Cast & creator
Raymond Griffith
Best known for Baby Face, All Quiet on the Western Front, Gold Diggers of 1933
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.
Also known as: Ray Griffith
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1915–1939 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (71)
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Baby Face
Producer
1933
All Quiet on the Western Front
Gérard Duval (uncredited)
1930
Gold Diggers of 1933
Associate Producer
1933
Drums Along the Mohawk
Associate Producer
1939
Married Life
Assistant Director
1920
Three on a Match
Supervising Producer
1932
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
Associate Producer
1938
The House of Rothschild
Co-Producer
1934
Picture Snatcher
Supervising Producer
1933
Ladies They Talk About
Producer
1933
You'd Be Surprised
Mr. Green
1926
Down on the Farm
Writer
1920
Poor Little Rich Girl
Producer
1936
Wedding Bills
Algernon Schuyler Van Twidder
1927
Love, Honor and Behave
Man with Married Girlfriend
1920
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Producer
1937
Wet Paint
He
1926
Born to Be Bad
Associate Producer
1934
He's a Prince!
Prince
1925
The Rich Are Always with Us
Supervising Producer
1932
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Associate Producer
1934
The Affairs of Cellini
Associate Producer
1934
God's Gift to Women
Screenplay
1931
Private Number
Associate Producer
1936
The Dawn of a Tomorrow
The Dandy
1924
Girls About Town
Writer
1931Girls About Town
Associate Producer
1931
Souls for Sale
Self - Celebrity Actor
1923
Trent's Last Case
Philip Trent
1929
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
Shorty Burchell
1924
The Crossroads of New York
Wall Street 'Wolf'
1922The Crossroads of New York
Writer
1922
Clive of India
Associate Producer
1935
Day-time Wife
Producer
1939
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Producer
1933
Local Boy Makes Good
Adaptation
1931
Time to Love
Alfred Sava-Goiu
1927
Life Begins
Production Supervisor
1932
Parachute Jumper
Supervising Producer
1933
Blood Money
Associate Producer
1933
White Tiger
Roy Donovan
1923
The Day of Faith
Tom Barnett
1923
Lily of the Dust
Karl Dehnecke
1924
A Scoundrel's Toll
Victor Edison - the Inventor
1916
Expensive Women
Writer
1931
Three Blind Mice
Producer
1938Gertie's Joy Ride
1915
The Beloved Bachelor
Adaptation
1931
Hotel for Women
Producer
1939A Dash of Courage
Policeman
1916
The Follies Girl
Fredric
1919The Sleeping Porch
1929
The Night Club
Robert White
1925
Paths to Paradise
The Dude from Duluth
1925
Bought!
Writer
1931
The Surf Girl
The Assistant Lifeguard
1916
Hands Up!
Jack
1926
The Eternal Three
Leonard Foster
1923
Changing Husbands
Bob Hamilton
1924
How Stars are Made
The Janitor
1916
Open All Night
Igor
1924
Fine Clothes
Oscar
1925
Poisoned Paradise
Martel
1924
Forty Winks
Lord Chumley
1925
Miss Bluebeard
Bertie Bird
1925
Fools First
Tony
1922
The Yankee Consul
Writer
1924
Red Lights
Sheridan Scott
1923
Going Up
Writer
1923
The Village Chestnut
Director
1918His Foothill Folly
The Corn Doctor
1917