Born 1907 (age 51) · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Appears in 61 titles

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

Kid Auto Races at Venice
5.5
Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914
as The Boy (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
6.2
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
5.6
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914
as Boy
Caught in a Cabaret
5.7
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
5.2
The Star Boarder
1914
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
The Fatal Mallet
5.4
The Fatal Mallet
1914
as Boy (uncredited)
Tarzan of the Apes
5.3
Tarzan of the Apes
1918
as Young Tarzan
Little Annie Rooney
7.1
Little Annie Rooney
1925
as Tim Rooney
The Little American
6.3
The Little American
1917
as Child (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
7.0
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
Those Country Kids
Mabel's Dramatic Career
5.5
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
as Boy
The Adventures of Tarzan
The Son of Tarzan
5.8
The Son of Tarzan
1920
as Jack
The Village Blacksmith
5.3
The Village Blacksmith
1922
as Bill as a Child
What Price Crime
4.0
What Price Crime
1935
as Red - a Gangster
A Daughter of the Law
7.5
A Daughter of the Law
1921
as Pete Jepsen
The Branded Man
4.0
The Branded Man
1928
as Bruce
Huckleberry Finn
6.8
Huckleberry Finn
1920
as Tom Sawyer
Main Street
6.0
Main Street
1923
as Cy Bogart