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John Gilbert

John Gilbert

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.

Born

Jul 10, 1897

Logan, Utah, USA

Died

Jan 09, 1936

Known For

Acting

Movies

107 acting

6 crew

Popularity

0.3

movie

Known For

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Queen Christina

Queen Christina

1934

as Antonio
The Big Parade

The Big Parade

1925

as James 'Jim' Apperson
He Who Gets Slapped

He Who Gets Slapped

1924

as Bezano
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 • as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
★ 7.3
Queen Christina
Queen Christina
1934 • as Antonio
★ 6.9
Show People
Show People
1928 • as John Gilbert (uncredited)
★ 7.1
Flesh and the Devil
Flesh and the Devil
1926 • as Leo von Harden
★ 7.2
The Big Parade
The Big Parade
1925 • as James 'Jim' Apperson
★ 7.6
He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped
1924 • as Bezano
★ 7.5
Love
Love
1927 • as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky
★ 5.6
Way for a Sailor
Way for a Sailor
1930 • as Jack
★ 4.4
Complicated Women
Complicated Women
2003 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.7
The Show
The Show
1927 • as Cock Robin
★ 6.0
Redemption
Redemption
1930 • as Fedya Protasoff
★ 4.5
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 4.3
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964 • as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 6.6
Married Flirts
Married Flirts
1924 • as John Gilbert (uncredited)
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 4.0
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After
1944 • as (archive footage)
★ 6.0
Desert Nights
Desert Nights
1929 • as Hugh Rand
★ 5.2
Cameo Kirby
Cameo Kirby
1923 • as Cameo Kirby
★ 5.8
Monte Cristo
Monte Cristo
1922 • as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
★ 6.2
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 • as Self / Romeo
★ 5.8
Downstairs
Downstairs
1932 • as Karl Schneider
★ 6.5
La Bohème
La Bohème
1926 • as Rodolphe
★ 6.3
His Hour
His Hour
1924 • as Gritzko
The Cossacks
The Cossacks
1928 • as Lukashka
★ 7.0
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
★ 6.0
Heart o' the Hills
Heart o' the Hills
1919 • as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)
★ 6.0
The Man Beneath
The Man Beneath
1919 • as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)
★ 6.0
St. Elmo
St. Elmo
1923 • as St. Elmo Thornton
We’re Switching to Hollywood
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931 • as Self
★ 4.8
Shame
Shame
1921 • as William Fielding / David Field
Matrimony
Matrimony
1915 • as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
1925 Studio Tour
1925 Studio Tour
1925 • as Self
★ 6.1
The Coward
The Coward
1915 • as A Young Virginian (uncredited)
★ 5.8
The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow
1926 • as Prince Danilo Petrovich
★ 6.7
The Busher
The Busher
1919 • as Jim Blair (as Jack Gilbert)
★ 5.1
Civilization
Civilization
1916 • as Extra (uncredited)
★ 5.2
The Masks of the Devil
The Masks of the Devil
1928 • as Baron Reiner
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and Today
1953 • as (archive footage)
The Aryan
The Aryan
1916 • as (uncredited)
★ 5.5
West of Broadway
West of Broadway
1931 • as Jerry
★ 6.3
The Wolf Man
The Wolf Man
1924 • as Gerald Stanley
★ 6.5
Wedlock
Wedlock
1918 • as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)
A Woman of Affairs
A Woman of Affairs
1928 • as Neville Holderness
★ 6.4
Shell 43
Shell 43
1916 • as English Spy
The Phantom of Paris
The Phantom of Paris
1931 • as Chéri-Bibi
★ 5.9
Bardelys the Magnificent
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926 • as Marquis Christian de Bardelys
★ 7.4
Hell's Hinges
Hell's Hinges
1916 • as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
★ 6.1
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.7
Honor First
Honor First
1922 • as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
Fast Workers
Fast Workers
1933 • as Gunner Smith
★ 4.7
The Weaker Sex
The Weaker Sex
1917
While Paris Sleeps
While Paris Sleeps
1923 • as Dennis O'Keefe
Shackled
Shackled
1918 • as James Ashley
The Captain Hates the Sea
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934 • as Steve Bramley
★ 6.0
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
The White Heather
The White Heather
1919 • as Dick Beach
Gentleman's Fate
Gentleman's Fate
1931 • as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas
★ 6.0
Twelve Miles Out
Twelve Miles Out
1927 • as Jerry Fay
★ 6.0
A Man's Man
A Man's Man
1929 • as John Gilbert (uncredited)
More Trouble
More Trouble
1918 • as Harvey Deering
Ladies Must Live
Ladies Must Live
1921 • as The Gardener
The Exiles
The Exiles
1923 • as Henry Holcombe
The Wife of the Centaur
The Wife of the Centaur
1924 • as Jeffrey Dwyer
★ 1.0
His Glorious Night
His Glorious Night
1929 • as Captain Kovacs
Man, Woman and Sin
Man, Woman and Sin
1927 • as Albert Whitcomb
★ 3.8
The Snob
The Snob
1924 • as Eugene Curry
movie
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916
Should a Woman Tell?
Should a Woman Tell?
1919 • as The Villain
★ 5.5
The Millionaire Vagrant
The Millionaire Vagrant
1917 • as James Cricket
Truxton King
Truxton King
1923 • as Truxton King
The Divine Garbo
The Divine Garbo
1990 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Four Walls
Four Walls
1928 • as Benny
★ 7.3
Love or Justice
Love or Justice
1917 • as Benny
★ 6.0
A Little Brother of the Rich
A Little Brother of the Rich
1919 • as Carl Wilmerding
The Great Redeemer
The Great Redeemer
1920 • as (uncredited)
A Man's Mate
A Man's Mate
1924 • as Paul
The Hater of Men
The Hater of Men
1917 • as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 3.0
The Devil Dodger
The Devil Dodger
1917 • as Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)
The White Circle
The White Circle
1920 • as Frank Cassilis
The Dawn of Understanding
The Dawn of Understanding
1918 • as Ira Beasley
The Eye of the Night
The Eye of the Night
1916 • as (uncredited)
Calvert's Valley
Calvert's Valley
1922 • as Page Emlyn
movie
Princess of the Dark
1917 • as 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)
Golden Rule Kate
Golden Rule Kate
1917 • as The Heller
Rediscovering John Gilbert
Rediscovering John Gilbert
2010 • as (archive footage)
Arabian Love
Arabian Love
1922 • as Norman Stone
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970 • as Self (archive footage)
The Madness of Youth
The Madness of Youth
1923
The Love Gambler
The Love Gambler
1922 • as Dick Manners
The Dark Road
The Dark Road
1917 • as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)
Widow by Proxy
Widow by Proxy
1919 • as Jack Pennington
The Yellow Stain
The Yellow Stain
1922 • as Donald Keith
movie
A California Romance
1922 • as Don Patricio Fernando
Doing Their Bit
Doing Their Bit
1918
movie
The Servant in the House
1921 • as Percival
Three X Gordon
Three X Gordon
1918 • as Archie
For a Woman's Honor
For a Woman's Honor
1919 • as Dick Rutherford
Romance Ranch
Romance Ranch
1924 • as Carlos Brent
The Red Viper
The Red Viper
1919 • as Dick Grant
The Lone Chance
The Lone Chance
1924 • as Jack Saunders
movie
The Mother Instinct
1917 • as Jean Coutierre
movie
Deep Waters
1920 • as Bill Lacey
movie
Just Off Broadway
1924 • as Stephen Moore
Aloha Oe
Aloha Oe
1915 • as Sailor (uncredited)