Gordon Griffith
ActingAlso Known As
Gordon S. 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]
Movies
(49 total)
Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Boy (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Newsboy (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
The Fatal Mallet
as Boy (uncredited)
Tarzan of the Apes
as Young Tarzan
Little Annie Rooney
as Tim Rooney
The Little American
as Child (uncredited)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
The Son of Tarzan
as Jack
The Village Blacksmith
as Bill as a Child
What Price Crime
as Red - a Gangster
A Daughter of the Law
as Pete Jepsen
The Romance of Tarzan
as Tarzan as a Boy
The Branded Man
as Bruce
Huckleberry Finn
as Tom Sawyer