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]

Cast

Kilmeny

(Pierre - the Boy)

Under the Top

(Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue))

Caught in a Cabaret

(Boy in Park (uncredited))

The Village Blacksmith

(Bill as a Child)

Those Country Kids

The Star Boarder

(Landlady's Son (uncredited))

Twenty Minutes of Love

(Boy)

The Romance of Tarzan

(Tarzan as a Boy)

The Branded Man

(Bruce)

Blazing Justice

(Max)

Outlaws of the Range

(Grant)

The Son of Tarzan

(Jack)

Bars of Hate

(Jim Grant)

The Adventures of Tarzan

Gun Play

(Henchman Mark)

The Solitary Sin

(Bob Meredith - Age 14)

Mabel's Dramatic Career

(Boy)

The Riot

(One of the Neighborhood Kids)

His Sister's Kids

(2nd Nephew)

A Bath House Beauty

(Fatty's Son)

The Chicken Chaser

Western Frontier

(Henchman Steve)

The Fatal Mallet

(Boy (uncredited))

Tillie's Punctured Romance

(Newsboy (uncredited))

Speed Limited

(Government Man)

Huckleberry Finn

(Tom Sawyer)

Little Billy's Triumph

What Price Crime

(Red - a Gangster)

Little Annie Rooney

(Tim Rooney)

The Little American

(Child (uncredited))

Little Lord Fauntleroy

(Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited))

Ben Blair

(Ben Blair, as a child)

Penrod

(Sam Williams)

Kid Auto Races at Venice

(The Boy (uncredited))

Tarzan of the Apes

(Young Tarzan)

A Daughter of the Law

(Pete Jepsen)

Gloriana

Naked Hearts

(Cecil - as a Child)

The Cat's Pajamas

Cameron of the Royal Mounted

Catch My Smoke

(Bub Jessup)

Main Street

(Cy Bogart)

The Price of Silence

(Jimmie, Dugan's Son)

The Broken Doll

(Gordon)

A Rural Romance

(Gordon)

A Race for Life

(The Villain)

A Wild Ride

(Desmond)

More to Be Pitied Than Scorned

(Troubles)

The Kentucky Colonel

(Sam Britsides)