
Person
Gordon Griffith
Acting
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 4, 1907
- Died
- Oct 12, 1958
- From
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
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]
Images
Credits

Kid Auto Races at Venice

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Twenty Minutes of Love

Caught in a Cabaret

The Star Boarder

The Fatal Mallet

Tarzan of the Apes

Little Annie Rooney

The Little American

Little Lord Fauntleroy

Those Country Kids

Mabel's Dramatic Career

The Adventures of Tarzan

The Son of Tarzan

A Daughter of the Law

The Village Blacksmith

What Price Crime

The Branded Man