Gordon Griffith
Known for: Acting
Born: July 4, 1907
Died: October 12, 1958
Place of birth: 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]
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Filmography
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6.8
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1951
6.8
The Jolson Story
1946
5.9
Adam Had Four Sons
1941
6.2
The Courageous Dr. Christian
1940
7.0
Meet Dr. Christian
1939
7.0
Exile Express
1939
4.6
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
1937
7.0
Jungle Menace
1937
6.5
Outlaws of the Range
1936
6.5
Blazing Justice
1936
6.0
Gun Play
1935
7.0
Bars of Hate
1935
9.0
Western Frontier
1935
4.8
Captured in Chinatown
1935
4.0
What Price Crime
1935
8.0
Speed Limited
1935
8.0
The Nevada Buckaroo
1931
4.0
The Branded Man
1928
9.0
The Cat's Pajamas
1926
7.1
Little Annie Rooney
19258.0
The Street of Tears
1924
6.0
Main Street
1923
7.0
Catch My Smoke
1922
5.3
The Village Blacksmith
1922
9.0
More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
1922
10.0
Penrod
1922
9.0
Cameron of the Royal Mounted
1921
6.6
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
7.0
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921
7.2
A Daughter of the Law
1921
8.0
The Kentucky Colonel
1920
5.8
The Son of Tarzan
1920
6.8
Huckleberry Finn
1920
8.0
The Solitary Sin
1919
10.0
Under the Top
1919
6.0
The Romance of Tarzan
1918
5.3
Tarzan of the Apes
1918
6.3
The Little American
1917
NR
The Price of Silence
1917
NR
Gloriana
1916
NR
Naked Hearts
1916
NR
The Code of Marcia Gray
1916
NR
Ben Blair
1916
NR
Kilmeny
1915
6.2
Tillie's Punctured Romance
19149.0
The Broken Doll
19147.0
A Rural Romance
1914
4.1
Those Country Kids
191410.0
A Race for Life
19147.0
A Wild Ride
1914
5.5
The Fatal Mallet
1914
5.8
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
5.7
Twenty Minutes of Love
19149.0
A Bath House Beauty
1914
5.2
The Star Boarder
1914NR
The Chicken Chaser
1914
5.6
Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914
6.0
Little Billy's Triumph
191410.0
His Sister's Kids
1913
5.6
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
NR
The Riot
1913