
Raymond Griffith
Known for ActingBorn 1895-01-22Died 1957-11-25Boston, 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.Read more
Movies & web series
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The Beloved Bachelor
1931 · Movie
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Time to Love
1927 · Movie
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The Night Club
1925 · Movie
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Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model
1924 · Movie
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The Dawn of a Tomorrow
1924 · Movie
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The Yankee Consul
1924 · Movie
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Going Up
1923 · Movie
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Married Life
1920 · Movie
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Open All Night
1924 · Movie
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Bought!
1931 · Movie
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Trent's Last Case
1929 · Movie
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Wedding Bills
1927 · Movie
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Wet Paint
1926 · Movie
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Fine Clothes
1925 · Movie
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Forty Winks
1925 · Movie
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Poisoned Paradise
1924 · Movie
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Lily of the Dust
1924 · Movie
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The Eternal Three
1923 · Movie
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The Day of Faith
1923 · Movie
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Fools First
1922 · Movie
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Love, Honor and Behave
1920 · Movie
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The Follies Girl
1919 · Movie
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How Stars are Made
1916 · Movie
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All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · Movie
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Hotel for Women
1939 · Movie
His Foothill Folly
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His Foothill Folly
1917 · Movie
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Baby Face
1933 · Movie
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Gold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Movie
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Blood Money
1933 · Movie
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Wife, Doctor and Nurse
1937 · Movie
The Sleeping Porch
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The Sleeping Porch
1929 · Movie
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You'd Be Surprised
1926 · Movie
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He's a Prince!
1925 · Movie
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Changing Husbands
1924 · Movie
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938 · Movie
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Red Lights
1923 · Movie
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The Crossroads of New York
1922 · Movie
Gertie's Joy Ride
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Gertie's Joy Ride
1915 · Movie
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Picture Snatcher
1933 · Movie
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Local Boy Makes Good
1931 · Movie
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Poor Little Rich Girl
1936 · Movie
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Private Number
1936 · Movie
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Miss Bluebeard
1925 · Movie
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Girls About Town
1931 · Movie
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Drums Along the Mohawk
1939 · Movie
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The Village Chestnut
1918 · Movie
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A Scoundrel's Toll
1916 · Movie
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Three on a Match
1932 · Movie