John Gilbert
Born
July 10, 1897
Died
January 9, 1936 (38 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Logan, Utah, USA
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
Rediscovering John Gilbert
(archive footage)
2010
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2007
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)
2003
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
Self (archive footage)
1999
The Divine Garbo
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Self (archive footage)
1986
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
1973
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
The Big Parade of Comedy
Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
1953
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
1944
The Captain Hates the Sea
Steve Bramley
1934
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Queen Christina
Antonio
1933
Fast Workers
Gunner Smith
1933
Downstairs
Karl Schneider
1932
West of Broadway
Jerry
1931
The Phantom of Paris
Chéri-Bibi
1931
We're switching to Hollywood
Self
1931
Gentleman's Fate
Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas
1931
Way for a Sailor
Jack
1930
Redemption
Fedya Protasoff
1930
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Self / Romeo
1929
His Glorious Night
Captain Kovacs
1929
A Man's Man
John Gilbert (uncredited)
1929
Desert Nights
Hugh Rand
1929
A Woman of Affairs
Neville Holderness
1928
Show People
Self (uncredited)
1928
The Masks of the Devil
Baron Reiner
1928
Four Walls
Benny
1928
The Cossacks
Lukashka
1928
Love
Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky
1927
Man, Woman and Sin
Albert Whitcomb
1927
Twelve Miles Out
Jerry Fay
1927
The Show
Cock Robin
1927
Flesh and the Devil
Leo von Harden
1926
Bardelys the Magnificent
Marquis Christian de Bardelys
1926
The Merry Widow
Prince Danilo Petrovich
1926
La Bohème
Rodolphe
1926
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
1925
The Big Parade
James 'Jim' Apperson
1925
1925 Studio Tour
Self
1925
He Who Gets Slapped
Bezano
1924
The Wife of the Centaur
Jeffrey Dwyer
1924
The Snob
Eugene Curry
1924
Married Flirts
John Gilbert (uncredited)
1924
His Hour
Gritzko
1924
A Man's Mate
Paul
1924
The Wolf Man
Gerald Stanley
1924
Cameo Kirby
Cameo Kirby
1923
The Exiles
Henry Holcombe
1923
St. Elmo
St. Elmo Thornton
1923
The Madness of Youth
1923
Truxton King
Truxton King
1923
While Paris Sleeps
Dennis O'Keefe
1923
The Love Gambler
Dick Manners
1922
Calvert's Valley
1922
Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
1922
Honor First
Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois
1922
Ladies Must Live
The Gardener
1921
Shame
William Fielding / David Field
1921
The Great Redeemer
(uncredited)
1920
The White Circle
Frank Cassilis
1920
Should a Woman Tell?
The Villain
1919
Heart o' the Hills
Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)
1919
A Little Brother of the Rich
Carl Wilmerding
1919
The Man Beneath
James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)
1919
The White Heather
Dick Beach
1919
The Busher
Jim Blair (as Jack Gilbert)
1919
The Dawn of Understanding
Ira Beasley
1918
Doing Their Bit
1918
Wedlock
Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)
1918
More Trouble
Harvey Deering
1918
Shackled
James Ashley
1918
The Devil Dodger
Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)
1917
Golden Rule Kate
The Heller
1917
The Hater of Men
Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)
1917
Love or Justice
Benny
1917
The Dark Road
Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)
1917
Princess of the Dark
'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)
1917
The Weaker Sex
1917
Shell 43
English Spy
1916
The Eye of the Night
(uncredited)
1916
Civilization
Extra (uncredited)
1916
The Aryan
(uncredited)
1916
Hell's Hinges
Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
1916
Matrimony
Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)
1915
The Coward
A Young Virginian (uncredited)
1915