John Gilbert
Born in Logan, Utah, USA — Jul 10 1897• Died Jan 09 1936
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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.
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John Gilbert's Credits
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MGM Parade
Self
Show People
John Gilbert (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Queen Christina
Antonio
Flesh and the Devil
Leo von Harden
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Big Parade
James 'Jim' Apperson
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
Bardelys the Magnificent
Marquis Christian de Bardelys
Downstairs
Karl Schneider
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
The Merry Widow
Prince Danilo Petrovich
Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
The Show
Cock Robin
St. Elmo
St. Elmo Thornton
Desert Nights
Hugh Rand
A Man's Man
John Gilbert (uncredited)
Fast Workers
Gunner Smith
Redemption
Fedya Protasoff
A Woman of Affairs
Neville Holderness
Truxton King
Truxton King
West of Broadway
Jerry
Cameo Kirby
Cameo Kirby
Honor First
Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois
The Cossacks
Lukashka
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self / Romeo
Heart o' the Hills
Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)
Love
Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky
He Who Gets Slapped
Bezano
The White Heather
Dick Beach
Shame
William Fielding / David Field
Four Walls
Benny
The Lone Chance
Jack Saunders
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Self (archive footage)
Hell's Hinges
Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
His Hour
Gritzko
The Phantom of Paris
Chéri-Bibi
The Captain Hates the Sea
Steve Bramley
We’re Switching to Hollywood
Self
The Masks of the Devil
Baron Reiner
The Snob
Eugene Curry
The Wife of the Centaur
Jeffrey Dwyer
1925 Studio Tour
Self
The Wolf Man
Gerald Stanley
The Aryan
(uncredited)
Deep Waters
Bill Lacey
Shackled
James Ashley
Way for a Sailor
Jack
Married Flirts
John Gilbert (uncredited)
Arabian Love
Norman Stone
Civilization
Extra (uncredited)
Matrimony
Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Coward
A Young Virginian (uncredited)
Wedlock
Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)
A Man's Mate
Paul
Man, Woman and Sin
Albert Whitcomb
Shell 43
English Spy
La Bohème
Rodolphe
Romance Ranch
Carlos Brent
His Glorious Night
Captain Kovacs
Should a Woman Tell?
The Villain
Gentleman's Fate
Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas
The White Circle
Frank Cassilis
The Red Viper
Dick Grant
Bullets and Brown Eyes
The Great Redeemer
(uncredited)
Twelve Miles Out
Jerry Fay
The Divine Garbo
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ladies Must Live
The Gardener
Love or Justice
Benny
The Dawn of Understanding
Ira Beasley
The Exiles
Henry Holcombe
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Self (archive footage)
Rediscovering John Gilbert
(archive footage)
Calvert's Valley
Page Emlyn
The Man Beneath
James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)
The Dark Road
Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)
The Devil Dodger
Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)
Aloha Oe
Sailor (uncredited)
The Eye of the Night
(uncredited)
The Love Gambler
Dick Manners
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Self (archive footage)
The Madness of Youth
A California Romance
Don Patricio Fernando
The Bait
Writing
The Busher
Jim Blair (as Jack Gilbert)
The Millionaire Vagrant
James Cricket
While Paris Sleeps
Dennis O'Keefe
For a Woman's Honor
Dick Rutherford
Doing Their Bit
The Weaker Sex
Widow by Proxy
Jack Pennington
The Hater of Men
Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)
Golden Rule Kate
The Heller
A Little Brother of the Rich
Carl Wilmerding
Princess of the Dark
'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)
The Yellow Stain
Donald Keith
More Trouble
Harvey Deering
Three X Gordon
Archie
Just Off Broadway
Stephen Moore
The Mother Instinct
Jean Coutierre
The Servant in the House
Percival