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Overview

Date of Birth:

22 January 1875, LaGrange, Kentucky, USA more

Date of Death:

23 July 1948, Hollywood, California, USA more

Mini Biography:

Griffith was born in rural Kentucky to Jacob "Roaring Jake" Griffith,... more

Trivia:

Charles Chaplin called him "the teacher of us all" more

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Awards:

3 wins more

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Filmography

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			Year	Gross (USD)	Rating
1.	Footlight Varieties (1951)	(segment "Confidence")	1951	-	4.9 (14)

2.	Flicker Flashbacks No. 1, Series 5 (1947)	(archive footage from "The Last Deal, 1910") (uncredited)	1947	-	3.6 (7)

3.	The Struggle (1931)		1931	-	6.9 (70)

4.	Abraham Lincoln (1930)		1930	-	6.0 (419)
	AKAs: D.W. Griffith's 'Abraham Lincoln' (USA: alternative title)
5.	Lady of the Pavements (1929)		1929	-	7.0 (15)
	AKAs: Lady of the Night (UK)
6.	The Battle of the Sexes (1928)		1928	-	6.6 (140)

7.	Drums of Love (1928)		1928	-	4.6 (20)
	AKAs: Sentimental Tommy (USA: alternative title)
8.	Topsy and Eva (1927/I)	(uncredited)	1927	-	6.8 (6)

9.	The Sorrows of Satan (1926)		1926	-	6.7 (32)

10.	That Royle Girl (1925)		1925	-	-

11.	Sally of the Sawdust (1925)		1925	-	6.9 (181)

12.	Isn't Life Wonderful (1924)		1924	-	7.0 (51)

13.	America (1924)		1924	-	6.7 (136)
	AKAs: Love and Sacrifice (UK)
14.	The White Rose (1923)		1923	-	7.3 (42)

15.	Mammy's Boy (1923)		1923	-	6.2 (7)

16.	One Exciting Night (1922)		1922	-	5.6 (20)

17.	Orphans of the Storm (1921)		1921	-	8.3 (1,490)

18.	Dream Street (1921)		1921	-	6.1 (37)

19.	Way Down East (1920)		1920	-	8.3 (1,693)

20.	The Love Flower (1920)		1920	-	6.7 (21)

21.	Remodeling Her Husband (1920)	(uncredited)	1920	-	5.2 (7)

22.	The Idol Dancer (1920)		1920	-	5.6 (24)

23.	The Greatest Question (1919)		1919	-	7.1 (410)
	AKAs: Idol Dancer (USA) Love Flower (USA)
24.	Scarlet Days (1919)		1919	-	7.1 (235)

25.	The Mother and the Law (1919)		1919	-	6.9 (30)

26.	The Fall of Babylon (1919)		1919	-	5.1 (16)

27.	True Heart Susie (1919)		1919	-	7.1 (429)

28.	Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)		1919	-	7.8 (3,009)
	AKAs: Broken Blossoms (USA: short title) Scarlet Blossoms The Chink and the Child
29.	The Girl Who Stayed at Home (1919)		1919	-	6.9 (27)

30.	A Romance of Happy Valley (1919)		1919	-	7.1 (38)

31.	The World of Columbus (1919)		1919	-	-

32.	The Greatest Thing in Life (1918)		1918	-	-

33.	Lillian Gish in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)	(unconfirmed)	1918	-	-

34.	The Great Love (1918)		1918	-	-

35.	Hearts of the World (1918)		1918	-	7.1 (392)

36.	Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)		1916	-	8.2 (4,859)
	AKAs: Intolerance (USA: short title) Intolerance: A Sun-Play of the Ages (USA: copyright title)
37.	A Day with Governor Whitman (1916)		1916	-	5.3 (6)

38.	The Birth of a Nation (1915)		1915	-	7.1 (8,120)
	AKAs: In the Clutches of the Ku Klux Klan (USA: cut version) The Birth of the Nation; Or The Clansman (second copyright title) The Clansman (USA: Los Angeles première title)
39.	The Avenging Conscience: or 'Thou Shalt Not Kill' (1914)		1914	-	7.0 (455)
	AKAs: The Telltale Heart (USA: alternative title) Thou Shalt Not Kill
40.	The Escape (1914)		1914	-	5.0 (6)

41.	Home, Sweet Home (1914/I)		1914	-	5.7 (29)

42.	Brute Force (1914)		1914	-	6.6 (16)
	AKAs: In Prehistoric Days Primitive Man (USA: short title) The Primitive Man (USA) Wars of the Primal Tribes
43.	The Battle of the Sexes (1914)		1914	-	6.7 (15)

44.	Judith of Bethulia (1914)		1914	-	8.0 (548)
	AKAs: Her Condoned Sin (International: English title: reissue title)
45.	The Massacre (1914)		1914	-	6.9 (54)

46.	Waifs (1914)	(unconfirmed)	1914	-	-

47.	The Conscience of Hassan Bey (1913)	(supervising)	1913	-	6.1 (7)

48.	The Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)		1913	-	6.8 (225)
	AKAs: The Battle of Elderbush Gulch
49.	Madonna of the Storm (1913)	(unconfirmed)	1913	-	-

50.	The Adopted Brother (1913)	(unconfirmed)	1913	-	5.5 (12)

51.	Two Men of the Desert (1913)		1913	-	-

52.	The Coming of Angelo (1913)		1913	-	6.7 (13)

53.	The Mistake (1913)		1913	-	6.0 (7)

54.	The Enemy's Baby (1913)	(unconfirmed)	1913	-	5.3 (6)

55.	The Reformers; or, The Lost Art of Minding One's Business (1913)		1913	-	6.6 (7)
	AKAs: The Lost Art of Minding One's Business The Reformers (USA: short title)
56.	The Sorrowful Shore (1913)		1913	-	-

57.	Her Mother's Oath (1913)		1913	-	-

58.	The Mothering Heart (1913)		1913	-	6.9 (161)

59.	Death's Marathon (1913)		1913	-	6.3 (108)

60.	A Timely Interception (1913)		1913	-	-

61.	The Ranchero's Revenge (1913)		1913	-	-

62.	His Mother's Son (1913)		1913	-	-

63.	Just Gold (1913)		1913	-	-

64.	The Yaqui Cur (1913)		1913	-	-

65.	The House of Darkness (1913)		1913	-	6.8 (83)

66.	The Stolen Loaf (1913)	(unconfirmed)	1913	-	-

67.	The Wanderer (1913/II)		1913	-	6.0 (5)

68.	If We Only Knew (1913)	(unconfirmed)	1913	-	-

69.	The Lady and the Mouse (1913)		1913	-	6.0 (6)

70.	The Left-Handed Man (1913)		1913	-	-

71.	A Misunderstood Boy (1913)		1913	-	6.8 (6)

72.	The Little Tease (1913)		1913	-	-

73.	The Perfidy of Mary (1913)		1913	-	-

74.	The Hero of Little Italy (1913)		1913	-	-

75.	The Sheriff's Baby (1913)		1913	-	-

76.	A Welcome Intruder (1913)		1913	-	-

77.	Fate (1913/I)		1913	-	4.0 (7)

78.	Near to Earth (1913)		1913	-	-

79.	The Unwelcome Guest (1913)		1913	-	-
	AKAs: An Unwelcome Guest (USA: alternative title)
80.	A Girl's Stratagem (1913)	(unconfirmed)	1913	-	6.1 (8)

81.	Broken Ways (1913)		1913	-	5.3 (11)

82.	Love in an Apartment Hotel (1913)		1913	-	5.7 (5)

83.	A Chance Deception (1913)		1913	-	3.9 (7)

84.	Drink's Lure (1913)		1913	-	3.0 (6)

85.	Oil and Water (1913)		1913	-	-

86.	Brothers (1913)		1913	-	5.2 (10)

87.	A Misappropriated Turkey (1913)		1913	-	-

88.	The Tender Hearted Boy (1913)	(unconfirmed)	1913	-	-

89.	An Adventure in the Autumn Woods (1913)		1913	-	5.1 (11)

90.	The Telephone Girl and the Lady (1913)		1913	-	6.8 (9)

91.	Three Friends (1913)		1913	-	-

92.	Mother Love (1913/I)		1913	-	-

93.	The God Within (1912)		1912	-	6.3 (8)

94.	A Cry for Help (1912)		1912	-	3.9 (8)

95.	The Burglar's Dilemma (1912)		1912	-	5.9 (99)

96.	My Hero (1912)		1912	-	-

97.	The New York Hat (1912)		1912	-	7.0 (188)

98.	Brutality (1912)		1912	-	6.3 (13)

99.	The Informer (1912)		1912	-	4.9 (9)

100.	My Baby (1912)	(unconfirmed)	1912	-	-

101.	Gold and Glitter (1912)	(unconfirmed)	1912	-	5.2 (10)

102.	Heredity (1912)		1912	-	-

103.	The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912)		1912	-	6.9 (388)

104.	The Painted Lady (1912)		1912	-	5.8 (131)

105.	The One She Loved (1912)		1912	-	6.0 (5)

106.	In the Aisles of the Wild (1912)		1912	-	-

107.	The Chief's Blanket (1912)		1912	-	4.8 (8)

108.	A Feud in the Kentucky Hills (1912)		1912	-	6.3 (11)

109.	So Near, Yet So Far (1912)		1912	-	-

110.	Friends (1912)		1912	-	5.5 (69)

111.	Two Daughters of Eve (1912)		1912	-	5.4 (7)

112.	Blind Love (1912)		1912	-	5.2 (17)

113.	An Unseen Enemy (1912)		1912	-	6.9 (186)

114.	In the North Woods (1912)		1912	-	-

115.	A Pueblo Legend (1912)		1912	-	5.4 (10)

116.	A Pueblo Romance (1912)		1912	-	-

117.	A Change of Spirit (1912)		1912	-	5.7 (8)

118.	The Inner Circle (1912)		1912	-	-

119.	A Child's Remorse (1912)		1912	-	5.8 (7)

120.	The Narrow Road (1912)		1912	-	6.5 (48)

121.	Black Sheep (1912/I)		1912	-	4.7 (27)

122.	The Sands of Dee (1912)		1912	-	7.8 (5)

123.	Heaven Avenges (1912)	(unconfirmed)	1912	-	-

124.	Man's Genesis (1912)		1912	-	5.4 (12)
	AKAs: Man's Genesis: A Psychological Comedy Founded on Darwin's Theory of the Genesis of Man (USA: complete title)
125.	An Indian Summer (1912)	(unconfirmed)	1912	-	-

126.	Man's Lust for Gold (1912)		1912	-	-

127.	The School Teacher and the Waif (1912)		1912	-	-

128.	The Spirit Awakened (1912)		1912	-	-

129.	Lena and the Geese (1912)		1912	-	5.1 (6)

130.	A Temporary Truce (1912)		1912	-	5.9 (10)

131.	Home Folks (1912)		1912	-	-

132.	An Outcast Among Outcasts (1912)		1912	-	-

133.	A Beast at Bay (1912)		1912	-	5.6 (22)

134.	When Kings Were the Law (1912)		1912	-	-

135.	His Lesson (1912)		1912	-	-

136.	A Lodging for the Night (1912)		1912	-	-

137.	The Old Actor (1912)		1912	-	6.8 (10)

138.	The Lesser Evil (1912)		1912	-	5.4 (35)

139.	One Is Business, the Other Crime (1912)		1912	-	6.3 (91)

140.	Just Like a Woman (1912)		1912	-	-

141.	The Female of the Species (1912)		1912	-	6.7 (82)

142.	Fate's Interception (1912)		1912	-	4.6 (6)

143.	The Punishment (1912)		1912	-	-

144.	The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch (1912)		1912	-	6.0 (12)

145.	The Root of Evil (1912)		1912	-	-

146.	Iola's Promise (1912)		1912	-	3.8 (6)

147.	The Girl and Her Trust (1912)		1912	-	7.3 (348)

148.	A String of Pearls (1912)		1912	-	-

149.	A Siren of Impulse (1912)		1912	-	-

150.	The Sunbeam (1912)		1912	-	6.6 (99)

151.	Under Burning Skies (1912)		1912	-	5.8 (7)

152.	The Mender of Nets (1912)		1912	-	6.2 (44)

153.	Billy's Stratagem (1912)		1912	-	5.0 (13)

154.	A Sister's Love (1912)		1912	-	-

155.	The Transformation of Mike (1912)		1912	-	6.4 (9)

156.	A Blot on the 'Scutcheon (1912)		1912	-	4.5 (11)

157.	For His Son (1912)		1912	-	6.7 (112)

158.	The Old Bookkeeper (1912)		1912	-	-

159.	The Eternal Mother (1912)		1912	-	4.0 (6)

160.	A Tale of the Wilderness (1912)		1912	-	-

161.	Grannie (1912)		1912	-	6.1 (8)

162.	The Baby and the Stork (1912)	(unconfirmed)	1912	-	4.1 (12)

163.	The Voice of the Child (1911)		1911	-	-

164.	A Terrible Discovery (1911)		1911	-	-

165.	As in a Looking Glass (1911/I)		1911	-	6.2 (13)

166.	Saved from Himself (1911)		1911	-	-

167.	The Failure (1911)		1911	-	4.6 (8)

168.	A Woman Scorned (1911)		1911	-	4.9 (7)

169.	Sunshine Through the Dark (1911)		1911	-	-

170.	The Miser's Heart (1911)		1911	-	6.4 (46)

171.	Through Darkened Vales (1911)		1911	-	4.4 (7)

172.	The Trail of Books (1911)		1911	-	-

173.	The Battle (1911)		1911	-	5.8 (76)

174.	Love in the Hills (1911/I)		1911	-	-

175.	The Long Road (1911)		1911	-	4.0 (5)
	AKAs: Destiny's Roadway with Its Many Turns (USA: subtitle)
176.	The Adventures of Billy (1911)		1911	-	5.8 (18)

177.	The Unveiling (1911)		1911	-	-

178.	Italian Blood (1911)		1911	-	-

179.	The Making of a Man (1911)		1911	-	-

180.	Her Awakening (1911)		1911	-	6.3 (7)

181.	The Revenue Man and the Girl (1911)		1911	-	4.8 (6)

182.	Dan the Dandy (1911)		1911	-	4.3 (6)

183.	The Squaw's Love (1911)		1911	-	-

184.	The Old Confectioner's Mistake (1911)		1911	-	-

185.	The Stuff Heroes Are Made Of (1911)	(unconfirmed)	1911	-	-

186.	Swords and Hearts (1911)		1911	-	5.8 (46)

187.	The Rose of Kentucky (1911)		1911	-	5.8 (6)

188.	The Blind Princess and the Poet (1911)		1911	-	4.8 (11)
	AKAs: A Biograph Fantasy in the Land of Flowers (USA: subtitle)
189.	The Sorrowful Example (1911)		1911	-	-

190.	The Ruling Passion (1911)		1911	-	-

191.	Out from the Shadow (1911)		1911	-	-

192.	The Last Drop of Water (1911)		1911	-	5.7 (49)

193.	A Country Cupid (1911)		1911	-	5.5 (15)

194.	The Indian Brothers (1911)		1911	-	5.5 (10)

195.	Bobby, the Coward (1911)		1911	-	5.8 (14)

196.	The Jealous Husband (1911)	(unconfirmed)	1911	-	-

197.	The Thief and the Girl (1911)		1911	-	-

198.	Fighting Blood (1911)		1911	-	4.9 (14)

199.	Her Sacrifice (1911)		1911	-	-

200.	The Primal Call (1911)		1911	-	-

201.	Enoch Arden: Part II (1911)		1911	-	6.5 (53)

202.	Enoch Arden: Part I (1911)		1911	-	6.6 (72)

203.	The Smile of a Child (1911)		1911	-	-

204.	A Romany Tragedy (1911)		1911	-	-

205.	The White Rose of the Wilds (1911)		1911	-	-
	AKAs: A Story of the West (USA: subtitle)
206.	The Crooked Road (1911)	(unconfirmed)	1911	-	4.7 (6)

207.	The New Dress (1911)		1911	-	-

208.	In the Days of '49 (1911)		1911	-	-

209.	The Two Sides (1911)		1911	-	-

210.	How She Triumphed (1911)		1911	-	-
	AKAs: An Argument in Favor of Physical Culture (USA: subtitle)
211.	His Mother's Scarf (1911)		1911	-	-

212.	A Knight of the Road (1911)		1911	-	-

213.	Madame Rex (1911)		1911	-	-

214.	Paradise Lost (1911)		1911	-	-

215.	The Chief's Daughter (1911/I)		1911	-	5.5 (7)

216.	The Broken Cross (1911)		1911	-	5.8 (13)

217.	The Spanish Gypsy (1911)		1911	-	-

218.	The Lonedale Operator (1911)	(uncredited)	1911	-	7.0 (271)

219.	Teaching Dad to Like Her (1911)	(unconfirmed)	1911	-	-

220.	Was He a Coward? (1911)		1911	-	-

221.	Conscience (1911)		1911	-	6.1 (8)

222.	A Decree of Destiny (1911)		1911	-	6.2 (6)

223.	The Heart of a Savage (1911)		1911	-	-

224.	The Lily of the Tenements (1911)		1911	-	4.4 (7)

225.	His Daughter (1911)		1911	-	-

226.	The Diamond Star (1911)		1911	-	3.6 (6)

227.	Fisher Folks (1911)		1911	-	4.6 (7)

228.	What Shall We Do with Our Old? (1911)		1911	-	6.7 (93)

229.	Heart Beats of Long Ago (1911)		1911	-	-

230.	Three Sisters (1911)		1911	-	-

231.	A Wreath of Orange Blossoms (1911)	(unconfirmed)	1911	-	6.2 (5)

232.	The Poor Sick Men (1911)	(unconfirmed)	1911	-	-

233.	Fate's Turning (1911)		1911	-	5.3 (11)

234.	His Trust Fulfilled (1911)		1911	-	4.8 (56)

235.	His Trust (1911)		1911	-	5.5 (141)

236.	The Italian Barber (1911)		1911	-	5.5 (6)

237.	When a Man Loves (1911)		1911	-	3.8 (7)

238.	The Two Paths (1911)		1911	-	6.5 (7)

239.	Flaming Arrows (1911)		1911	-	5.0 (7)

240.	Winning Back His Love (1910)		1910	-	7.2 (5)

241.	White Roses (1910)	(unconfirmed)	1910	-	6.3 (7)

242.	The Lesson (1910)		1910	-	5.2 (5)

243.	His Sister-In-Law (1910)		1910	-	5.1 (5)

244.	The Golden Supper (1910)		1910	-	6.4 (9)

245.	A Child's Stratagem (1910)		1910	-	4.7 (8)

246.	A Plain Song (1910)		1910	-	-

247.	His New Lid (1910)		1910	-	-

248.	The Song of the Wildwood Flute (1910)		1910	-	-

249.	Sunshine Sue (1910)		1910	-	-

250.	Simple Charity (1910)		1910	-	3.9 (5)

251.	The Fugitive (1910)		1910	-	5.5 (56)

252.	Waiter No. 5 (1910)		1910	-	-

253.	Two Little Waifs (1910)		1910	-	-

254.	The Message of the Violin (1910)		1910	-	5.2 (5)

255.	The Banker's Daughters (1910)		1910	-	4.9 (11)

256.	The Broken Doll (1910)		1910	-	5.2 (16)

257.	That Chink at Golden Gulch (1910)		1910	-	6.7 (15)

258.	The Iconoclast (1910)		1910	-	-

259.	Examination Day at School (1910)		1910	-	4.0 (6)

260.	Rose O'Salem Town (1910)		1910	-	4.7 (5)

261.	The Oath and the Man (1910)		1910	-	5.5 (14)

262.	A Summer Tragedy (1910)		1910	-	-

263.	In Life's Cycle (1910)		1910	-	-

264.	A Mohawk's Way (1910)		1910	-	-

265.	Little Angels of Luck (1910)		1910	-	-

266.	A Summer Idyll (1910)		1910	-	-

267.	The Affair of an Egg (1910)		1910	-	5.9 (12)

268.	The Modern Prodigal (1910)		1910	-	-

269.	Wilful Peggy (1910)		1910	-	5.7 (42)

270.	The Sorrows of the Unfaithful (1910)		1910	-	-

271.	An Old Story with a New Ending (1910)		1910	-	-

272.	The Usurer (1910/I)		1910	-	6.1 (51)

273.	A Salutary Lesson (1910)		1910	-	-

274.	The House with Closed Shutters (1910)		1910	-	6.0 (84)

275.	Her Father's Pride (1910)		1910	-	-

276.	An Arcadian Maid (1910)		1910	-	5.6 (20)

277.	Unexpected Help (1910)		1910	-	-

278.	The Call to Arms (1910)		1910	-	4.3 (9)

279.	As the Bells Rang Out! (1910)		1910	-	6.3 (11)

280.	Serious Sixteen (1910)		1910	-	-

281.	A Flash of Light (1910)		1910	-	5.5 (14)

282.	A Child's Faith (1910)		1910	-	5.4 (9)

283.	What the Daisy Said (1910)	(uncredited)	1910	-	5.6 (62)

284.	A Midnight Cupid (1910)		1910	-	-

285.	Muggsy's First Sweetheart (1910)		1910	-	5.4 (6)

286.	A Child's Impulse (1910)		1910	-	6.6 (8)

287.	The Marked Time-Table (1910)		1910	-	5.0 (5)

288.	Never Again (1910/I)		1910	-	4.4 (5)

289.	May and December (1910)		1910	-	-

290.	The Face at the Window (1910)		1910	-	5.0 (9)

291.	In the Border States (1910)		1910	-	6.9 (147)

292.	A Victim of Jealousy (1910)

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