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Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 4, 1907
Died
October 12, 1958
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
- Gordon S. Griffith
Gordon Griffith
2.1 Popularity
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
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Grant
Outlaws of the Range
1936
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Max
Blazing Justice
1936
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Henchman Mark
Gun Play
1935
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Jim Grant
Bars of Hate
1935
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Henchman Steve
Western Frontier
1935
3.0
Red - a Gangster
What Price Crime
1935
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Government Man
Speed Limited
1935
1.0
Bruce
The Branded Man
1928
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The Cat's Pajamas
1926
6.9
Tim Rooney
Little Annie Rooney
1925
Credits
Outlaws of the Range
as Grant
1936
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Blazing Justice
as Max
1936
4.0
Gun Play
as Henchman Mark
1935
5.0
Bars of Hate
as Jim Grant
1935
5.0
Western Frontier
as Henchman Steve
1935
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What Price Crime
as Red - a Gangster
1935
3.0
Speed Limited
as Government Man
1935
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The Branded Man
as Bruce
1928
1.0
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
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Little Annie Rooney
as Tim Rooney
1925
6.9
Main Street
as Cy Bogart
1923
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Catch My Smoke
as Bub Jessup
1922
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The Village Blacksmith
as Bill as a Child
1922
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More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
as Troubles
1922
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Penrod
as Sam Williams
1922
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Cameron of the Royal Mounted
1921
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The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
5.9
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
1921
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A Daughter of the Law
as Pete Jepsen
1921
7.3
The Kentucky Colonel
as Sam Britsides
1920
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The Son of Tarzan
as Jack
1920
5.5
Huckleberry Finn
as Tom Sawyer
1920
5.8
The Solitary Sin
as Bob Meredith - Age 14
1919
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Under the Top
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
1919
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The Romance of Tarzan
as Tarzan as a Boy
1918
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Tarzan of the Apes
as Young Tarzan
1918
5.3
The Little American
as Child (uncredited)
1917
6.3
The Price of Silence
as Jimmie, Dugan's Son
1917
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Gloriana
1916
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Naked Hearts
as Cecil - as a Child
1916
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Ben Blair
as Ben Blair, as a child
1916
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Kilmeny
as Pierre - the Boy
1915
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Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1914
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The Broken Doll
as Gordon
1914
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A Rural Romance
as Gordon
1914
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Those Country Kids
1914
4.1
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A Race for Life
as The Villain
1914
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A Wild Ride
as Desmond
1914
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The Fatal Mallet
as Boy (uncredited)
1914
5.4
Caught in a Cabaret
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
1914
5.6
Twenty Minutes of Love
as Boy
1914
5.6
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A Bath House Beauty
as Fatty's Son
1914
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The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
1914
5.1
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The Chicken Chaser
1914
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Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Boy (uncredited)
1914
5.5
Little Billy's Triumph
1914
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His Sister's Kids
as 2nd Nephew
1913
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Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Boy
1913
5.5
The Riot
as One of the Neighborhood Kids
1913
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