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John Gilbert

John Gilbert

Acting1897Logan, Utah, USA

Biography

American actor John Gilbert (born John Cecil Pringle) was one of the biggest stars of the Silent films era. His career subsequently significantly waned during the first years of the sound era.

Acting History

2014
2010
Rediscovering John Gilbert
as (archive footage)
2007
2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (archive footage)
1990
The Divine Garbo
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1986
1973
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1970
Brasileiros em Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
1969
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
as Self (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
MGM Parade
TVas Self / self
1953
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1934
Queen Christina
as Antonio
1933
Fast Workers
as Gunner Smith
1932
Downstairs
as Karl Schneider
1931
Gentleman's Fate
as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas
The Phantom of Paris
as Chéri-Bibi
1930
Redemption
as Fedya Protasoff
1929
Desert Nights
as Hugh Rand
His Glorious Night
as Captain Kovacs
A Man's Man
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
1928
Show People
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
The Cossacks
as Lukashka
Four Walls
as Benny
A Woman of Affairs
as Neville Holderness
The Masks of the Devil
as Baron Reiner
1927
Love
as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky
The Show
as Cock Robin
Man, Woman and Sin
as Albert Whitcomb
Twelve Miles Out
as Jerry Fay
Love
Co-Director
1926
The Merry Widow
as Prince Danilo Petrovich
La Bohème
as Rodolphe
Bardelys the Magnificent
as Marquis Christian de Bardelys
Flesh and the Devil
as Leo von Harden
1925
The Big Parade
as James 'Jim' Apperson
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1924
His Hour
as Gritzko
The Wolf Man
as Gerald Stanley
The Snob
as Eugene Curry
Married Flirts
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
The Wife of the Centaur
as Jeffrey Dwyer
Romance Ranch
as Carlos Brent
The Lone Chance
as Jack Saunders
Just Off Broadway
as Stephen Moore
1923
Cameo Kirby
as Cameo Kirby
While Paris Sleeps
as Dennis O'Keefe
The Exiles
as Henry Holcombe
St. Elmo
as St. Elmo Thornton
Truxton King
as Truxton King
1922
Honor First
as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois
Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
Calvert's Valley
as Page Emlyn
Arabian Love
as Norman Stone
The Love Gambler
as Dick Manners
A California Romance
as Don Patricio Fernando
The Yellow Stain
as Donald Keith
1921
Shame
as William Fielding / David Field
Ladies Must Live
as The Gardener
The Bait
Scenario Writer
1920
The Great Redeemer
as (uncredited)
The White Circle
as Frank Cassilis
Deep Waters
as Bill Lacey
1919
The Busher
as Jim Blair (as Jack Gilbert)
Heart o' the Hills
as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)
The Man Beneath
as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)
Should a Woman Tell?
as The Villain
The White Heather
as Dick Beach
Widow by Proxy
as Jack Pennington
The Red Viper
as Dick Grant
For a Woman's Honor
as Dick Rutherford
1918
Wedlock
as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)
Shackled
as James Ashley
More Trouble
as Harvey Deering
1917
The Hater of Men
as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)
Golden Rule Kate
as The Heller
Princess of the Dark
as 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)
The Dark Road
as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)
The Devil Dodger
as Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)
The Millionaire Vagrant
as James Cricket
The Mother Instinct
as Jean Coutierre
1916
Civilization
as Extra (uncredited)
The Eye of the Night
as (uncredited)
Hell's Hinges
as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
The Aryan
as (uncredited)
Shell 43
as English Spy
1915
The Coward
as A Young Virginian (uncredited)
Matrimony
as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)
Aloha Oe
as Sailor (uncredited)

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
7/10/1897
Day of Death
1/9/1936
Place of Birth
Logan, Utah, USA