John Gilbert
Known for Acting · 108 credits
- Born
- 1897-07-10
- Died
- 1936-01-09
- Place of birth
- Logan, Utah, USA
- Also known as
- John Cecil Pringle · Jack 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
MGM Parade
1955
as Self / self
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Monte Cristo
1922
as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
Show People
1928
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
1926
as Prince Danilo Petrovich
TV Shows (1)
Movies (107)
Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Monte Cristo
1922
as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
Show People
1928
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Merry Widow
1926
as Prince Danilo Petrovich
The Cossacks
1928
as Lukashka
La Bohème
1926
as Rodolphe
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self / Romeo
Civilization
1916
as Extra (uncredited)
1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self
Flesh and the Devil
1926
as Leo von Harden
Shackled
1918
as James Ashley
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)
Hell's Hinges
1916
as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
Queen Christina
1934
as Antonio
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade
1925
as James 'Jim' Apperson
Man, Woman and Sin
1927
as Albert Whitcomb
Downstairs
1932
as Karl Schneider
He Who Gets Slapped
1924
as Bezano
His Hour
1924
as Gritzko
West of Broadway
1931
as Jerry
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Honor First
1922
as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois
While Paris Sleeps
1923
as Dennis O'Keefe
Redemption
1930
as Fedya Protasoff
Wedlock
1918
as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)
The Coward
1915
as A Young Virginian (uncredited)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Love
1927
as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky
Cameo Kirby
1923
as Cameo Kirby
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934
as Steve Bramley
Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
as Marquis Christian de Bardelys
The Love Gambler
1922
as Dick Manners
The Show
1927
as Cock Robin
Four Walls
1928
as Benny
The Aryan
1916
as (uncredited)
Fast Workers
1933
as Gunner Smith
Twelve Miles Out
1927
as Jerry Fay
Shame
1921
as William Fielding / David Field
A Little Brother of the Rich
1919
as Carl Wilmerding
The Lone Chance
1924
as Jack Saunders
Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)
Matrimony
1915
as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)
A Man's Man
1929
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
His Glorious Night
1929
as Captain Kovacs
Way for a Sailor
1930
as Jack
The Eye of the Night
1916
as (uncredited)
The Man Beneath
1919
as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986
as Self (archive footage)
Desert Nights
1929
as Hugh Rand
Romance Ranch
1924
as Carlos Brent
The Hater of Men
1917
as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)
Heart o' the Hills
1919
as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)
St. Elmo
1923
as St. Elmo Thornton
A Woman of Affairs
1928
as Neville Holderness
The Millionaire Vagrant
1917
as James Cricket
The Red Viper
1919
as Dick Grant
Gentleman's Fate
1931
as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas
More Trouble
1918
as Harvey Deering
The Exiles
1923
as Henry Holcombe
The Divine Garbo
1990
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ladies Must Live
1921
as The Gardener
The Dawn of Understanding
1918
as Ira Beasley
The Masks of the Devil
1928
as Baron Reiner
Just Off Broadway
1924
as Stephen Moore
The Mother Instinct
1917
as Jean Coutierre
The Wolf Man
1924
as Gerald Stanley
Calvert's Valley
1922
as Page Emlyn
The White Circle
1920
as Frank Cassilis
Three X Gordon
1918
as Archie
Arabian Love
1922
as Norman Stone
Doing Their Bit
1918
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self
The Weaker Sex
1917
The Snob
1924
as Eugene Curry
Deep Waters
1920
as Bill Lacey
The Phantom of Paris
1931
as Chéri-Bibi
Aloha Oe
1915
as Sailor (uncredited)
Love or Justice
1917
as Benny
Should a Woman Tell?
1919
as The Villain
The Madness of Youth
1923
For a Woman's Honor
1919
as Dick Rutherford
Shell 43
1916
as English Spy
A Man's Mate
1924
as Paul
The Busher
1919
as Jim Blair (as Jack Gilbert)
The White Heather
1919
as Dick Beach
Widow by Proxy
1919
as Jack Pennington
A California Romance
1922
as Don Patricio Fernando
Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969
as Self (archive footage)
The Wife of the Centaur
1924
as Jeffrey Dwyer
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916
The Great Redeemer
1920
as (uncredited)
Golden Rule Kate
1917
as The Heller
Married Flirts
1924
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
The Yellow Stain
1922
as Donald Keith
Truxton King
1923
as Truxton King
Princess of the Dark
1917
as 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)
Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Dark Road
1917
as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)
The Devil Dodger
1917
as Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)
The Servant in the House
1921
as Percival
Rediscovering John Gilbert
2010
as (archive footage)
About 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. With 108 credits spanning from 1915 to 2014, John Gilbert has appeared in 107 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular John Gilbert Movies
- Complicated Women (2003) — as Self (archive footage)
- Monte Cristo (1922) — as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
- Show People (1928) — as John Gilbert (uncredited)
- Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) — as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
- The Merry Widow (1926) — as Prince Danilo Petrovich
Where to Watch John Gilbert Films
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