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Gordon Griffith (1907–1958)

Actor | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | Producer

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 with real chimps (unlike the grown-up Lincoln who cavorted clothed with athletes wearing monkey suits). The earliest movie Tarzan was actually Gordon Griffith... See full bio »

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in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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(age 51) in Hollywood, California, USA
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1936/I The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Blackie Humphries, alias Hamik [Chs.3,5,7,10,11] (uncredited)
 
1936 Outlaws of the Range
Grant
 
1936 Blazing Justice
Max
 
1935 Gun Play
Henchman Mark
 
1935 Bars of Hate
Jim Grant
 
1935 Hot Off the Press
 
1935 The Crusades
Templar (uncredited)
 
1935 Western Frontier
Henchman Steve (as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1935 Danger Ahead
Henchman Chuck
 
1935 What Price Crime
Red - a Gangster
 
1935 Speed Limited
Government Man
 
1928 The Branded Man
Bruce
 
1926 The Cat's Pajamas
Jack
 
1925 Little Annie Rooney
Tim Rooney
 
1924 The Street of Tears
Ted Weller
 
1923 Main Street
Cy Bogart
 
1922 Catch My Smoke
Bub Jessup
 
1922 The Village Blacksmith
Bill as a Child
 
1922 More to Be Pitied Than Scorned
Troubles
 
1922 Penrod
Sam Williams
 
1921 Cameron of the Royal Mounted
 
1921 The Adventures of Tarzan
 
1921 Little Lord Fauntleroy
Boy who steals grapes
 
1920 To Please One Woman
Bobby Granville
 
1920 The Kentucky Colonel
Sam Britsides
 
1920 The Son of Tarzan
Jack. Son of Tarzan as a Boy
 
1920 That Something
 
1920 Huckleberry Finn
Tom Sawyer
 
1919 Cupid Forecloses
Nat Farleigh
 
1919 The Solitary Sin
Bob Meredith, age 14
 
1919 Under the Top
Jimmie Jones (prologue and epilogue)
 
1918/I Hitting the High Spots
Jack Randollph
 
1918 The Romance of Tarzan
Tarzan as a Boy
 
1918 The Yellow Dog
Little boy
 
1918 Tarzan of the Apes
Tarzan - Younger
 
1917 Like Babes in the Woods (short)
Billie
 
1917 The Little American
Child (uncredited)
 
1917 The Price of Silence
Jimmie, Dugan's Son
 
1916 Gloriana
Blake Manning
 
1916 If My Country Should Call
 
1916 A Son of Neptune (short)
 
1916 The Wishing Lamp (short)
 
1916 Betrayed by a Camera (short)
Kid
 
1916 Two Mothers (short)
Dick Angus, the son
 
1916 Storming the Trenches (short)
 
1916 Naked Hearts
Cecil, as a child
 
1916 Ben Blair
Ben Blair, as a child
 
1916 Maybe Moonshine (short)
 
1915 Kilmeny
Pierre, the Boy
 
1915 Jane's Declaration of Independence (short)
 
1915 Little Mr. Fixer (short)
Billy - the Newsboy
 
1915 Her Filmland Hero (short)
Gordon
 
1915 Little Sunset
'Little Sunset' Jones
 
1914 A Bear Escape (short)
Gordon
 
1914 Tillie's Punctured Romance
Newsboy (uncredited)
 
1914 The Broken Doll (short)
Gordon
 
1914/II A Rural Romance (short)
Gordon
 
1914 A Race for Life (short)
The Villain
 
1914/I The Flirt (short)
 
1914 Billy's Riot (short)
 
1914 The Fatal Mallet (short)
Boy (uncredited)
 
1914 Caught in a Cabaret (short)
Boy in Park (uncredited)
 
1914 The Bowery Boys (short)
 
1914 Twenty Minutes of Love (short)
Boy
 
1914 A Bathing Beauty (short)
Fatty's Son
 
1914/II The Star Boarder (short)
The Son
 
1914 Chicken Chaser (short)
 
1914 A Back Yard Theatre (short)
 
1914 The Race (short)
 
1914 How Villains Are Made (short)
Villain
 
1914 Kid Love (short)
 
1914 Little Billy's City Cousin (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1914 Little Billy's Strategy (short)
 
1914 Little Billy's Triumph (short)
Show Operator
 
1913 His Sister's Kids (short)
2nd Nephew
 
1913 The Horse Thief (short)
The Horse Thief
 
1913 Our Children (short)
Boy in Sailor Suit
 
1913 Mabel's Dramatic Career (short)
Boy (uncredited)
 
1913 The New Baby (short)
1st Son
 
1913 A Chip Off the Old Block (short)
The Widower's Son
 
1913/I The Riot (short)
One of the Neighborhood Kids
 
1913 Cohen's Outing (short)
Kelly's Son
 
1913/I Just Kids (short)
1st Boy
 
1940 While Thousands Cheer (assistant director)
 
1940 Dr. Christian Meets the Women (assistant director - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1940 Half a Sinner (assistant director - uncredited)
 
1940 The Courageous Dr. Christian (assistant director)
 
1939 Meet Dr. Christian (assistant director)
 
1939 In Old Montana (assistant director)
 
1938 California Frontier (assistant director - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1938 The Terror of Tiny Town (assistant director - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1938 Law of the Texan (assistant director - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1938 The Stranger from Arizona (assistant director)
 
1938 Spirit of Youth (assistant director)
 
1937 Jungle Menace (assistant director)
 
1937 The Singing Buckaroo (assistant director)
 
1936 The Black Coin (assistant director)
 
1936/I The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (assistant director - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1936/II The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand (assistant director)
 
1935 Captured in Chinatown (assistant director - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1935 The Drunkard (assistant director - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1935 Speed Limited (assistant director)
 
1933 The Big Chance (assistant director - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1932 Love Bound (assistant director - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1931 The Nevada Buckaroo (assistant director)
 
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1956 Alexander the Great (executive producer - uncredited)
 
1953 Never Wave at a WAC (producer - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1952 Monsoon (producer - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1946 The Jolson Story (associate producer - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1941 Adam Had Four Sons (associate producer - as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
1937 Renfrew of the Royal Mounted (assistant producer)
 
Show ShowProduction Manager (2 titles)
1953 Act of Love (production manager: US version)
 
1939 Exile Express (production manager)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (assistant to producers)
 
1948 To the Ends of the Earth (assistant to producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1937 Jungle Menace (screenplay)
 
1935 Hot Off the Press (screenplay / as Gordon S. Griffith)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1936 The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
Blackie Humphries, alias Hamik
 

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Personal Details

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Alternate Names:

Gordon S. Griffith

Height:

5' 9½" (1.77 m)
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Trivia:

As a child actor, had the unique distinction of being the movies' first Tarzan, Tom Sawyer, and Penrod. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer