Gordon Griffith

Gordon Griffith
As Tarzan in 1918
Born
Gordon S. Griffith

July 4, 1907
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedOctober 12, 1958 (aged 51)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
ParentKatherine Griffith

Gordon S. 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—films with sound. During his acting career, he worked with Charlie Chaplin, and was the first actor to portray Tarzan on film.

Gordon Griffith (bottom) and Florence Morrison (top) in a detail from a still for Penrod (1922).