Acting
John Gilbert
Born 1897-07-10
Logan, Utah, USA
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring John Gilbert
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Queen Christina
1934
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The Big Parade
1925
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
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He Who Gets Slapped
1924
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MGM Parade
1955
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Flesh and the Devil
1926
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Show People
1928
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The Merry Widow
1926
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The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
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Love
1927
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (117 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2014 |
 | Rediscovering John Gilbert | (archive footage) | Movie | 2010 |
 | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2007 |
 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2003 |
 | Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1999 |
 | The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1995 |
 | The Divine Garbo | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 1990 |
 | Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1986 |
 | The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1973 |
 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1972 |
 | Brasileiros em Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1970 |
 | Garbo, by Joan Crawford | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 1969 |
 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited) | Movie | 1964 |
 | MGM Parade | Self | TV Series | 1955 |
| MGM Parade | self | TV Series | 1955 |
 | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) | Movie | 1953 |
 | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) | Movie | 1944 |
 | The Captain Hates the Sea | Steve Bramley | Movie | 1934 |
 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1934 |
 | Queen Christina | Antonio | Movie | 1934 |
 | Fast Workers | Gunner Smith | Movie | 1933 |
 | Downstairs | Karl Schneider | Movie | 1932 |
| Downstairs | Story | Movie | 1932 |
 | West of Broadway | Jerry | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Phantom of Paris | Chéri-Bibi | Movie | 1931 |
 | We’re Switching to Hollywood | Self | Movie | 1931 |
 | Gentleman's Fate | Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas | Movie | 1931 |
 | Way for a Sailor | Jack | Movie | 1930 |
 | Redemption | Fedya Protasoff | Movie | 1930 |
 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self / Romeo | Movie | 1929 |
 | His Glorious Night | Captain Kovacs | Movie | 1929 |
 | A Man's Man | John Gilbert (uncredited) | Movie | 1929 |
 | Desert Nights | Hugh Rand | Movie | 1929 |
 | A Woman of Affairs | Neville Holderness | Movie | 1928 |
 | Show People | John Gilbert (uncredited) | Movie | 1928 |
 | The Masks of the Devil | Baron Reiner | Movie | 1928 |
 | Four Walls | Benny | Movie | 1928 |
 | The Cossacks | Lukashka | Movie | 1928 |
 | Love | Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky | Movie | 1927 |
| Love | Co-Director | Movie | 1927 |
 | Man, Woman and Sin | Albert Whitcomb | Movie | 1927 |
 | Twelve Miles Out | Jerry Fay | Movie | 1927 |
 | The Show | Cock Robin | Movie | 1927 |
 | Flesh and the Devil | Leo von Harden | Movie | 1926 |
 | Bardelys the Magnificent | Marquis Christian de Bardelys | Movie | 1926 |
 | The Merry Widow | Prince Danilo Petrovich | Movie | 1926 |
| Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1926 | |
 | La Bohème | Rodolphe | Movie | 1926 |
 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) | Movie | 1925 |
 | The Big Parade | James 'Jim' Apperson | Movie | 1925 |
 | 1925 Studio Tour | Self | Movie | 1925 |
 | He Who Gets Slapped | Bezano | Movie | 1924 |
 | The Wife of the Centaur | Jeffrey Dwyer | Movie | 1924 |
 | The Snob | Eugene Curry | Movie | 1924 |
 | Married Flirts | John Gilbert (uncredited) | Movie | 1924 |
 | His Hour | Gritzko | Movie | 1924 |
 | Romance Ranch | Carlos Brent | Movie | 1924 |
 | The Lone Chance | Jack Saunders | Movie | 1924 |
 | A Man's Mate | Paul | Movie | 1924 |
 | The Wolf Man | Gerald Stanley | Movie | 1924 |
| Just Off Broadway | Stephen Moore | Movie | 1924 | |
 | Cameo Kirby | Cameo Kirby | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Exiles | Henry Holcombe | Movie | 1923 |
 | St. Elmo | St. Elmo Thornton | Movie | 1923 |
 | The Madness of Youth | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1923 |
 | Truxton King | Truxton King | Movie | 1923 |
 | While Paris Sleeps | Dennis O'Keefe | Movie | 1923 |
| A California Romance | Don Patricio Fernando | Movie | 1922 | |
 | The Love Gambler | Dick Manners | Movie | 1922 |
 | Calvert's Valley | Page Emlyn | Movie | 1922 |
 | Monte Cristo | Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo | Movie | 1922 |
 | Honor First | Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois | Movie | 1922 |
 | The Yellow Stain | Donald Keith | Movie | 1922 |
 | Arabian Love | Norman Stone | Movie | 1922 |
 | Ladies Must Live | The Gardener | Movie | 1921 |
 | Shame | William Fielding / David Field | Movie | 1921 |
| The Servant in the House | Percival | Movie | 1921 | |
 | The Bait | Scenario Writer | Movie | 1921 |
 | The Great Redeemer | (uncredited) | Movie | 1920 |
| The Great Redeemer | Adaptation | Movie | 1920 |
| Deep Waters | Bill Lacey | Movie | 1920 | |
| Deep Waters | Writer | Movie | 1920 | |
 | The White Circle | Frank Cassilis | Movie | 1920 |
| The White Circle | Writer | Movie | 1920 |
 | Should a Woman Tell? | The Villain | Movie | 1919 |
 | Heart o' the Hills | Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert) | Movie | 1919 |
 | Widow by Proxy | Jack Pennington | Movie | 1919 |
 | For a Woman's Honor | Dick Rutherford | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Red Viper | Dick Grant | Movie | 1919 |
 | A Little Brother of the Rich | Carl Wilmerding | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Man Beneath | James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert) | Movie | 1919 |
 | The White Heather | Dick Beach | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Busher | Jim Blair | Movie | 1919 |
 | The Dawn of Understanding | Ira Beasley | Movie | 1918 |
 | Three X Gordon | Archie | Movie | 1918 |
 | Doing Their Bit | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1918 |
 | Wedlock | Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert) | Movie | 1918 |
 | More Trouble | Harvey Deering | Movie | 1918 |
 | Shackled | James Ashley | Movie | 1918 |
 | The Devil Dodger | Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert) | Movie | 1917 |
 | Golden Rule Kate | The Heller | Movie | 1917 |
| The Mother Instinct | Jean Coutierre | Movie | 1917 | |
 | The Hater of Men | Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert) | Movie | 1917 |
 | Love or Justice | Benny | Movie | 1917 |
 | The Millionaire Vagrant | James Cricket | Movie | 1917 |
 | The Dark Road | Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert) | Movie | 1917 |
| Princess of the Dark | 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert) | Movie | 1917 | |
 | The Weaker Sex | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1917 |
 | Shell 43 | English Spy | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Eye of the Night | (uncredited) | Movie | 1916 |
 | Civilization | Extra (uncredited) | Movie | 1916 |
 | The Aryan | (uncredited) | Movie | 1916 |
| Bullets and Brown Eyes | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1916 | |
 | Hell's Hinges | Rowdy Townsman (uncredited) | Movie | 1916 |
 | Matrimony | Minor Secondary Role (uncredited) | Movie | 1915 |
 | The Coward | A Young Virginian (uncredited) | Movie | 1915 |
 | Aloha Oe | Sailor (uncredited) | Movie | 1915 |