Edward H. Griffith
Griffith (August 23, 1888 – March 3, 1975) (also known as E H Griffith, Lieut. Griffith, Edward Griffith, F. Griffith and E. Griffith) was an American motion picture director, screenwriter, and producer.
Also recorded as E. H. Griffith
Edward H. Griffith

Outlook Photoplays / W.W. Hodkinson · Photoplay (Jan. - Jun. 1922) at the Internet Archive · Public domain
- Name
- Edward H.
- Born
- August 23, 1888
- Birthplace
- Bloomington, Illinois, United States
- Died
- March 3, 1975
- Place of death
- South Laguna, California, United States
- Occupation
- Director, writer, producer
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Edward H. Griffith • Born — August 23, 1888 • Birthplace — Bloomington, Illinois, United States • Died — March 3, 1975 • Place of death — South Laguna, California, United States • Other Names — Eddie • Occupation — Director, writer, producer • Years Active — 1916–1946 (film)
Biography
Biography
Born in 1888 in Bloomington, Illinois, Griffith directed 61 films from 1917 to 1946. In 1917 he directed In Love's Laboratory, a short for Thomas A. Edison, Inc.'s Conquest Pictures division about a man inventing safety matches and finding his relationship match. He directed Madeleine Carroll and Fred MacMurray in several films including Honeymoon in Bali (1939), Café Society (1939), Virginia (1941) and One Night in Lisbon (1941).
Personal life
Personal life
• Illustration — America Chedister in 1921 Griffith discovered the future actress America Chedister (1895–1975) while she was working as a showgirl and married her. They remained together until their deaths, having lived for several decades in Three Arch Bay, Laguna Beach. Griffith died on March 3, 1975, at the age of 86. Chedister survived him by only a few months.
Director
Director
• The Law of the North (1917) • Billy and the Big Stick (1917) • Barnaby Lee (1917) • The Awakening of Ruth (1917) • One Touch of Nature (1917) • Your Obedient Servant (1917) • The End of the Road (1919) • Babs (1920) • The Garter Girl (1920) • The Vice of Fools (1920) • If Women Only Knew (1921) • The Land of Hope (1921) • Dawn of the East (1921) • Scrambled Wives (1921) • Free Air (1922) • Unseeing Eyes (1923) • The Go-Getter (1923) • Week End Husbands (1924) • Another Scandal (1924) • Bad Company (1925) • Headlines (1925) • White Mice (1926) • Atta Boy (1926) • Alias the Lone Wolf (1927) • The Opening Night (1927) • Afraid to Love (1927) • The Price of Honor (1927) • Captain Swagger (1928) • The Shady Lady (1928) • Love Over Night (1928) • Hold 'Em Yale (1928) • Paris Bound (1929) • Rich People (1929) • Holiday (1930) • Beyond Victory (1931) • Rebound (1931) • The Animal Kingdom (1932) • Lady with a Past (1932) • Another Language (1933) • Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935), also producer • No More Ladies (1935), also producer • Next Time We Love (1936) • Ladies in Love (1936) • Cafe Metropole (1937) • I'll Take Romance (1937) • Honeymoon in Bali (1939) • Cafe Society (1939) • Safari (1940) • Virginia (1941) • Bahama Passage (1941) • One Night in Lisbon (1941) • Young and Willing (1943) • The Sky's the Limit (1943) • Perilous Holiday (1946)
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The full dated record · 2 entries
1894
Edward H. Griffith born at Lynchburg.
1975
Edward H. Griffith died at Laguna Beach.
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Lynchburg.
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• The Resurrection of Dan Packard (1916) • The Last Sentence (1917) • The Law of the North (1917) • The End of the Road (1919) • The Sea Raiders (1922) • Alias the Lone Wolf (1927) • The Opening Night (1927) • The Shady Lady (1928) • The Animal Kingdom (1932) • Virginia (1941)

A production still from the film Fit to Fight (later released to the public as Fit to Win). Actor Paul Kelly (left) playing Hank Simpson, sits next to director Edward H. Griffith.
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- 1.Finding Aid for the Edward H. Griffith Papers, ca. 1910-1958, Online Archive of California
- 2.Dianne Russell, "The Griffith Three Arch Bay property added to National Register of Historic Places", Stu News Laguna, March 19, 2021, accessed 8 October 2023
- 3."Chedister, America" in Billy H. Doyle, The Ultimate Directory of the Silent Screen Performers (1995), p. 127
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Griffith is recorded as film producer, screenwriter, actor and director. The identifiers under which Edward H. Griffith may be traced in institutional catalogues.
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