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]
Movies & TV Shows
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Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) — The Boy (uncredited)
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Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) — Newsboy (uncredited)
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Twenty Minutes of Love (1914) — Boy
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Caught in a Cabaret (1914) — Boy in Park (uncredited)
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The Star Boarder (1914) — Landlady's Son (uncredited)
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The Fatal Mallet (1914) — Boy (uncredited)
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Tarzan of the Apes (1918) — Young Tarzan
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Little Annie Rooney (1925) — Tim Rooney
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The Little American (1917) — Child (uncredited)
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Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) — Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
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Those Country Kids (1914)
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Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913) — Boy
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The Adventures of Tarzan (1921)
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The Son of Tarzan (1920) — Jack
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A Daughter of the Law (1921) — Pete Jepsen
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The Village Blacksmith (1922) — Bill as a Child
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What Price Crime (1935) — Red - a Gangster
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The Branded Man (1928) — Bruce
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Huckleberry Finn (1920) — Tom Sawyer
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Main Street (1923) — Cy Bogart
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The Romance of Tarzan (1918) — Tarzan as a Boy
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Blazing Justice (1936) — Max
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Outlaws of the Range (1936) — Grant
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Bars of Hate (1935) — Jim Grant
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Gun Play (1935) — Henchman Mark
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Little Billy's Triumph (1914)
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Under the Top (1919) — Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
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The Solitary Sin (1919) — Bob Meredith - Age 14
- His Sister's Kids (1913) — 2nd Nephew
- A Bath House Beauty (1914) — Fatty's Son
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Western Frontier (1935) — Henchman Steve
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Speed Limited (1935) — Government Man
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Penrod (1922) — Sam Williams
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The Cat's Pajamas (1926)
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Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921)
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Catch My Smoke (1922) — Bub Jessup
- The Broken Doll (1914) — Gordon
- A Rural Romance (1914) — Gordon
- A Race for Life (1914) — The Villain
- A Wild Ride (1914) — Desmond