of the film industry. At the age of twenty-three he got his first job as an assistant director. His final acting credit came six years later in 1936's Outlaws of the Range. Griffith continued to work in the film industry until his death. Between 1931 and 1940, he worked as an assistant director in over 20 films, including those at Monogram Pictures. Between 1941 and 1953 he was an associate producer or producer on four films. He was an associate producer under Robert E. Sherwood, and for Gregory Ratoff Productions. In 1941, Griffith became a production manager at Columbia Pictures, and later served as an associate producer for RKO. In 1958, Griffith died of a heart attack in Hollywood at the age of 51. He was survived by his sister. Selected filmography as actor A Bath House Beauty (1914) Little Billy's Triumph (1914) Little Billy's Strategy (1914) Little Billy's City Cousin (1914) Chicken Chaser (1914) Those Country Kids (1914) Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) as Paperboy (uncredited) Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) Little Sunset (1915) Billy's Cupidity (1915) If My Country Should Call (1916) Naked Hearts (1916) Two Mothers (1916) Tarzan of the Apes (1918) The Romance of Tarzan (1918) Hitting the High Spots (1918) Cupid Forecloses (1919) The Son of Tarzan (1920) Huckleberry Finn (1920) The Kentucky Colonel (1920) The Adventures of Tarzan (1921) Cameron of the Royal Mounted (1921) Penrod (1922) More to Be Pitied Than Scorned (1922) The Village Blacksmith (1922) Main Street (1923) The Street of Tears (1924) Little Annie Rooney (1925) The Cat's Pajamas (1926) The Branded Man (1928) Forgotten Women (1931) Danger Ahead (1935) Bars of Hate (1935) Gun Play (1935) Speed Limited (1935) Hot Off the Press (1935) Blazing Justice (1936) Outlaws of the Range (1936) References Bibliography Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995, Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, pp. 30–32. External links Picture of Gordon Griffith without heavy makeup in the Young Hollywood Hall of Fame 1907 births 1958 deaths Male actors from Chicago American male child actors American male film actors Film producers from Illinois American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors