Filmography
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Known For
Love Vronsky (1927) -
Downstairs Karl Schneider (1932) -
Flesh and the Devil Leo von Harden (1926) -
Known For
The Big Parade James Apperson (1925) -
Actor
The Captain Hates the Sea Steve Bramley (1934) -
Queen Christina Antonio (1933) -
Fast Workers Gunner Smith (1933) -
Downstairs Karl Schneider (1932)
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West of Broadway Jerry Stevens (1931) -
The Phantom of Paris Chéri-Bibi (1931) -
Gentleman's Fate Giacomo Tomasulo aka Jack Thomas (1931) -
Way for a Sailor Jack (1930) -
Redemption Fedya Protasoff (1930) -
His Glorious Night Captain Kovacs (1929) -
![A Man's Man]( "A Man's Man")
A Man's Man John Gilbert (1929) -
![Desert Nights]( "Desert Nights")
Desert Nights Hugh Rand (1929) -
![A Woman of Affairs]( "A Woman of Affairs")
A Woman of Affairs Neville Holderness (1928) -
![The Masks of the Devil]( "The Masks of the Devil")
The Masks of the Devil Baron Erwin Reiner (1928) -
![Show People]( "Show People")
Show People John Gilbert (1928) -
![Four Walls]( "Four Walls")
Four Walls Benny (1928) -
![The Cossacks]( "The Cossacks")
The Cossacks Lukashka (1928) -
![Love]( "Love")
Love Vronsky (1927) -
![Man, Woman and Sin]( "Man, Woman and Sin")
Man, Woman and Sin Albert Whitcomb (1927) -
![Twelve Miles Out]( "Twelve Miles Out")
Twelve Miles Out Jerry Fay (1927) -
![The Show]( "The Show")
The Show Cock Robin (1927) -
![Flesh and the Devil]( "Flesh and the Devil")
Flesh and the Devil Leo von Harden (1926) -
![Bardelys the Magnificent]( "Bardelys the Magnificent")
Bardelys the Magnificent Marquis Christian de Bardelys (1926) -
![La Bohème]( "La Bohème")
La Bohème Rodolphe (1926) -
![Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ]( "Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ")
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Chariot Race Spectator (1925) -
![The Big Parade]( "The Big Parade")
The Big Parade James Apperson (1925) -
![The Merry Widow]( "The Merry Widow")
The Merry Widow Prince Danilo Petrovich (1925) -
![The Wife of the Centaur]( "The Wife of the Centaur")
The Wife of the Centaur Jeffrey Dwyer (1924) -
![The Snob]( "The Snob")
The Snob Eugene Curry (1924) -
![He Who Gets Slapped]( "He Who Gets Slapped")
He Who Gets Slapped Bezano (1924) -
![Married Flirts]( "Married Flirts")
Married Flirts John Gilbert (1924) -
![His Hour]( "His Hour")
His Hour Gritzko (1924) -
Romance Ranch Carlos Brent (1924)
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![The Lone Chance]( "The Lone Chance")
The Lone Chance Jack Saunders (1924) -
![A Man's Mate]( "A Man's Mate")
A Man's Mate Paul (1924) -
Just Off Broadway Stephen Moore (1924)
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![The Wolf Man]( "The Wolf Man")
The Wolf Man Gerald Stanley (1923) -
![Cameo Kirby]( "Cameo Kirby")
Cameo Kirby Cameo Kirby (1923) -
![The Exiles]( "The Exiles")
The Exiles Henry Holcombe (1923) -
![St. Elmo]( "St. Elmo")
St. Elmo St. Elmo Thornton (1923) -
![Madness of Youth]( "Madness of Youth")
Madness of Youth Jaca Javalie (1923) -
![Truxton King]( "Truxton King")
Truxton King Truxton King (1923) -
![While Paris Sleeps]( "While Paris Sleeps")
While Paris Sleeps Dennis O'Keefe (1923) -
![A California Romance]( "A California Romance")
A California Romance Don Patricio Fernando (1922) -
![The Love Gambler]( "The Love Gambler")
The Love Gambler Dick Manners (1922) -
![Calvert's Valley]( "Calvert's Valley")
Calvert's Valley Page Emlyn (1922) -
![Monte Cristo]( "Monte Cristo")
Monte Cristo Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo (1922) -
![Honor First]( "Honor First")
Honor First Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois (1922) -
![The Yellow Stain]( "The Yellow Stain")
The Yellow Stain Donald Keith (1922) -
![Arabian Love]( "Arabian Love")
Arabian Love Norman Stone (1922) -
![Gleam O'Dawn]( "Gleam O'Dawn")
Gleam O'Dawn Gleam O'Dawn (1922) -
![Ladies Must Live]( "Ladies Must Live")
Ladies Must Live The Gardener (1921) -
![Shame]( "Shame")
Shame William Fielding / David Field (1921) -
![The Servant in the House]( "The Servant in the House")
The Servant in the House Percival (1921) -
![Deep Waters]( "Deep Waters")
Deep Waters Bill Lacey (1920) -
![The White Circle]( "The White Circle")
The White Circle Frank Cassilis (1920) -
![The Great Redeemer]( "The Great Redeemer")
The Great Redeemer Undetermined Role (1920) -
![Should a Woman Tell?]( "Should a Woman Tell?")
Should a Woman Tell? The Villain (1919) -
![Heart o' the Hills]( "Heart o' the Hills")
Heart o' the Hills Gray Pendleton (1919) -
![Widow by Proxy]( "Widow by Proxy")
Widow by Proxy Jack Pennington (1919) -
![For a Woman's Honor]( "For a Woman's Honor")
For a Woman's Honor Dick Rutherford (1919) -
![The Red Viper]( "The Red Viper")
The Red Viper Dick Grant (1919) -
![A Little Brother of the Rich]( "A Little Brother of the Rich")
A Little Brother of the Rich Carl Wilmerding (1919) -
![The Man Beneath]( "The Man Beneath")
The Man Beneath James Bassett (1919) -
![The Busher]( "The Busher")
The Busher Jim Blair (1919) -
![The White Heather]( "The White Heather")
The White Heather Dick Beach (1919) -
![The Dawn of Understanding]( "The Dawn of Understanding")
The Dawn of Understanding Ira Beasley (1918) -
![Three X Gordon]( "Three X Gordon")
Three X Gordon Archie (1918) -
The Mask Billy Taylor (1918)
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![Doing Their Bit]( "Doing Their Bit")
Doing Their Bit (1918) -
![Wedlock]( "Wedlock")
Wedlock Granger Hollister (1918) -
![More Trouble]( "More Trouble")
More Trouble Harvey Deering (1918) -
![One Dollar Bid]( "One Dollar Bid")
One Dollar Bid (1918) -
![Shackled]( "Shackled")
Shackled James Ashley (1918) -
![Nancy Comes Home]( "Nancy Comes Home")
Nancy Comes Home Phil Ballou (1918) -
![Up or Down?]( "Up or Down?")
Up or Down? Allan Corey (1917) -
![The Devil Dodger]( "The Devil Dodger")
The Devil Dodger Roger Ingraham (1917) -
![Golden Rule Kate]( "Golden Rule Kate")
Golden Rule Kate The Heller (1917) -
![The Mother Instinct]( "The Mother Instinct")
The Mother Instinct Jean Coutierre (1917) -
![The Hater of Men]( "The Hater of Men")
The Hater of Men Billy Williams (1917) -
![Love or Justice]( "Love or Justice")
Love or Justice Benny (1917) -
The Millionaire Vagrant James Cricket (1917)
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![Happiness]( "Happiness")
Happiness Richard Forrester (1917) -
![The Dark Road]( "The Dark Road")
The Dark Road Cedric Constable (1917) -
![Princess of the Dark]( "Princess of the Dark")
Princess of the Dark 'Crip' Halloran (1917) -
![The Bride of Hate]( "The Bride of Hate")
The Bride of Hate Dr. Duprez's Son (1917) -
![The Weaker Sex]( "The Weaker Sex")
The Weaker Sex (1917) -
The Sin Ye Do Jimmy (1916)
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![Shell 43]( "Shell 43")
Shell 43 English Spy (1916) -
![Eye of the Night]( "Eye of the Night")
Eye of the Night (1916) -
![The Phantom]( "The Phantom")
The Phantom Bertie Bereton (1916) -
![The Apostle of Vengeance]( "The Apostle of Vengeance")
The Apostle of Vengeance Willie Hudson (1916) -
![The Aryan]( "The Aryan")
The Aryan Minor Role (1916) -
![Hell's Hinges]( "Hell's Hinges")
Hell's Hinges Rowdy Townsman (1916) -
The Last Act Extra (1916)
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![Bullets and Brown Eyes]( "Bullets and Brown Eyes")
Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916) -
![The Corner]( "The Corner")
The Corner Extra (1916) -
![Civilization]( "Civilization")
Civilization Extra (1915) -
![Aloha Oe]( "Aloha Oe")
Aloha Oe Sailor (1915) -
Matrimony Minor Secondary Role (1915)
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![The Coward]( "The Coward")
The Coward A Young Virginian (1915) -
ActorThe Mother Instinct Secondary Supporting Role (1915)
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Writer
![Downstairs]( "Downstairs")
Downstairs (1932) -
![Love's Penalty]( "Love's Penalty")
Love's Penalty (1921) -
![The Bait]( "The Bait")
The Bait (1921) -
![Deep Waters]( "Deep Waters")
Deep Waters (1920) -
![The White Circle]( "The White Circle")
The White Circle (1920) -
Writer
![The Great Redeemer]( "The Great Redeemer")
The Great Redeemer (1920) -
Director
![Love]( "Love")
Love (1927) -
Director
![Love's Penalty]( "Love's Penalty")
Love's Penalty (1921) -
Archive footage
![Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood]( "Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood")
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Rediscovering John Gilbert (2010)
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![The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk]( "The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk")
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![Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema]( "Why Be Good? Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema")
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![City Confidential]( "City Confidential")
City Confidential (2007) -
![Garbo]( "Garbo")
Garbo (2005) -
![The Dreamers]( "The Dreamers")
The Dreamers (2003) -
![Complicated Women]( "Complicated Women")
Complicated Women (2003) -
![Greta Garbo: A Lone Star]( "Greta Garbo: A Lone Star")
Greta Garbo: A Lone Star (2001) -
![Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies]( "Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies")
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![Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl]( "Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl")
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![Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream]( "Hollywoodism: Jews, Movies and the American Dream")
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![Great Romances of the 20th Century]( "Great Romances of the 20th Century")
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![The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies]( "The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies")
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![The 63rd Annual Academy Awards]( "The 63rd Annual Academy Awards")
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![The Divine Garbo]( "The Divine Garbo")
The Divine Garbo (1990) -
![Talking Pictures]( "Talking Pictures")
Talking Pictures (1988) -
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![Hollywood]( "Hollywood")
Hollywood (1980) -
![Hollywood: The Dream Factory]( "Hollywood: The Dream Factory")
Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) -
![The Love Goddesses]( "The Love Goddesses")
The Love Goddesses (1965) -
![The Big Parade of Comedy]( "The Big Parade of Comedy")
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) -
![Hollywood and the Stars]( "Hollywood and the Stars")
Hollywood and the Stars (1964) -
![Hollywood Without Make-Up]( "Hollywood Without Make-Up")
Hollywood Without Make-Up (1963) -
Hollywood: The Golden Years (1961)
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![MGM Parade]( "MGM Parade")
MGM Parade (1956) -
![The Ed Sullivan Show]( "The Ed Sullivan Show")
The Ed Sullivan Show (1954) -
![Yesterday and Today]( "Yesterday and Today")
Yesterday and Today (1953) -
![The Ford 50th Anniversary Show]( "The Ford 50th Anniversary Show")
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![Strictly Dishonorable]( "Strictly Dishonorable")
Strictly Dishonorable (1951) -
Gaslight Follies (1945)
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![Some of the Best]( "Some of the Best")
Some of the Best (1944) -
Archive footage
![Twenty Years After]( "Twenty Years After")
Twenty Years After (1944) -
The Movies March On (1939)
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Editor
![Love's Penalty]( "Love's Penalty")
Love's Penalty (1921)
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Trivia
Gilbert famously did not get along with Louis B. Mayer, the two men often engaged in loud arguments. There are rumors that Mayer himself, and/or his chief sound engineer, manipulated the knobs of Gilbert's first talking films so that a perfectly ...
Nickname
Jack
Star Sign
Cancer
Personal Details
Born
John Cecil Pringle
Logan, Utah, USA
Died
(age 38)
Los Angeles, California, USA
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