
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
TV Shows (1)
Movies (107)

Monte Cristo
1922
as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo

Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)

Show People
1928
as John Gilbert (uncredited)

The Cossacks
1928
as Lukashka

La Bohème
1926
as Rodolphe

The Merry Widow
1926
as Prince Danilo Petrovich

Shackled
1918
as James Ashley

Civilization
1916
as Extra (uncredited)

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self / Romeo

Hell's Hinges
1916
as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934

Love
1927
as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky

Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
1972
as Self (archive footage)

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Aryan
1916
as (uncredited)

His Hour
1924
as Gritzko

West of Broadway
1931
as Jerry

Queen Christina
1934
as Antonio

Flesh and the Devil
1926
as Leo von Harden

Wedlock
1918
as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)

Honor First
1922
as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois

The Big Parade
1925
as James 'Jim' Apperson

Redemption
1930
as Fedya Protasoff

The Coward
1915
as A Young Virginian (uncredited)

He Who Gets Slapped
1924
as Bezano

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self (archive footage)

Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007
as Self (archive footage)

Twelve Miles Out
1927
as Jerry Fay

Downstairs
1932
as Karl Schneider

Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
as Marquis Christian de Bardelys

The Captain Hates the Sea
1934
as Steve Bramley

Man, Woman and Sin
1927
as Albert Whitcomb

The Show
1927
as Cock Robin

Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)

Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl
1999
as Self (archive footage)

His Glorious Night
1929
as Captain Kovacs

1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self

Cameo Kirby
1923
as Cameo Kirby

A Woman of Affairs
1928
as Neville Holderness

Shame
1921
as William Fielding / David Field

While Paris Sleeps
1923
as Dennis O'Keefe

Gentleman's Fate
1931
as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas

The Busher
1919
as Jim Blair (as Jack Gilbert)

The Divine Garbo
1990
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Fast Workers
1933
as Gunner Smith

Desert Nights
1929
as Hugh Rand

A Little Brother of the Rich
1919
as Carl Wilmerding

The Hater of Men
1917
as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)

The Snob
1924
as Eugene Curry

A Man's Man
1929
as John Gilbert (uncredited)

Way for a Sailor
1930
as Jack

The Lone Chance
1924
as Jack Saunders

The Man Beneath
1919
as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)

Heart o' the Hills
1919
as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)

The White Circle
1920
as Frank Cassilis

Ladies Must Live
1921
as The Gardener

The Eye of the Night
1916
as (uncredited)

Romance Ranch
1924
as Carlos Brent

The Masks of the Devil
1928
as Baron Reiner

The Millionaire Vagrant
1917
as James Cricket

The Wolf Man
1924
as Gerald Stanley

Doing Their Bit
1918

The Dawn of Understanding
1918
as Ira Beasley
Deep Waters
1920
as Bill Lacey

The Phantom of Paris
1931
as Chéri-Bibi

St. Elmo
1923
as St. Elmo Thornton

Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown
1986
as Self (archive footage)

Matrimony
1915
as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)

The Love Gambler
1922
as Dick Manners

The Exiles
1923
as Henry Holcombe

We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self

Should a Woman Tell?
1919
as The Villain

Three X Gordon
1918
as Archie

Love or Justice
1917
as Benny

Garbo, by Joan Crawford
1969
as Self (archive footage)

For a Woman's Honor
1919
as Dick Rutherford

A Man's Mate
1924
as Paul

The Dark Road
1917
as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)

Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)

Shell 43
1916
as English Spy

Calvert's Valley
1922
as Page Emlyn

Aloha Oe
1915
as Sailor (uncredited)

The Madness of Youth
1923

The Yellow Stain
1922
as Donald Keith

The Red Viper
1919
as Dick Grant

More Trouble
1918
as Harvey Deering

Widow by Proxy
1919
as Jack Pennington

Four Walls
1928
as Benny

Golden Rule Kate
1917
as The Heller

The White Heather
1919
as Dick Beach
Just Off Broadway
1924
as Stephen Moore

The Wife of the Centaur
1924
as Jeffrey Dwyer

The Great Redeemer
1920
as (uncredited)

The Weaker Sex
1917
The Mother Instinct
1917
as Jean Coutierre
The Servant in the House
1921
as Percival

Truxton King
1923
as Truxton King
A California Romance
1922
as Don Patricio Fernando

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo
2014
as Self (archive footage)

Arabian Love
1922
as Norman Stone
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916

Married Flirts
1924
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
Princess of the Dark
1917
as 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)

The Devil Dodger
1917
as Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)

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
- Monte Cristo (1922) — as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
- Complicated Women (2003) — as Self (archive footage)
- Show People (1928) — as John Gilbert (uncredited)
- The Cossacks (1928) — as Lukashka
- La Bohème (1926) — as Rodolphe
Where to Watch John Gilbert Films
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