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]
Caught in a Cabaret
as Boy in Park (uncredited)Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He...
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Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Newsboy (uncredited)A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large...
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Tarzan of the Apes
as Young TarzanA female ape takes to mothering the orphaned boy (Tarzan) and raises him over the course of many...
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Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Boy (uncredited)The Tramp interferes with the celebration of several kid auto races in Venice, California...
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Naked Hearts
as Cecil - as a ChildMaud and Cecil have been in love since they were children in the pre-Civil War South, but...
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The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)A fun-loving little boy's magic lantern show exposes some indiscreet moments between his...
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Little Annie Rooney
as Tim RooneyA feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough...
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with...
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Western Frontier
as Henchman SteveKen and his sister are separated while young when the Indians attack their wagon train. Ken, now...
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The Riot
as One of the Neighborhood KidsWhen a girl delivering expensive garments loses them to some Irish shanty town kids, her boss, a...
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The Fatal Mallet
as Boy (uncredited)Three men compete for the attentions of a pretty girl. One of them, a little tramp, plays dirty.
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Gun Play
as Henchman MarkA cowboy comes to the aid of a lady rancher threatened by Mexican bandits who believe there is a...
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Main Street
as Cy BogartThe arrival of pretty Carol Milford in the staid Midwestern town of Gopher Prairie really shakes...
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Twenty Minutes of Love
as BoyCharlie is hanging around in the park, finding problems with a jealous suitor, a man who thinks...
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Those Country Kids
as uncreditedThose Country Kids is a 1914 short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand, and...
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Mabel's Dramatic Career
as BoyA young man falls in love with his mother's kitchen maid, Mabel. But his mother objects...
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The Little American
as Child (uncredited)A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral...
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The Solitary Sin
as Bob Meredith - Age 14Bob, John, and Edward--three young boys growing up in the same neighborhood--have...
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The Village Blacksmith
as Bill as a Child(survived only 10 minutes) As young men, the squire (Marshall) and the village blacksmith...
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Penrod
as Sam WilliamsYoung rapscallion Penrod Schofield causes a good deal of trouble in his community, all in the...
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The Son of Tarzan
as JackTarzan's son Jack is kidnapped from England by his old enemy Paulovich. Jack escapes into the...
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Cameron of the Royal Mounted
as uncreditedA young Scottish immigrant to Canada becomes a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
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The Romance of Tarzan
as Tarzan as a BoyTarzan and Jane are to sail for England. They are attacked by natives and Tarzan is believed to...
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The Adventures of Tarzan
as uncreditedTarzan spurns the love of La, Queen of Opar. When he isn't trying to keep the Bolshevik Rokoff...
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What Price Crime
as Red - a GangsterThieves break into a warehouse that stores guns, steal them and kill the night watchman. An...
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Gloriana
as uncreditedA newly adopted girl is doted on by her adopted father but faces indifference from her adopted...
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Ben Blair
as Ben Blair, as a childAfter the death of his mother, young Ben Blair finds a safe home on John Rankin’s ranch. But...
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Under the Top
as Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)Jimmie, a small-town boy, visits a traveling circus passing through town. he falls in love with...
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Blazing Justice
as MaxA cowboy captures two rustlers and collects a $5000 reward. Using the money to take a vacation,...
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Little Billy's Triumph
as uncreditedLittle Billy wants to buy some ice cream with the dime his mother gave him, but the neighborhood...
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A Daughter of the Law
as Pete JepsenA city girl revenuer spies on illegal whiskey making in the hills.
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Outlaws of the Range
as GrantWhen Steve Harper chases down some rustlers, he loses his gun in the ensuing fistfight. After...
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Catch My Smoke
as Bub JessupWhen Bob Stratton returns from war in France, he soon discovers his ranch in the hands of a...
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Huckleberry Finn
as Tom SawyerHuckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes...
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Bars of Hate
as Jim GrantTed Clark rescues pickpoket Danny from a mob, and restores Danny's loot, a pocketbook, to its...
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Speed Limited
as Government ManA wealthy blonde gal in Las Vegas gets mixed up with a lady gangster and the G-man that is...
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Kilmeny
as Pierre - the BoyLittle Doris Calhoun, of a wealthy English family, makes a playmate of Pierre, a crippled gypsy...
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The Branded Man
as BruceFred Colgate, wealthy young man, learns that his tramp wife has been unfaithful and leaves her,...
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