Known for
Acting
Credits
93
Gender
Man
Birthday
10 Jul 1897
Day of death
9 Jan 1936 (38)
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
Acting roles
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Rediscovering John Gilbert | (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Complicated Women | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Clara Bow: Discovering the It Girl | Self (archive footage) |
| 1991 | Montreal Stories | Mari de la vieille dame |
| 1990 | The Divine Garbo | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1986 | Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown | Self (archive footage) |
| 1973 | The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Hollywood: The Dream Factory | Self (archive footage) |
| 1965 | The Love Goddesses | (archive footage) |
| 1964 | The Big Parade of Comedy | Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1953 | Yesterday and Today | (archive footage) |
| 1944 | Twenty Years After | (archive footage) |
| 1934 | The Captain Hates the Sea | Steve Bramley |
| 1934 | Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 | |
| 1933 | Queen Christina | Antonio |
| 1933 | Fast Workers | Gunner Smith |
| 1932 | Downstairs | Karl Schneider |
| 1931 | The Phantom of Paris | Chéri-Bibi |
| 1931 | Gentleman's Fate | Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas |
| 1931 | We're switching to Hollywood | Self |
| 1931 | West of Broadway | Jerry Stevens |
| 1930 | Way for a Sailor | Jack |
| 1930 | Redemption | Fedya Protasoff |
| 1929 | The Hollywood Revue of 1929 | Self / Romeo |
| 1929 | Desert Nights | Hugh Rand |
| 1929 | A Man's Man | John Gilbert (uncredited) |
| 1929 | His Glorious Night | Captain Kovacs |
| 1928 | Show People | Self (uncredited) |
| 1928 | A Woman of Affairs | Neville Holderness |
| 1928 | The Cossacks | Lukashka |
| 1928 | Four Walls | Benny |
| 1928 | The Masks of the Devil | Baron Reiner |
| 1927 | Love | Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky |
| 1927 | The Show | Cock Robin |
| 1927 | Man, Woman and Sin | Albert Whitcomb |
| 1927 | Twelve Miles Out | Jerry Fay |
| 1926 | Flesh and the Devil | Leo von Harden |
| 1926 | The Merry Widow | Prince Danilo Petrovich |
| 1926 | La Bohème | Rodolphe |
| 1926 | Bardelys the Magnificent | Marquis Christian de Bardelys |
| 1925 | The Big Parade | James 'Jim' Apperson |
| 1925 | Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ | Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1925 | 1925 Studio Tour | Self |
| 1924 | He Who Gets Slapped | Bezano |
| 1924 | The Wolf Man | Gerald Stanley |
| 1924 | The Wife of the Centaur | Jeffrey Dwyer |
| 1924 | Married Flirts | John Gilbert (uncredited) |
| 1924 | The Snob | Eugene Curry |
| 1924 | His Hour | Gritzko |
| 1924 | A Man's Mate | Paul |
| 1923 | Cameo Kirby | Cameo Kirby |
| 1923 | While Paris Sleeps | Dennis O'Keefe |
| 1923 | The Exiles | Henry Holcombe |
| 1923 | The Madness of Youth | |
| 1923 | St. Elmo | St. Elmo Thornton |
| 1922 | Monte Cristo | Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo |
| 1922 | The Love Gambler | Dick Manners |
| 1922 | Calvert's Valley | |
| 1922 | Honor First | acques Dubois / Honoré Dubois |
| 1921 | Shame | William Fielding / David Field |
| 1921 | Ladies Must Live | The Gardener |
| 1920 | The Great Redeemer | (uncredited) |
| 1920 | The White Circle | Frank Cassilis |
| 1919 | The Busher | Jim Blair (as Jack Gilbert) |
| 1919 | Heart o' the Hills | Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert) |
| 1919 | The Man Beneath | James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert) |
| 1919 | Should a Woman Tell? | The Villain |
| 1919 | A Little Brother of the Rich | Carl Wilmerding |
| 1918 | More Trouble | Harvey Deering |
| 1918 | Shackled | James Ashley |
| 1918 | Doing Their Bit | |
| 1918 | Wedlock | Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert) |
| 1918 | The Dawn of Understanding | Ira Beasley |
| 1917 | Love or Justice | Benny |
| 1917 | The Weaker Sex | |
| 1917 | Golden Rule Kate | The Heller |
| 1917 | Princess of the Dark | 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert) |
| 1917 | The Dark Road | Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert) |
| 1917 | The Hater of Men | Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert) |
| 1917 | The Devil Dodger | Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert) |
| 1916 | Hell's Hinges | Rowdy Townsman (uncredited) |
| 1916 | Civilization | Extra (uncredited) |
| 1916 | The Aryan | (uncredited) |
| 1916 | The Eye of the Night | (uncredited) |
| 1916 | Shell 43 | English Spy |
| 1915 | The Coward | A Young Virginian (uncredited) |
| 1915 | Matrimony | Minor Secondary Role (uncredited) |
Credits
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Downstairs | Story |
| 1927 | Love | Co-Director |
| 1921 | The Bait | Scenario Writer |
| 1920 | The White Circle | Writer |
| 1920 | The Great Redeemer | Adaptation |