
Western Frontier
Henchman Steve