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.
Known For
Acting History
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
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
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
1955
MGM Parade
TVas Self / self
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1934
1933
Fast Workers
as Gunner Smith
1932
Downstairs
as Karl Schneider
Downstairs
Story
1931
We’re Switching to Hollywood
as Self
Gentleman's Fate
as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas
The Phantom of Paris
as Chéri-Bibi
West of Broadway
as Jerry
1930
Redemption
as Fedya Protasoff
Way for a Sailor
as Jack
1929
Desert Nights
as Hugh Rand
His Glorious Night
as Captain Kovacs
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
Flesh and the Devil
as Leo von Harden
The Merry Widow
as Prince Danilo Petrovich
La Bohème
as Rodolphe
Bardelys the Magnificent
as Marquis Christian de Bardelys
1925
The Big Parade
as James 'Jim' Apperson
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
1924
He Who Gets Slapped
as Bezano
His Hour
as Gritzko
The Wolf Man
as Gerald Stanley
The Snob
as Eugene Curry
Married Flirts
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
1923
Cameo Kirby
as Cameo Kirby
While Paris Sleeps
as Dennis O'Keefe
1922
Honor First
as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois
Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
1921
Shame
as William Fielding / David Field
1920
The Great Redeemer
as (uncredited)
The Great Redeemer
Adaptation
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)
1918
The Dawn of Understanding
as Ira Beasley
Wedlock
as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)
Shackled
as James Ashley
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)
1916
Civilization
as Extra (uncredited)
The Eye of the Night
as (uncredited)
Hell's Hinges
as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
The Aryan
as (uncredited)
1915
The Coward
as A Young Virginian (uncredited)