Gordon Griffith
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1907-07-04
Deathday 1958-10-12 (51 years old)
Place of Birth Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As Gordon S. Griffith
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. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
Actor
as Grant
as Max
as Henchman Mark
as Jim Grant
as Henchman Steve
as Red - a Gangster
as Government Man
as Bruce
as Tim Rooney
as Cy Bogart
as Bub Jessup
as Bill as a Child
as Sam Williams
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
as Pete Jepsen
as Jack
as Tom Sawyer
as Bob Meredith - Age 14
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
as Tarzan as a Boy
as Young Tarzan
as Child (uncredited)
as Cecil - as a Child
as Ben Blair, as a child
as Pierre - the Boy
as Newsboy (uncredited)
as Boy (uncredited)
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
as Boy
as Fatty's Son
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
as The Boy (uncredited)
as 2nd Nephew
as Boy
as One of the Neighborhood Kids
Producer
as Associate Producer
as Associate Producer
as Production Manager
as Producer
Director
as Assistant Director
as Assistant Director
as Assistant Director
as Assistant Director
Writer
as Screenplay