Gordon Griffith
Known for: Acting
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
Film
Tarzan of the Apes
Young Tarzan
1918
Film
Caught in a Cabaret
Boy in Park (uncredited)
1914
Film
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Newsboy (uncredited)
1914
Film
Twenty Minutes of Love
Boy
1914
Film
Kid Auto Races at Venice
The Boy (uncredited)
1914
Film
Gun Play
Henchman Mark
1935
Film
Penrod
Sam Williams
1922
Film
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
1921
Film
The Fatal Mallet
Boy (uncredited)
1914
Film
The Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan as a Boy
1918
Film
Little Annie Rooney
Tim Rooney
1925
Film
The Kentucky Colonel
Sam Britsides
1920
Film
Those Country Kids
1914
Film
The Little American
Child (uncredited)
1917
Film
The Son of Tarzan
Jack
1920
Film
The Star Boarder
Landlady's Son (uncredited)
1914
Film
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
Film
Mabel's Dramatic Career
Boy
1913
Film
The Code of Marcia Gray
Newsboy (uncredited)
1916
Film
Naked Hearts
Cecil - as a Child
1916
His Sister's Kids
2nd Nephew
1913
Film
Outlaws of the Range
Grant
1936
Film
Western Frontier
Henchman Steve
1935
Film
Main Street
Cy Bogart
1923
Film
Little Billy's Triumph
1914
The Street of Tears
Ted Weller
1924
Film
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
The Broken Doll
Gordon
1914
A Rural Romance
Gordon
1914
Film
Kilmeny
Pierre - the Boy
1915
Film
The Branded Man
Bruce
1928
Film
Bars of Hate
Jim Grant
1935
Film
The Price of Silence
Jimmie, Dugan's Son
1917
Film
Under the Top
Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
1919
Film
The Village Blacksmith
Bill as a Child
1922
Film
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
1921
Film
A Daughter of the Law
Pete Jepsen
1921
A Bath House Beauty
Fatty's Son
1914
Film
What Price Crime
Red - a Gangster
1935
A Race for Life
The Villain
1914
Film
Speed Limited
Government Man
1935
Film
Catch My Smoke
Bub Jessup
1922
Film
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
Troubles
1922
Film
Gloriana
1916
A Wild Ride
Desmond
1914
Film
Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
1920
Film
The Solitary Sin
Bob Meredith - Age 14
1919
Film
The Riot
One of the Neighborhood Kids
1913
Film
Blazing Justice
Max
1936
The Chicken Chaser
1914
Film
Ben Blair
Ben Blair, as a child
1916