Gordon Griffith
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 (51 titles)
6.5MovieOutlaws of the Range
Grant · 1936
6.5MovieBlazing Justice
Max · 1936
6.0MovieGun Play
Henchman Mark · 1935
7.0MovieBars of Hate
Jim Grant · 1935
9.0MovieWestern Frontier
Henchman Steve · 1935
4.0MovieWhat Price Crime
Red - a Gangster · 1935
8.0MovieSpeed Limited
Government Man · 1935
4.0MovieThe Branded Man
Bruce · 1928
9.0MovieThe Cat's Pajamas
1926
7.1MovieLittle Annie Rooney
Tim Rooney · 1925
The Street of Tears
Ted Weller · 1924
6.0MovieMain Street
Cy Bogart · 1923
7.0MovieCatch My Smoke
Bub Jessup · 1922
5.3MovieThe Village Blacksmith
Bill as a Child · 1922
9.0MovieMore to Be Pitied Than Scorned
Troubles · 1922
10.0MoviePenrod
Sam Williams · 1922
9.0MovieCameron of the Royal Mounted
1921
6.6MovieThe Adventures of Tarzan
1921
7.0MovieLittle Lord Fauntleroy
Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited) · 1921
7.2MovieA Daughter of the Law
Pete Jepsen · 1921
8.0MovieThe Kentucky Colonel
Sam Britsides · 1920
5.8MovieThe Son of Tarzan
Jack · 1920
6.8MovieHuckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer · 1920
8.0MovieThe Solitary Sin
Bob Meredith - Age 14 · 1919
10.0MovieUnder the Top
Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue) · 1919
6.0MovieThe Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan as a Boy · 1918
5.3MovieTarzan of the Apes
Young Tarzan · 1918
6.3MovieThe Little American
Child (uncredited) · 1917
MovieThe Price of Silence
Jimmie, Dugan's Son · 1917
MovieGloriana
1916