Carlton Griffin
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Carlton Griffin.
Born: May 22, 1893
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Babes in the Goods
Thelma and Patsy get jobs demonstrating washing machines in a department store window. However, on their first day on the job, they accidentally get locked in the store overnight.
It Happened One Night
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
My Man Godfrey
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is more forgotten than Godfrey Park, who resides in a dump by the East River. Irene hires Godfrey as a servant for her riotously unhinged family, to the chagrin of her spoiled sister, Cornelia, who tries her best to get Godfrey fired. As Irene falls for her new butler, Godfrey turns the tables and teaches the frivolous Bullocks a lesson or two.
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
You Can't Take It with You
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Start Cheering
After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.
Girl Shy
Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.
Five Little Peppers in Trouble
The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.
The Lady in Question
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
The Pip from Pittsburg
Charley agrees to go on a blind date to help out his roommate. But because his last such date turned out badly, he goes all out trying to make himself look bad. He refuses to shave, wears his friend's old suit and even eats garlic. Unfortunately for him, however, his date turns out to be the lovely Thelma Todd.
Filmography
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
as Mr. Barnes
as Juror (uncredited)
as Bank Clerk (uncredited)
as Director
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
as Café Manager (uncredited)
as Desk Man (uncredited)
as Deputy (Uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Socialite (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Clerk (uncredited)
as Photographer (uncredited)
as Second Announcer (uncredited)
as Office Clerk
as District Attorney
as Man with False Teeth (uncredited)
as Secretary
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
as Spectator (uncredited)
as American Consul
as Ronnie
as Lt. Griffin
as Lieutenant
as Griff
as The Lieutenant
as Man inside bull costume (uncredited)
as Morris
as Roger Caldwell (uncredited)
as Count Fontaine
as Dance Hall Lothario (uncredited)
as Lord Coventry
as Ronald De Vore
as Officer (uncredited)
as Donald Valentine (as C. Elliott Griffin)
as George Andrews