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 Badger's Paths to Paradise, a caper film that is in all circulating prints missing its final reel. Like many silent comedians, he had a traditional costume; his was a top hat, white tie and tails, often augmented by a cape and/or walking stick. The coming of sound ended Griffith's acting career, but he did have one memorable role in a motion picture before retiring from the screen, playing a French soldier killed by Lew Ayres in the 1930 Lewis Milestone film All Quiet on the Western Front. He then segued into a writing/producing career at Twentieth Century Fox. Griffith choked to death at the Masquers Club in Los Angeles, California, aged 62, on November 25, 1957.
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Day-time Wife
1939 · Producer
Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 · Associate Producer
Hotel for Women
1939 · Producer
Three Blind Mice
1938 · Producer
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938 · Associate Producer
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 · Producer
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936 · Producer
Private Number
1936 · Associate Producer
Clive of India
1935 · Associate Producer
The Affairs of Cellini
1934 · Associate Producer
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
1934 · Associate Producer
Born to Be Bad
1934 · Associate Producer
The House of Rothschild
1934 · Co-Producer
Blood Money
1933 · Associate Producer
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933 · Producer
Baby Face
1933 · Producer
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Associate Producer
Picture Snatcher
1933 · Supervising Producer
Ladies They Talk About
1933 · Producer
Parachute Jumper
1933 · Supervising Producer
Three on a Match
1932 · Supervising Producer
Life Begins
1932 · Production Supervisor
The Rich Are Always with Us
1932 · Supervising Producer
Local Boy Makes Good
1931 · Adaptation
Girls About Town
1931 · Writer, Associate Producer
Expensive Women
1931 · Writer
The Beloved Bachelor
1931 · Adaptation
Bought!
1931 · Writer
God's Gift to Women
1931 · Screenplay
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Gérard Duval (uncredited)
The Sleeping Porch
1929
Trent's Last Case
1929 · Philip Trent
Time to Love
1927 · Alfred Sava-Goiu
Wedding Bills
1927 · Algernon Schuyler Van Twidder
You'd Be Surprised
1926 · Mr. Green
Wet Paint
1926 · He
Hands Up!
1926 · Jack
He's a Prince!
1925 · Prince
Fine Clothes
1925 · Oscar
Paths to Paradise
1925 · The Dude from Duluth
The Night Club
1925 · Robert White
Forty Winks
1925 · Lord Chumley
Miss Bluebeard
1925 · Bertie Bird
Open All Night
1924 · Igor
Lily of the Dust
1924 · Karl Dehnecke
Changing Husbands
1924 · Bob Hamilton
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
1924 · Shorty Burchell
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
1924 · The Dandy
Poisoned Paradise
1924 · Martel
The Yankee Consul
1924 · Writer
White Tiger
1923 · Roy Donovan
The Day of Faith
1923 · Tom Barnett
Red Lights
1923 · Sheridan Scott
Going Up
1923 · Writer
The Eternal Three
1923 · Leonard Foster
Souls for Sale
1923 · Self - Celebrity Actor
The Crossroads of New York
1922 · Wall Street 'Wolf', Writer
Fools First
1922 · Tony
Love, Honor and Behave
1920 · Man with Married Girlfriend
Married Life
1920 · Assistant Director
Down on the Farm
1920 · Writer
The Follies Girl
1919 · Fredric
The Village Chestnut
1918 · Director
His Foothill Folly
1917 · The Corn Doctor
A Scoundrel's Toll
1916 · Victor Edison - the Inventor
The Surf Girl
1916 · The Assistant Lifeguard
How Stars are Made
1916 · The Janitor
A Dash of Courage
1916 · Policeman
Gertie's Joy Ride
1915
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