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Gordon Griffith

Gordon Griffith

Actor, 2nd Unit / Asst Director, Producer

Born July 4, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died October 12, 1958

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Who was the first screen Tarzan? The standard answer is Elmo Lincoln star of the first Tarzan movie (1918). But the first third of that movie shows Tarzan as a boy, frolicking in the nude with real chimps (unlike the grown-up Lincoln who cavorted clothed with athletes wearing monkey suits). The earliest movie Tarzan was actually Gordon Griffith, a child star who began his career four years earlier in five Charles Chaplin one-reelers. After the initial Tarzan role he played the son of Tarzan (anticipating John Sheffield's "boy" roles), Tom Sawyer, and a few more child parts. As an adult he joined Monogram as an assistant director and was affiliated with both Robert Sherwood Productions and Gregory Ratoff Productions as a director and associate producer. In 1941 he became production manager of Columbia Pictures. He also served as associate producer on RKO's "Never Wave at a Wac" and UA's "Monsoon". He was survived by his sister.

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Filmography

Actor

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Type

Year

Blazing Justice Poster

Blazing Justice Feature Film1936Max

Outlaws of the Range Poster

Outlaws of the Range Feature Film1936Grant

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Poster

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Feature Film1936Blackie Humphries, alias Hamik [Chs.3,5,7,10,11]

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Feature Film1936Blackie Humphries

Bars of Hate Poster

Bars of Hate Feature Film1935Jim Grant

Danger Ahead Poster

Danger Ahead Feature Film1935Chuck - Henchman

Gun Play Poster

Gun Play Feature Film1935Mark

Hot Off the Press Feature Film1935

Speed Limited Poster

Speed Limited Feature Film1935Government Man

The Crusades Poster

The Crusades Feature Film1935Templar

Western Frontier Poster

Western Frontier Feature Film1935Henchman Steve

What Price Crime Poster

What Price Crime Feature Film1935Red - a Gangster

Forgotten Women Poster

Forgotten Women Feature Film1931Movie Cameraman

The Branded Man Poster

The Branded Man Feature Film1928Bruce

The Cat's Pajamas Poster

The Cat's Pajamas Feature Film1926Jack

Little Annie Rooney Poster

Little Annie Rooney Feature Film1925Tim Rooney

The Street of Tears Feature Film1924Ted Weller

Main Street Poster

Main Street Feature Film1923Cy Bogart

Stung Short Film1923

Catch My Smoke Poster

Catch My Smoke Feature Film1922Bub Jessup

More to Be Pitied Than Scorned Poster

More to Be Pitied Than Scorned Feature Film1922Troubles

Penrod Feature Film1922Sam Williams

The Village Blacksmith Poster

The Village Blacksmith Feature Film1922Bill as a Child

A Daughter of 'the Law' Poster

A Daughter of 'the Law' Short Film1921Pete Jepsen - A Waif of the Hills

Adventures of Tarzan Poster

Adventures of Tarzan Feature Film1921

Cameron of the Royal Mounted Poster

Cameron of the Royal Mounted Feature Film1921

Little Lord Fauntleroy Poster

Little Lord Fauntleroy Feature Film1921Boy who steals grapes

Huckleberry Finn Poster

Huckleberry Finn Feature Film1920Tom Sawyer

That Something Feature Film1920

The Kentucky Colonel Poster

The Kentucky Colonel Feature Film1920Sam Britsides

The Son of Tarzan Poster

The Son of Tarzan Feature Film1920Jack - Son of Tarzan as a Boy

To Please One Woman Poster

To Please One Woman Feature Film1920Bobby Granville

Cupid Forecloses Poster

Cupid Forecloses Feature Film1919Nat Farleigh

The Solitary Sin Poster

The Solitary Sin Feature Film1919Bob Meredith - Age 14

Under the Top Poster

Under the Top Feature Film1919Jimmie Jones

Hitting the High Spots Poster

Hitting the High Spots Feature Film1918Jack Randollph

Tarzan of the Apes Poster

Tarzan of the Apes Feature Film1918Tarzan - Younger

The Romance of Tarzan Poster

The Romance of Tarzan Feature Film1918Tarzan as a Boy

The Yellow Dog Poster

The Yellow Dog Feature Film1918Little boy

Like Babes in the Woods Poster

Like Babes in the Woods Short Film1917Billie

The Little American Poster

The Little American Feature Film1917Child

The Price of Silence Poster

The Price of Silence Feature Film1917Jimmie, Dugan's Son

A Son of Neptune Short Film1916Little Joe

Ben Blair Poster

Ben Blair Feature Film1916Ben Blair, as a child

Betrayed by a Camera Short Film1916One of the Kids

Gloriana Poster

Gloriana Feature Film1916Blake Manning

If My Country Should Call Poster

If My Country Should Call Feature Film1916

Maybe Moonshine Short Film1916Ham - Age 7

Naked Hearts Poster

Naked Hearts Feature Film1916Cecil as a Child

Some Fish Short Film1916One of the boys

Storming the Trenches Poster

Storming the Trenches Short Film1916Gordon

The Call of the Cumberlands Poster

The Call of the Cumberlands Feature Film1916Samson as a boy

The Code of Marcia Gray Poster

The Code of Marcia Gray Feature Film1916Newsboy

The Wishing Lamp Short Film1916Gordon Griffith

Two Mothers Short Film1916Dick Angus, the son

Her Filmland Hero Poster

Her Filmland Hero Short Film1915Gordon

Jane's Declaration of Independence Poster

Jane's Declaration of Independence Short Film1915Jane's Nephew

Kilmeny Feature Film1915Pierre - the Boy

Little Mr. Fixer Short Film1915Billy - the Newsboy

Little Sunset Poster

Little Sunset Feature Film1915'Little Sunset' Jones

A Back Yard Theatre Short Film1914

A Bathing Beauty Short Film1914Fatty's Son

A Race for Life Short Film1914The Villain

A Rural Romance Short Film1914Gordon

A Wild Ride Poster

A Wild Ride Short Film1914Desmond

Billy's Riot Poster

Billy's Riot Short Film1914

Caught in a Cabaret Poster

Caught in a Cabaret Short Film1914Boy in Park

Chicken Chaser Short Film1914

How Villains Are Made Poster

How Villains Are Made Short Film1914Villain

Kid Auto Races at Venice Poster

Kid Auto Races at Venice Short Film1914The boy

Kid Love Short Film1914

Little Billy's City Cousin Short Film1914

Little Billy's Strategy Short Film1914

Little Billy's Triumph Poster

Little Billy's Triumph Short Film1914Show Operator

The Bowery Boys Short Film1914

The Broken Doll Short Film1914Gordon

The Fatal Mallet Poster

The Fatal Mallet Short Film1914Boy

The Flirt Short Film1914

The Race Short Film1914

The Star Boarder Poster

The Star Boarder Short Film1914The Son

Those Country Kids Poster

Those Country Kids Short Film1914

Tillie's Punctured Romance Poster

Tillie's Punctured Romance Feature Film1914Newsboy

Twenty Minutes of Love Poster

Twenty Minutes of Love Short Film1914Boy

A Chip Off the Old Block Short Film1913The Widower's Son

Cohen's Outing Poster

Cohen's Outing Short Film1913Kelly's Son

His Sister's Kids Short Film19132nd Nephew

Just Kids Short Film19131st Boy

Mabel's Dramatic Career Poster

Mabel's Dramatic Career Short Film1913Boy

Our Children Poster

Our Children Short Film1913Boy in Sailor Suit

The New Baby Poster

The New Baby Short Film19131st Son

The Riot Poster

The Riot Short Film1913One of the Neighborhood Kids

2nd Unit / Asst Director

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Dr. Christian Meets the Women Poster

Dr. Christian Meets the Women Feature Film1940

Half a Sinner Poster

Half a Sinner Feature Film1940

The Courageous Dr. Christian Poster

The Courageous Dr. Christian Feature Film1940

While Thousands Cheer Poster

While Thousands Cheer Feature Film1940

In Old Montana Poster

In Old Montana Feature Film1939

Meet Dr. Christian Poster

Meet Dr. Christian Feature Film1939

Miracle on Main Street Poster

Miracle on Main Street Feature Film1939

California Frontier Poster

California Frontier Feature Film1938

Law of the Texan Poster

Law of the Texan Feature Film1938

Spirit of Youth Poster

Spirit of Youth Feature Film1938

The Stranger from Arizona Poster

The Stranger from Arizona Feature Film1938

The Terror of Tiny Town Poster

The Terror of Tiny Town Feature Film1938

Jungle Menace Poster

Jungle Menace Feature Film1937

The Singing Buckaroo Poster

The Singing Buckaroo Feature Film1937

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Poster

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Feature Film1936

The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand Feature Film1936

The Black Coin Poster

The Black Coin Feature Film1936

Captured in Chinatown Poster

Captured in Chinatown Feature Film1935

Speed Limited Poster

Speed Limited Feature Film1935

The Drunkard Poster

The Drunkard Feature Film1935

The Big Chance Poster

The Big Chance Feature Film1933

Love Bound Poster

Love Bound Feature Film1932

The Nevada Buckaroo Poster

The Nevada Buckaroo Feature Film1931

Producer

6

Alexander the Great Poster

Alexander the Great Feature Film1956

Never Wave at a WAC Poster

Never Wave at a WAC Feature Film1953

Monsoon Feature Film1952

The Jolson Story Poster

The Jolson Story Feature Film1946

Adam Had Four Sons Poster

Adam Had Four Sons Feature Film1941

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted Poster

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted Feature Film1937

Other Crew

3

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Poster

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Feature Film1951

To the Ends of the Earth Poster

To the Ends of the Earth Feature Film1948

The Men in Her Life Poster

The Men in Her Life Feature Film1941

Production Manager

2

Act of Love Poster

Act of Love Feature Film1953

Exile Express Poster

Exile Express Feature Film1939

Writer

2

Jungle Menace Poster

Jungle Menace Feature Film1937

Hot Off the Press Feature Film1935

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