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Carlton Griffin | |
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| Born | May 23, 1893 |
| Died | July 23, 1940 (aged 47) |
| Other names | C. Elliott Griffin |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | ?1910s - 1940 |
Carlton Griffin (May 23, 1893 - July 23, 1940) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 50 films between the mid-1910s until 1940. In his first films, he was credited as C. Elliott Griffin or C. E. Griffin.
Griffin was born in New York, New York, and died at his home in Hollywood, California on July 23, 1940, shortly after finishing work on his final film, Columbia's Before I Die. [1] [2] (later retitled Angels Over Broadway [3] ).
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Carlton E. Griffin, 47, screen actor, died July 23 of a heart attack in his Hollywood home. He had played small parts in a long list of films for the past 10 years. 'Before I Die' (Col) was, by irony, his final engagement. Griffin had been in Lubin shorts before the war, in which he served overseas. Upon his return he appeared in a novelty flash act, 'Magic Glasses,' with Grace Gordon. In 1928 he married Pauline Saxon, then doing a sister act with her daughter, Marie Saxon.
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