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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Biography from TMDB.
- January 22, 1895
- November 25, 1957 (aged 62)
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Actor, producer and writer
- 26 on MovieCove · 78 credits in all
What are Raymond Griffith's films like?
Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 20
Light 15 · Serious 7 · Dark 1
Grounded 8 · Stylized 12 · Heightened 3
Gentle 10 · Charged 10 · Intense 3
Steady 16 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 6 · Some laughs 9 · Funny 8
Slow burn 9 · Even-paced 12 · Relentless 2
Casual 19 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 14 · Affecting 7 · Heavy 2
Resolved 22 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Heroas Mr. Green - The Coroner in You'd Be Surprised (1926)
Moods and endings
- Happy15
- Bittersweet4
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Raymond Griffith's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Raymond Griffith's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
78 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
He Married His Wife(1940)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Little Old New York(1940)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Mark of Zorro(1940)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Day-time Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Drums Along the Mohawk(1939)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Hotel for Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Three Blind Mice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Wife, Doctor and Nurse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Heidi(1937)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Seventh Heaven(1937)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Poor Little Rich Girl(1936)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
Private Number (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Clive of India (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Call of the Wild(1935)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
The Affairs of Cellini(1934)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
Born to Be Bad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
The House of Rothschild(1934)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Blood Money (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Broadway Thru a Keyhole (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)
Baby Face(1933)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Gold Diggers of 1933(1933)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Picture Snatcher(1933)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Ladies They Talk About(1933)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Parachute Jumper(1933)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Advice to the Forlorn(1933)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
The Bowery(1933)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
Three on a Match(1932)
Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films
Life Begins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Local Boy Makes Good (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Girls About Town (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Expensive Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
The Beloved Bachelor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
Bought! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)
God's Gift to Women(1931)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all filmsThe Sleeping Porch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
Trent's Last Case (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
Time to Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)
Wedding Bills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)
You'd Be Surprised(1926)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Wet Paint (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)
Hands Up! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)
He's a Prince! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
Fine Clothes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
Paths to Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
The Night Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
Forty Winks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
Miss Bluebeard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)
Open All Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
Lily of the Dust (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
Changing Husbands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
The Dawn of a Tomorrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
Poisoned Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
The Yankee Consul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)
White Tiger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)
The Day of Faith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)
Going Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)
Red Lights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)
The Eternal Three (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)
The Crossroads of New York (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)
Fools First (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)
Love, Honor and Behave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)
Married Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)
Down on the Farm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)
The Follies Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)
The Village Chestnut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)
His Foothill Folly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)
A Scoundrel's Toll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
The Surf Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
How Stars are Made (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
A Dash of Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
Gertie's Joy Ride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)
Career shape
Star power in the 36th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 68 titles from 1915 to 1939.
Film career
- 1930Screen debut· All Quiet on the Western Front
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Raymond Griffith's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 26; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up11
- 50th to 74th11
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 26 titles divides audiences: 17 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved4
- Crowd Pleaser17
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed3
Reviewers score the acting 75/100 in their films, across 23 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 49. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Raymond Griffith work with?
People who share at least 2 of Raymond Griffith's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Darryl F. Zanuck shares the most, 17.
Directors
- Alfred E. GreenShared titles: Baby Face (1933), Parachute Jumper (1933), The Rich Are Always with Us (1932)See all 3 shared titles with Alfred E. Green
- Henry KingShared titles: Little Old New York (1940), Seventh Heaven (1937)See all 2 shared titles with Henry King
- Roy Del RuthShared titles: He Married His Wife (1940), Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)See all 2 shared titles with Roy Del Ruth
- Allan DwanShared titles: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), Heidi (1937)See all 2 shared titles with Allan Dwan
Writers
- Bess MeredythShared titles: The Mark of Zorro (1940), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), The Affairs of Cellini (1934)See all 3 shared titles with Bess Meredyth
- Sam HellmanShared titles: He Married His Wife (1940), The Baroness and the Butler (1938), Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)See all 3 shared titles with Sam Hellman
- Harry TugendShared titles: Little Old New York (1940), Poor Little Rich Girl (1936)See all 2 shared titles with Harry Tugend
- Lamar TrottiShared titles: Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), The Baroness and the Butler (1938)See all 2 shared titles with Lamar Trotti
Actors
- J. Edward BrombergShared titles: The Mark of Zorro (1940), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), The Baroness and the Butler (1938), Seventh Heaven (1937)See all 4 shared titles with J. Edward Bromberg
- Lyle TalbotShared titles: He Married His Wife (1940), Ladies They Talk About (1933), 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932), Three on a Match (1932)See all 4 shared titles with Lyle Talbot
- Helen WestleyShared titles: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), The Baroness and the Butler (1938), Heidi (1937), The House of Rothschild (1934)See all 4 shared titles with Helen Westley
- Bette DavisShared titles: Parachute Jumper (1933), 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932), The Rich Are Always with Us (1932), Three on a Match (1932)See all 4 shared titles with Bette Davis
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Alfred NewmanShared titles: Little Old New York (1940), The Mark of Zorro (1940), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), Call of the Wild (1935), Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934), The Affairs of Cellini (1934), The House of Rothschild (1934), Advice to the Forlorn (1933), The Bowery (1933)See all 9 shared titles with Alfred Newman
- Allen McNeilShared titles: Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), Heidi (1937), Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934), The House of Rothschild (1934), Advice to the Forlorn (1933), The Bowery (1933)See all 6 shared titles with Allen McNeil
- Barbara McLeanShared titles: Little Old New York (1940), The Baroness and the Butler (1938), Seventh Heaven (1937), The Affairs of Cellini (1934), The House of Rothschild (1934)See all 5 shared titles with Barbara McLean
- Arthur C. MillerShared titles: The Mark of Zorro (1940), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), The Baroness and the Butler (1938), Heidi (1937)See all 4 shared titles with Arthur C. Miller
Producers
- Darryl F. ZanuckShared titles: Little Old New York (1940), The Mark of Zorro (1940), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938), Seventh Heaven (1937), Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), Call of the Wild (1935), Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934), The Affairs of Cellini (1934), The House of Rothschild (1934), Advice to the Forlorn (1933), Baby Face (1933) and 5 moreSee newest 12 of 17 shared titles with Darryl F. Zanuck
- William GoetzShared titles: Call of the Wild (1935), Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934), The Affairs of Cellini (1934), The House of Rothschild (1934), Advice to the Forlorn (1933), The Bowery (1933)See all 6 shared titles with William Goetz
- Samuel BischoffShared titles: The Rich Are Always with Us (1932), Three on a Match (1932)See all 2 shared titles with Samuel Bischoff
Mixed roles
- Howard BrethertonShared titles: Baby Face (1933), Ladies They Talk About (1933)See all 2 shared titles with Howard Bretherton
