Raymond Griffith
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1895-01-22
Deathday 1957-11-25 (62 years old)
Place of Birth Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As Ray Griffith
Raymond Griffith
Biography
Raymond Griffith was one of the great silent movie comedians. Later in his career, he worked behind the camera as writer and producer. Griffith was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He lost his voice at an early age, causing him to speak for the rest of his life in a hoarse whisper. Griffith claimed that it was the result of his having to scream at the top of his lungs every night in a stage melodrama as a child actor —others have stated that a childhood disease was more likely the cause. Although a few comedy films of his are considered classics, Griffith is almost totally forgotten today. Many of his starring feature films have long since been lost, but probably the best known of his films today is Hands Up! (1926), a Civil War comedy feature directed by Clarence G. Badger, and co-starring Mack Swain, which was entered into the National Film Registry in 2005. Also considered a classic is Badger's Paths to Paradise, a caper film that is in all circulating prints missing its final reel. Like many silent comedians, he had a traditional costume; his was a top hat, white tie and tails, often augmented by a cape and/or walking stick. The coming of sound ended Griffith's acting career, but he did have one memorable role in a motion picture before retiring from the screen, playing a French soldier killed by Lew Ayres in the 1930 Lewis Milestone film All Quiet on the Western Front. He then segued into a writing/producing career at Twentieth Century Fox. Griffith choked to death at the Masquers Club in Los Angeles, California, aged 62, on November 25, 1957.
Known For
Actor
as Gérard Duval (uncredited)
as Philip Trent
as Alfred Sava-Goiu
as Mr. Green - The Coroner
as Jack
as Prince
as Oscar
as The Dude from Duluth
as Robert White
as Lord Chumley
as Bertie Bird
as Igor
as Karl Dehnecke
as Bob Hamilton
as Shorty Burchell
as Martel
as Roy Donovan
as Tom Barnett
as Sheridan Scott
as Leonard Foster
as Self - Celebrity Actor
as Wall Street 'Wolf'
as Tony
as Fredric
as The Corn Doctor
as Victor Edison - the Inventor
as The Assistant Lifeguard
as The Janitor
as Policeman
Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Associate Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Associate Producer
as Associate Producer
as Associate Producer
as Associate Producer
as Associate Producer
as Producer
as Associate Producer
as Supervising Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Supervising Producer
as Production Supervisor
as Supervising Producer
as Associate Producer
Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Screenplay
as Adaptation
as Adaptation
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
as Writer
Director
as Director