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
Tarzan of the Apes
1918
as Young Tarzan
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
Little Annie Rooney
1925
as Tim Rooney
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Newsboy (uncredited)
The Riot
1913
as One of the Neighborhood Kids
The Star Boarder
1914
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914
as Boy
What Price Crime
1935
as Red - a Gangster
Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914
as The Boy (uncredited)
Penrod
1922
as Sam Williams
The Little American
1917
as Child (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
The Fatal Mallet
1914
as Boy (uncredited)
Main Street
1923
as Cy Bogart
A Bath House Beauty
1914
as Fatty's Son
Gloriana
1916
Those Country Kids
1914
Bars of Hate
1935
as Jim Grant
Speed Limited
1935
as Government Man