Gordon Griffith


About

Also Known As
Gordon S. Griffith
Born
July 04, 1907
Died
October 12, 1958

Biography

Gordon Griffith's acting career began when he was a mere seven years old. Griffith started off his career in film with roles in the comedy adaptation "Tillie's Punctured Romance" (1914) with Charlie Chaplin, the Elmo Lincoln adventure "Tarzan of the Apes" (1918) and the adventure "The Son of Tarzan" (1921) with P Dempsey Tabler. Griffith then began to rack up a number of film credi...

Biography

Gordon Griffith's acting career began when he was a mere seven years old. Griffith started off his career in film with roles in the comedy adaptation "Tillie's Punctured Romance" (1914) with Charlie Chaplin, the Elmo Lincoln adventure "Tarzan of the Apes" (1918) and the adventure "The Son of Tarzan" (1921) with P Dempsey Tabler. Griffith then began to rack up a number of film credits, including roles in "The Village Blacksmith" (1922), the drama "Main Street" (1923) with Florence Vidor and the Mary Pickford drama "Little Annie Rooney" (1925). He also appeared in "The Cat's Pajamas" (1926) and the Bill Cody western "Blazing Justice" (1936). Griffith was most recently credited in the dramatic adaptation "All the Right Noises" (1973) with Tom Bell. Griffith passed away in October 1958 at the age of 51.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Half a Sinner (1940)
Assistant Director
While Thousands Cheer (1940)
Assistant Director
Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)
Assistant Director
The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
Assistant Director
El milagro de la Calle Mayor (1939)
Assistant Director
Meet Dr. Christian (1939)
Assistant Director
Miracle on Main Street (1939)
Assistant Director
In Old Montana (1939)
Assistant Director
The Stranger from Arizona (1938)
Assistant Director
Spirit of Youth (1938)
Assistant Director
Law of the Texan (1938)
Assistant Director
The Terror of Tiny Town (1938)
Assistant Director
California Frontier (1938)
Assistant Director
The Singing Buckaroo (1937)
Assistant Director
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (1936)
Assistant Director
Captured in Chinatown (1935)
Assistant Director
The Drunkard (1935)
Assistant Director
The Big Chance (1933)
Assistant Director
Nevada Buckaroo (1931)
Assistant Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Blazing Justice (1936)
Max
Outlaws of the Range (1936)
Gun Play (1935)
Mark
Speed Limited (1935)
G-man
What Price Crime? (1935)
Bars of Hate (1935)
The Crusades (1935)
Templar
Danger Ahead (1935)
Hot off the Press (1935)
Western Frontier (1935)
Steve
Branded Man (1928)
Bruce
The Cat's Pajamas (1926)
Jack
Little Annie Rooney (1925)
Tim Rooney
The Street of Tears (1924)
Ted Weller
The Village Blacksmith (1923)
Bill as a child
Jungle Trail of the Son of Tarzan (1923)
Jack, Son of Tarzan
Main Street (1923)
Cy Bogart
Penrod (1922)
Sam Williams
Catch My Smoke (1922)
Bub Jessup
More To Be Pitied Than Scorned (1922)
"Troubles"
Huckleberry Finn (1920)
Tom Sawyer
To Please One Woman (1920)
Bobby Granville
That Something (1920)
The Kentucky Colonel (1920)
Sam Britsides
Under the Top (1919)
Jimmie Jones
The Solitary Sin (1919)
Bob Meredith, age 14
Cupid Forecloses (1919)
Nat Farleigh
Hitting the High Spots (1918)
Jack Randolph
Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Tarzan the boy
The Romance of Tarzan (1918)
Tarzan, as a boy
The Price of Silence (1917)
Jimmie, his son
Gloriana (1916)
Blake Manning
Naked Hearts (1916)
Cecil, as a child
If My Country Should Call (1916)
Ben Blair (1916)
Ben Blair, the boy
Kilmeny (1915)
Pierre, the boy
Little Sunset (1915)
"Little Sunset" Jones

Writer (Feature Film)

Jungle Menace (1937)
From Story
Jungle Menace (1937)
Story By
Hot off the Press (1935)
Screenwriter

Producer (Feature Film)

Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
Associate Producer
Monsoon (1952)
Associate Producer
The Jolson Story (1947)
Associate Producer
Adam Had Four Sons (1941)
Associate Producer
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937)
Associate Producer

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Alexander the Great (1956)
Prod Executive
Act of Love (1953)
Production Manager
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1952)
Assistant to the prod
To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
Assistant to the prod
The Men in Her Life (1941)
Assistant to the prod
Exile Express (1939)
Production Manager
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (1937)
Unit Manager

Cast (Short)

Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)
His Sister's Kids (1913)

Life Events

Bibliography