Gordon Griffith
Date of Birth: 4th July 1907
Details of Death: 12th October 1958
Country of Birth: USA
Biography
Gordon Griffith has the honour of being the silver screen's first Tarzan, appearing as Tarzan as a Boy in the first part of the very first Tarzan movie, "Tarzan of the Apes" (1918), before Elmo Lincoln takes over as the adult Tarzan for the remainder of the film. Gordon's performance caused one critic of the time to enthuse: "He is a fit subject for a sculptor, as he climbs through the trees in the company of the apes, his naked body showing its grace of line in every move." After a stint in the absurd (but inadvertently hilarious) anti-masturbation feature "The Solitary Sin" (1919), in which it is suggested that masturbation leads to insanity, Griffith starred as an energetic and memorable Tom Sawyer in "Huckleberry Finn" (1920), alongside Lewis Sargent's Huck. In later life he went on to be an assistant director, as well as producing several films of his own.
Filmography
- A Chip Off the Old Block (1913)
- Cohen's Outing (1913)
- His Sister's Kids (1913)
- Just Kids (1913) (as 1st Boy)
- Mabel's Dramatic Career (1913)
- Our Children (1913) (as Boy in Sailor Suit)
- The Horse Thief (1913) (as The Horse Thief)
- The New Baby (1913)
- The Riot (1913)
- A Back Yard Theatre (1914)
- A Bathing Beauty (1914)
- A Race for Life (1914)
- A Rural Romance (1914)
- A Wild Ride (1914)
- Billy's Riot (1914)
- Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
- Chicken Chaser (1914)
- How Villains Are Made (1914)
- Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
- Kid Love (1914)
- Little Billy's City Cousin (1914)
- Little Billy's Strategy (1914)
- Little Billy's Triumph (1914)
- The Bowery Boys (1914)
- The Broken Doll (1914)
- The Fatal Mallet (1914)
- The Flirt (1914)
- The Race (1914)
- The Star Boarder (1914)
- Those Country Kids (1914)
- Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) (as Newsboy - uncredited)
- Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
- Her Filmland Hero (1915)
- Jane's Declaration of Independence (1915)
- Kilmeny (1915) (as Pierre - the Boy)
- Little Mr. Fixer (1915) (as Billy the Newsboy)
- Little Sunset (1915) (as 'Little Sunset' Jones)
- A Son of Neptune (1916)
- Ben Blair (1916) (as Ben Blair, as a child)
- Betrayed by a Camera (1916)
- Gloriana (1916)
- If My Country Should Call (1916)
- Maud (1916)
- Maybe Moonshine (1916)
- Some Fish (1916)
- Storming the Trenches (1916)
- The Code of Marcia Gray (1916) (as Newsboy - uncredited)
- The Wishing Lamp (1916) (as Himself)
- Two Mothers (1916)
- Like Babes in the Woods (1917)
- The Little American (1917)
- The Price of Silence (1917) (as Jimmie, Dugan's Son )
- Hitting the High Spots (1918)
- Tarzan of the Apes (1918) (as Tarzan - The Boy)
- The Romance of Tarzan (1918) (as Tarzan as a Boy)
- The Yellow Dog (1918)
- Cupid Forecloses (1919)
- The Solitary Sin (1919) (as Bob Meredith, 14 years old)
(aka The Naked Truth) - Under the Top (1919)
- Huckleberry Finn (1920) (as Tom Sawyer)
- The Son of Tarzan (1920) (as Jack, Son of Tarzan, as a Boy)
- That Something (1920)
- The Kentucky Colonel (1920)
- To Please One Woman (1920)
- Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) (as Boy who steals grapes)
- The Adventures of Tarzan (1921)
- Catch My Smoke (1922)
- More to Be Pitied Than Scorned (1922) (as Troubles)
- Penrod (1922) (as Sam)
- The Village Blacksmith (1922)
- Main Street (1923)
Roles when Gordon Griffith was older than 15
- Little Annie Rooney (1925)
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