Gordon Griffith

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.

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Known For

Gun Play 1935 ★ 6.0
Western Frontier 1935 ★ 9.0
Bars of Hate 1935 ★ 7.0
Speed Limited 1935 ★ 8.0
Little Annie Rooney 1925 ★ 7.1
Main Street 1923 ★ 6.0
Penrod 1922 ★ 10.0
The Village Blacksmith 1922 ★ 5.3
Little Lord Fauntleroy 1921 ★ 7.0
The Adventures of Tarzan 1921 ★ 6.6
The Kentucky Colonel 1920 ★ 8.0
The Son of Tarzan 1920 ★ 5.8
Huckleberry Finn 1920 ★ 6.8
Tarzan of the Apes 1918 ★ 5.3
The Romance of Tarzan 1918 ★ 6.0
The Little American 1917 ★ 6.3
Naked Hearts 1916
Caught in a Cabaret 1914 ★ 5.8
Tillie's Punctured Romance 1914 ★ 6.2
Those Country Kids 1914 ★ 4.1
Kid Auto Races at Venice 1914 ★ 5.6
The Star Boarder 1914 ★ 5.3
Twenty Minutes of Love 1914 ★ 5.7
The Fatal Mallet 1914 ★ 5.5