Raymond Griffith

Raymond Griffith

Acting 1895-01-22 Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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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1930 Gérard Duval (uncredited)
1929 Philip Trent
1927 Alfred Sava-Goiu
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1925 Bertie Bird
1925 Robert White
1925 Prince
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1925 Lord Chumley
1924 Bob Hamilton
1924 Martel
1924 Shorty Burchell
1924 Karl Dehnecke
1924 Igor
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1923 Roy Donovan
1923 Leonard Foster
1923 Tom Barnett
1923 Self - Celebrity Actor
1923 Sheridan Scott
1923 Writer
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1922 Wall Street 'Wolf'
1920 Man with Married Girlfriend
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1919 Fredric
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1917 The Corn Doctor
1916 Policeman
1916 The Assistant Lifeguard
1916 Victor Edison - the Inventor
1916 The Janitor