John Gilbert

Personal Info

Birthday

July 10, 1897

Day of Death

1936-01-09

(38 years old)

Place of Birth

Logan, Utah, USA

Also Known As

John Cecil Pringle

Jack Gilbert

John Gilbert

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.

Known For

Flesh and the Devil

The Captain Hates the Sea

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Love

Queen Christina

The Big Parade

He Who Gets Slapped

A Woman of Affairs

Filmography

2010
Rediscovering John Gilbert
as (archive footage)
2007
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Complicated Women
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl
as Self (archive footage)
1990
The Divine Garbo
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1986
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
as Self (archive footage)
1973
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
1953
Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)
1944
Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
1934
The Captain Hates the Sea
as Steve Bramley
1933
Queen Christina
as Antonio
Fast Workers
as Gunner Smith
1932
Downstairs
as Karl Schneider
1931
West of Broadway
as Jerry
The Phantom of Paris
as Chéri-Bibi
We're switching to Hollywood
as Self
Gentleman's Fate
as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas
1930
Way for a Sailor
as Jack
Redemption
as Fedya Protasoff
1929
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self / Romeo
His Glorious Night
as Captain Kovacs
A Man's Man
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
Desert Nights
as Hugh Rand
1928
A Woman of Affairs
as Neville Holderness
Show People
as Self (uncredited)
The Masks of the Devil
as Baron Reiner
Four Walls
as Benny
The Cossacks
as Lukashka
1927
Love
as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky
Man, Woman and Sin
as Albert Whitcomb
Twelve Miles Out
as Jerry Fay
The Show
as Cock Robin
1926
Flesh and the Devil
as Leo von Harden
Bardelys the Magnificent
as Marquis Christian de Bardelys
The Merry Widow
as Prince Danilo Petrovich
La Bohème
as Rodolphe
1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Big Parade
as James 'Jim' Apperson
1925 Studio Tour
as Self
1924
He Who Gets Slapped
as Bezano
The Wife of the Centaur
as Jeffrey Dwyer
The Snob
as Eugene Curry
Married Flirts
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
His Hour
as Gritzko
A Man's Mate
as Paul
The Wolf Man
as Gerald Stanley
1923
Cameo Kirby
as Cameo Kirby
The Exiles
as Henry Holcombe
St. Elmo
as St. Elmo Thornton
Truxton King
as Truxton King
While Paris Sleeps
as Dennis O'Keefe
1922
The Love Gambler
as Dick Manners
Calvert's Valley
as Page Emlyn
Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
Honor First
as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois
1921
Ladies Must Live
as The Gardener
Shame
as William Fielding / David Field
1920
The Great Redeemer
as (uncredited)
The White Circle
as Frank Cassilis
1919
Should a Woman Tell?
as The Villain
Heart o' the Hills
as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)
Widow by Proxy
as Jack Pennington
The Red Viper
as Dick Grant
A Little Brother of the Rich
as Carl Wilmerding
The Man Beneath
as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)
The White Heather
as Dick Beach
The Busher
as Jim Blair (as Jack Gilbert)
1918
The Dawn of Understanding
as Ira Beasley
Wedlock
as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)
More Trouble
as Harvey Deering
Shackled
as James Ashley
1917
The Devil Dodger
as Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)
Golden Rule Kate
as The Heller
The Hater of Men
as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)
Love or Justice
as Benny
The Dark Road
as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)
Princess of the Dark
as 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)
1916
Shell 43
as English Spy
The Eye of the Night
as (uncredited)
Civilization
as Extra (uncredited)
The Aryan
as (uncredited)
Hell's Hinges
as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
1915
Matrimony
as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Coward
as A Young Virginian (uncredited)