John Gilbert
Acting · Writing
Born July 10, 1897, 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.
Filmography
- 1964The Big Parade of Comedy — Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1953Yesterday and Today — (archive footage)
- 1944Twenty Years After — (archive footage)
- 1934Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
- 1934Queen Christina — Antonio
- 1934The Captain Hates the Sea — Steve Bramley
- 1933Fast Workers — Gunner Smith
- 1932Downstairs — Karl Schneider, Story
- 1931Gentleman's Fate — Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas
- 1931The Phantom of Paris — Chéri-Bibi
- 1931West of Broadway — Jerry
- 1930Redemption — Fedya Protasoff
- 1930Way for a Sailor — Jack
- 1929A Man's Man — John Gilbert (uncredited)
- 1929Desert Nights — Hugh Rand
- 1929His Glorious Night — Captain Kovacs
- 1928A Woman of Affairs — Neville Holderness
- 1928Four Walls — Benny
- 1928Show People — John Gilbert (uncredited)
- 1928The Cossacks — Lukashka
- 1928The Masks of the Devil — Baron Reiner
- 1927Love — Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky, Co-Director
- 1927Man, Woman and Sin — Albert Whitcomb
- 1927The Show — Cock Robin
- 1927Twelve Miles Out — Jerry Fay
- 1926Bardelys the Magnificent — Marquis Christian de Bardelys
- 1926Flesh and the Devil — Leo von Harden
- 1926La Bohème — Rodolphe
- 1926Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood
- 1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ — Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- 1925The Big Parade — James 'Jim' Apperson
- 1925The Merry Widow — Prince Danilo Petrovich
- 1924A Man's Mate — Paul
- 1924He Who Gets Slapped — Bezano
- 1924His Hour — Gritzko
- 1924Just Off Broadway — Stephen Moore
- 1924Married Flirts — John Gilbert (uncredited)
- 1924Romance Ranch — Carlos Brent
- 1924The Lone Chance — Jack Saunders
- 1924The Snob — Eugene Curry
- 1924The Wife of the Centaur — Jeffrey Dwyer
- 1924The Wolf Man — Gerald Stanley
- 1923Cameo Kirby — Cameo Kirby
- 1923St. Elmo — St. Elmo Thornton
- 1923The Exiles — Henry Holcombe
- 1923The Madness of Youth
- 1923Truxton King — Truxton King
- 1923While Paris Sleeps — Dennis O'Keefe
- 1922A California Romance — Don Patricio Fernando
- 1922Arabian Love — Norman Stone
- 1922Calvert's Valley — Page Emlyn
- 1922Honor First — Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois
- 1922Monte Cristo — Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
- 1922The Love Gambler — Dick Manners
- 1922The Yellow Stain — Donald Keith
- 1921Ladies Must Live — The Gardener
- 1921Shame — William Fielding / David Field
- 1921The Bait — Scenario Writer
- 1921The Servant in the House — Percival
- 1920Deep Waters — Bill Lacey, Writer
- 1920The Great Redeemer — (uncredited), Adaptation
- 1920The White Circle — Frank Cassilis, Writer
- 1919A Little Brother of the Rich — Carl Wilmerding
- 1919For a Woman's Honor — Dick Rutherford
- 1919Heart o' the Hills — Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)
- 1919Should a Woman Tell? — The Villain
- 1919The Busher — Jim Blair
- 1919The Man Beneath — James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)
- 1919The Red Viper — Dick Grant
- 1919The White Heather — Dick Beach
- 1919Widow by Proxy — Jack Pennington
- 1918Doing Their Bit
- 1918More Trouble — Harvey Deering
- 1918Shackled — James Ashley
- 1918The Dawn of Understanding — Ira Beasley
- 1918Three X Gordon — Archie
- 1918Wedlock — Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)
- 1917Golden Rule Kate — The Heller
- 1917Love or Justice — Benny
- 1917Princess of the Dark — 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)
- 1917The Dark Road — Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)
- 1917The Devil Dodger — Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)
- 1917The Hater of Men — Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)
- 1917The Millionaire Vagrant — James Cricket
- 1917The Mother Instinct — Jean Coutierre
- 1917The Weaker Sex
- 1916Bullets and Brown Eyes
- 1916Civilization — Extra (uncredited)
- 1916Hell's Hinges — Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
- 1916Shell 43 — English Spy
- 1916The Aryan — (uncredited)
- 1916The Eye of the Night — (uncredited)
- 1915Aloha Oe — Sailor (uncredited)
- 1915Matrimony — Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)
- 1915The Coward — A Young Virginian (uncredited)
Appearances as themselves (16)
- 2014Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo — Self (archive footage)
- 2010Rediscovering John Gilbert — Self (archive footage)
- 2007Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema — Self (archive footage)
- 2003Complicated Women — Self (archive footage)
- 1999Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl — Self (archive footage)
- 1995The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies — Self (archive footage)
- 1990The Divine Garbo — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1986Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown — Self (archive footage)
- 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor — Self (archive footage)
- 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
- 1970Brasileiros em Hollywood — Self (archive footage)
- 1969Garbo, by Joan Crawford — Self (archive footage)
- MGM Parade — Self, self
- 1931We’re Switching to Hollywood — Self
- 1929The Hollywood Revue of 1929 — Self / Romeo
- 19251925 Studio Tour — Self