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]
Filmography
Outlaws of the Range
1936
as Grant
Blazing Justice
1936
as Max
Gun Play
1935
as Henchman Mark
Bars of Hate
1935
as Jim Grant
Western Frontier
1935
as Henchman Steve
What Price Crime
1935
as Red - a Gangster
Speed Limited
1935
as Government Man
The Branded Man
1928
as Bruce
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
Little Annie Rooney
1925
as Tim Rooney
- No poster
The Street of Tears
1924
as Ted Weller
Main Street
1923
as Cy Bogart
Catch My Smoke
1922
as Bub Jessup
The Village Blacksmith
1922
as Bill as a Child
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
1922
as Troubles
Penrod
1922
as Sam Williams
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
1921
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
A Daughter of the Law
1921
as Pete Jepsen
The Kentucky Colonel
1920
as Sam Britsides
The Son of Tarzan
1920
as Jack
Huckleberry Finn
1920
as Tom Sawyer
The Solitary Sin
1919
as Bob Meredith - Age 14