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]
Acting
Movie
Kid Auto Races at Venice
as The Boy (uncredited)
1914
Movie
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Newsboy (uncredited)
1914
Movie
Twenty Minutes of Love
as Boy
1914
Movie
Caught in a Cabaret
as Boy in Park (uncredited)
1914
Movie
The Star Boarder
as Landlady's Son (uncredited)
1914
Movie
The Fatal Mallet
as Boy (uncredited)
1914
Movie
Tarzan of the Apes
as Young Tarzan
1918
Movie
Little Annie Rooney
as Tim Rooney
1925
Movie
The Little American
as Child (uncredited)
1917
Movie
Little Lord Fauntleroy
as Boy Stealing Grapes (uncredited)
1921
Movie
Those Country Kids
1914
Movie
Mabel's Dramatic Career
as Boy
1913
Movie
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921
Movie
The Son of Tarzan
as Jack
1920
Movie
The Village Blacksmith
as Bill as a Child
1922
Movie
What Price Crime
as Red - a Gangster
1935
Movie
A Daughter of the Law
as Pete Jepsen
1921
Movie
The Branded Man
as Bruce
1928
Movie
Huckleberry Finn
as Tom Sawyer
1920
Movie
Main Street
as Cy Bogart
1923
Movie
The Romance of Tarzan
as Tarzan as a Boy
1918
Movie
Blazing Justice
as Max
1936
Movie
Outlaws of the Range
as Grant
1936
Movie
Bars of Hate
as Jim Grant
1935
Crew
Movie
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Producer's Assistant
1951
Movie
Adam Had Four Sons
Associate Producer
1941
Movie
The Jolson Story
Associate Producer
1946
Movie
Captured in Chinatown
Assistant Director
1935
Movie
The Courageous Dr. Christian
Assistant Director
1940
Movie
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
Producer
1937
Movie
Jungle Menace
Screenplay
1937
Movie
Exile Express
Production Manager
1939
Movie
The Nevada Buckaroo
Assistant Director
1931
Movie
Meet Dr. Christian
Assistant Director
1939