Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 4, 1907
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 - Movies
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
The Little American
as Child (uncredited)
Little Annie Rooney
as Tim Rooney
Caught in a Cabaret
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Boy (uncredited)
Western Frontier
as Henchman Steve
Gun Play
as Henchman Mark
Tarzan of the Apes
as Young Tarzan
Twenty Minutes of Love
as Boy