- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 22, 1895
- Place of Birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Died
- November 25, 1957
Raymond Griffith
Raymond Griffith was one of the great silent movie comedians. Later in his career, he worked behind the camera as writer and producer. Griffith was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He lost his voice at an early age, causing him to speak for the rest of his life in a hoarse whisper. Griffith claimed that it was the result of his having to scream at the top of his lungs every night in a stage melodrama as a child actor —others have stated that a childhood disease was more likely the cause. Although a few comedy films of his are considered classics, Griffith is almost totally forgotten today. Many of his starring feature films have long since been lost, but probably the best known of his films today is Hands Up! (1926), a Civil War comedy feature directed by Clarence G. Badger, and co-starring Mack Swain, which was entered into the National Film Registry in 2005. Also considered a classic is …
Filmography
movieDay-time Wife
1939 · Producer
movieDrums Along the Mohawk
1939 · Associate Producer
movieHotel for Women
1939 · Producer
movieThree Blind Mice
1938 · Producer
movieRebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938 · Associate Producer
movieWife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 · Producer
moviePoor Little Rich Girl
1936 · Producer
moviePrivate Number
1936 · Associate Producer
movieClive of India
1935 · Associate Producer
movieThe Affairs of Cellini
1934 · Associate Producer
movieBulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934 · Associate Producer
movieBorn to Be Bad
1934 · Associate Producer
movieThe House of Rothschild
1934 · Co-Producer
movieBlood Money
1933 · Associate Producer
movieBroadway Thru a Keyhole
1933 · Producer
movieBaby Face
1933 · Producer
movieGold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Associate Producer
moviePicture Snatcher
1933 · Supervising Producer
movieLadies They Talk About
1933 · Producer
movieParachute Jumper
1933 · Supervising Producer
movieThree on a Match
1932 · Supervising Producer
movieLife Begins
1932 · Production Supervisor
movieThe Rich Are Always with Us
1932 · Supervising Producer
movieLocal Boy Makes Good
1931 · Adaptation
movieGirls About Town
1931 · Writer, Associate Producer
movieExpensive Women
1931 · Writer
movieThe Beloved Bachelor
1931 · Adaptation
movieBought!
1931 · Writer
movieGod's Gift to Women
1931 · Screenplay
movieAll Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Gérard Duval (uncredited)
The Sleeping Porch
movieThe Sleeping Porch
1929
movieTrent's Last Case
1929 · Philip Trent
movieTime to Love
1927 · Alfred Sava-Goiu
movieWedding Bills
1927 · Algernon Schuyler Van Twidder
movieYou'd Be Surprised
1926 · Mr. Green
movieWet Paint
1926 · He
movieHands Up!
1926 · Jack
movieHe's a Prince!
1925 · Prince
movieFine Clothes
1925 · Oscar
moviePaths to Paradise
1925 · The Dude from Duluth
movieThe Night Club
1925 · Robert White
movieForty Winks
1925 · Lord Chumley
movieMiss Bluebeard
1925 · Bertie Bird
movieOpen All Night
1924 · Igor
movieLily of the Dust
1924 · Karl Dehnecke
movieChanging Husbands
1924 · Bob Hamilton
movieNellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
1924 · Shorty Burchell
movieThe Dawn of a Tomorrow
1924 · The Dandy
moviePoisoned Paradise
1924 · Martel
movieThe Yankee Consul
1924 · Writer
movieWhite Tiger
1923 · Roy Donovan
movieThe Day of Faith
1923 · Tom Barnett
movieRed Lights
1923 · Sheridan Scott
movieGoing Up
1923 · Writer
movieThe Eternal Three
1923 · Leonard Foster
movieSouls for Sale
1923 · Self - Celebrity Actor
movieThe Crossroads of New York
1922 · Wall Street 'Wolf', Writer
movieFools First
1922 · Tony
movieLove, Honor and Behave
1920 · Man with Married Girlfriend
movieMarried Life
1920 · Assistant Director
movieDown on the Farm
1920 · Writer
movieThe Follies Girl
1919 · Fredric
movieThe Village Chestnut
1918 · Director
His Foothill Folly
movieHis Foothill Folly
1917 · The Corn Doctor
movieA Scoundrel's Toll
1916 · Victor Edison - the Inventor
movieThe Surf Girl
1916 · The Assistant Lifeguard
movieHow Stars are Made
1916 · The Janitor
A Dash of Courage
movieA Dash of Courage
1916 · Policeman
Gertie's Joy Ride
movieGertie's Joy Ride
1915