John Gilbert

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-07-10 (39 years old)

Deathday

1936-01-09

Place of Birth

Logan, Utah, USA

John Gilbert

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

1925

The Big Parade

as James 'Jim' Apperson

1933

Queen Christina

as Antonio

1929

1916

The Eye of the Night

as (uncredited)

1923

While Paris Sleeps

as Dennis O'Keefe

1924

1924

The Wolf Man

as Gerald Stanley

1921

Shame

as William Fielding / David Field

1917

1928

A Woman of Affairs

as Neville Holderness

1953

Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

1924

The Wife of the Centaur

as Jeffrey Dwyer

1926

Flesh and the Devil

as Leo von Harden

1924

Married Flirts

as John Gilbert (uncredited)

1929

A Man's Man

as John Gilbert (uncredited)

1926

The Merry Widow

as Prince Danilo Petrovich

1918

More Trouble

as Harvey Deering

1918

Shackled

as James Ashley

1915

Matrimony

as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)

1931

The Phantom of Paris

as Chéri-Bibi

1934

1927

Love

as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1927

The Show

as Cock Robin

1926

La Bohème

as Rodolphe

1926

Bardelys the Magnificent

as Marquis Christian de Bardelys

1922

The Love Gambler

as Dick Manners

1932

Downstairs

as Karl Schneider

1929

Desert Nights

as Hugh Rand

1930

Redemption

as Fedya Protasoff

1930

1931

1928

The Cossacks

as Lukashka

1922

Monte Cristo

as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo

1927

Man, Woman and Sin

as Albert Whitcomb

1931

Gentleman's Fate

as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas

1999

Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl

as Self (archive footage)

1917

Golden Rule Kate

as The Heller

1933

Fast Workers

as Gunner Smith

1919

Heart o' the Hills

as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)

1928

The Masks of the Devil

as Baron Reiner

1923

Cameo Kirby

as Cameo Kirby

1929

His Glorious Night

as Captain Kovacs

1916

Shell 43

as English Spy

1915

The Coward

as A Young Virginian (uncredited)

1916

Hell's Hinges

as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)

1919

The Busher

as Jim Blair (as Jack Gilbert)

1925

1990

The Divine Garbo

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1919

The Man Beneath

as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)

1927

Twelve Miles Out

as Jerry Fay

1917

Princess of the Dark

as 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)

1917

The Dark Road

as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)

1917

The Hater of Men

as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)

1973

1918

Wedlock

as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)

1986

1916

Civilization

as Extra (uncredited)

1916

The Aryan

as (uncredited)

1920

The Great Redeemer

as (uncredited)

1928

Show People

as Self (uncredited)

1919

Should a Woman Tell?

as The Villain

1921

Ladies Must Live

as The Gardener

1924

The Snob

as Eugene Curry

1925

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

2003

Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1923

The Exiles

as Henry Holcombe

1919

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

1928

Four Walls

as Benny

1924

His Hour

as Gritzko

1917

The Devil Dodger

as Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)

1922

Honor First

as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois

1924

1918

1923

St. Elmo

as St. Elmo Thornton

2010

Rediscovering John Gilbert

as (archive footage)

1920

The White Circle

as Frank Cassilis

1919

The White Heather

as Dick Beach

1923

Truxton King

as Truxton King

1919

Widow by Proxy

as Jack Pennington

Production

1920

1932

Downstairs

as Story

1920

The Great Redeemer

as Adaptation

1921

The Bait

as Scenario Writer

1927

Love

as Co-Director

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