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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

109 acting

6 crew

Popularity

0.6

movie

Known For

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Big Parade

The Big Parade

1925

as James 'Jim' Apperson
Queen Christina

Queen Christina

1934

as Antonio
He Who Gets Slapped

He Who Gets Slapped

1924

as Bezano
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
★ 7.3
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
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925 • as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
★ 7.3
The Big Parade
The Big Parade
1925 • as James 'Jim' Apperson
★ 7.6
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
A Woman of Affairs
A Woman of Affairs
1928 • as Neville Holderness
★ 6.5
Queen Christina
Queen Christina
1934 • as Antonio
★ 6.9
Arabian Love
Arabian Love
1922 • as Norman Stone
★ 8.0
movie
Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
1926
St. Elmo
St. Elmo
1923 • as St. Elmo Thornton
★ 7.0
Wedlock
Wedlock
1918 • as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)
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)
★ 7.2
Romance Ranch
Romance Ranch
1924 • as Carlos Brent
★ 7.0
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.4
movie
Deep Waters
1920 • as Bill Lacey
★ 8.0
movie
Just Off Broadway
1924 • as Stephen Moore
★ 7.0
He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped
1924 • as Bezano
★ 7.5
Man, Woman and Sin
Man, Woman and Sin
1927 • as Albert Whitcomb
★ 4.4
The Captain Hates the Sea
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934 • as Steve Bramley
★ 6.4
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929 • as Self / Romeo
★ 5.7
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.2
Monte Cristo
Monte Cristo
1922 • as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
★ 6.5
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After
1944 • as (archive footage)
★ 8.0
The Exiles
The Exiles
1923 • as Henry Holcombe
★ 7.0
Brasileiros em Hollywood
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970 • as Self (archive footage)
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 3.0
Love
Love
1927 • as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky
★ 5.7
Complicated Women
Complicated Women
2003 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.9
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.5
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.0
A Man's Man
A Man's Man
1929 • as John Gilbert (uncredited)
★ 8.0
The Phantom of Paris
The Phantom of Paris
1931 • as Chéri-Bibi
★ 6.0
For a Woman's Honor
For a Woman's Honor
1919 • as Dick Rutherford
★ 10.0
The Wife of the Centaur
The Wife of the Centaur
1924 • as Jeffrey Dwyer
★ 3.3
A Man's Mate
A Man's Mate
1924 • as Paul
★ 8.0
Redemption
Redemption
1930 • as Fedya Protasoff
★ 5.7
The Cossacks
The Cossacks
1928 • as Lukashka
★ 7.4
The Devil Dodger
The Devil Dodger
1917 • as Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)
The Masks of the Devil
The Masks of the Devil
1928 • as Baron Reiner
★ 8.0
movie
A California Romance
1922 • as Don Patricio Fernando
★ 10.0
movie
The Servant in the House
1921 • as Percival
★ 9.0
Hell's Hinges
Hell's Hinges
1916 • as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
★ 6.1
The Lone Chance
The Lone Chance
1924 • as Jack Saunders
★ 9.0
The White Circle
The White Circle
1920 • as Frank Cassilis
★ 9.0
The Dawn of Understanding
The Dawn of Understanding
1918 • as Ira Beasley
The Yellow Stain
The Yellow Stain
1922 • as Donald Keith
★ 7.0
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and Today
1953 • as (archive footage)
★ 7.0
His Glorious Night
His Glorious Night
1929 • as Captain Kovacs
★ 7.0
The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow
1925 • as Prince Danilo Petrovich
★ 6.7
Way for a Sailor
Way for a Sailor
1930 • as Jack
★ 5.3
The Show
The Show
1927 • as Cock Robin
★ 6.1
West of Broadway
West of Broadway
1931 • as Jerry
★ 6.8
Twelve Miles Out
Twelve Miles Out
1927 • as Jerry Fay
★ 6.5
Rediscovering John Gilbert
Rediscovering John Gilbert
2010 • as Self (archive footage)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 8.0
Heart o' the Hills
Heart o' the Hills
1919 • as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)
★ 6.3
The Wolf Man
The Wolf Man
1924 • as Gerald Stanley
★ 7.0
Fast Workers
Fast Workers
1933 • as Gunner Smith
★ 5.0
Desert Nights
Desert Nights
1929 • as Hugh Rand
★ 5.4
Downstairs
Downstairs
1932 • as Karl Schneider
★ 6.6
The Busher
The Busher
1919 • as Jim Blair
★ 5.1
Calvert's Valley
Calvert's Valley
1922 • as Page Emlyn
★ 8.0
Three X Gordon
Three X Gordon
1918 • as Archie
movie
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916
Civilization
Civilization
1916 • as Extra (uncredited)
★ 5.2
Aloha Oe
Aloha Oe
1915 • as Sailor (uncredited)
The Madness of Youth
The Madness of Youth
1923
★ 8.0
Cameo Kirby
Cameo Kirby
1923 • as Cameo Kirby
★ 5.9
Matrimony
Matrimony
1915 • as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Eye of the Night
The Eye of the Night
1916 • as (uncredited)
movie
The Mother Instinct
1917 • as Jean Coutierre
The Snob
The Snob
1924 • as Eugene Curry
★ 7.0
Bardelys the Magnificent
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926 • as Marquis Christian de Bardelys
★ 7.4
The Hater of Men
The Hater of Men
1917 • as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)
A Little Brother of the Rich
A Little Brother of the Rich
1919 • as Carl Wilmerding
★ 7.0
La Bohème
La Bohème
1926 • as Rodolphe
★ 6.4
Gentleman's Fate
Gentleman's Fate
1931 • as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas
★ 6.1
We’re Switching to Hollywood
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931 • as Self
★ 5.2
His Hour
His Hour
1924 • as Gritzko
★ 7.0
Should a Woman Tell?
Should a Woman Tell?
1919 • as The Villain
★ 6.0
The Dark Road
The Dark Road
1917 • as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)
★ 10.0
1925 Studio Tour
1925 Studio Tour
1925 • as Self
★ 6.2
Widow by Proxy
Widow by Proxy
1919 • as Jack Pennington
★ 7.0
While Paris Sleeps
While Paris Sleeps
1923 • as Dennis O'Keefe
★ 10.0
Ladies Must Live
Ladies Must Live
1921 • as The Gardener
★ 9.0
The Coward
The Coward
1915 • as A Young Virginian (uncredited)
★ 5.8
The Weaker Sex
The Weaker Sex
1917
Married Flirts
Married Flirts
1924 • as John Gilbert (uncredited)
★ 9.0
Four Walls
Four Walls
1928 • as Benny
★ 7.2
Love or Justice
Love or Justice
1917 • as Benny
★ 7.5
Shackled
Shackled
1918 • as James Ashley
Doing Their Bit
Doing Their Bit
1918
The Divine Garbo
The Divine Garbo
1990 • as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Red Viper
The Red Viper
1919 • as Dick Grant
★ 9.0
Shame
Shame
1921 • as William Fielding / David Field
★ 10.0
The White Heather
The White Heather
1919 • as Dick Beach
★ 7.0
More Trouble
More Trouble
1918 • as Harvey Deering
Honor First
Honor First
1922 • as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois
★ 10.0
movie
Princess of the Dark
1917 • as 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)
The Aryan
The Aryan
1916 • as (uncredited)
★ 5.5
The Great Redeemer
The Great Redeemer
1920 • as (uncredited)
★ 10.0
Shell 43
Shell 43
1916 • as English Spy
The Man Beneath
The Man Beneath
1919 • as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)
★ 6.3
The Love Gambler
The Love Gambler
1922 • as Dick Manners
★ 7.0
The Millionaire Vagrant
The Millionaire Vagrant
1917 • as James Cricket
Truxton King
Truxton King
1923 • as Truxton King
★ 7.0
Golden Rule Kate
Golden Rule Kate
1917 • as The Heller