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

MGM Parade

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Flesh and the Devil

The Merry Widow

Queen Christina

The Big Parade

Show People

All Movies (107)

Stars of the Silver Screen - Greta Garbo2014 · as Self (archive footage)
Rediscovering John Gilbert2010 · as (archive footage)
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema2007 · as Self (archive footage)
Complicated Women2003 · as Self (archive footage)
Clara Bow: Discovering the "It" Girl1999 · as Self (archive footage)
The Divine Garbo1990 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Greta Garbo: The Temptress and the Clown1986 · as Self (archive footage)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor1973 · as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood: The Dream Factory1972 · as Self (archive footage)
Brasileiros em Hollywood1970 · as Self (archive footage)
Garbo, by Joan Crawford1969 · as Self (archive footage)
The Big Parade of Comedy1964 · as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)
Yesterday and Today1953 · as (archive footage)
Twenty Years After1944 · as (archive footage)
The Captain Hates the Sea1934 · as Steve Bramley
Hollywood on Parade No. B-11934
Queen Christina1934 · as Antonio
Fast Workers1933 · as Gunner Smith
Downstairs1932 · as Karl Schneider
West of Broadway1931 · as Jerry
The Phantom of Paris1931 · as Chéri-Bibi
We’re Switching to Hollywood1931 · as Self
Gentleman's Fate1931 · as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas
Way for a Sailor1930 · as Jack
Redemption1930 · as Fedya Protasoff
The Hollywood Revue of 19291929 · as Self / Romeo
His Glorious Night1929 · as Captain Kovacs
A Man's Man1929 · as John Gilbert (uncredited)
Desert Nights1929 · as Hugh Rand
A Woman of Affairs1928 · as Neville Holderness
Show People1928 · as John Gilbert (uncredited)
The Masks of the Devil1928 · as Baron Reiner
Four Walls1928 · as Benny
The Cossacks1928 · as Lukashka
Love1927 · as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky
Man, Woman and Sin1927 · as Albert Whitcomb
Twelve Miles Out1927 · as Jerry Fay
The Show1927 · as Cock Robin
Flesh and the Devil1926 · as Leo von Harden
Bardelys the Magnificent1926 · as Marquis Christian de Bardelys
The Merry Widow1926 · as Prince Danilo Petrovich
La Bohème1926 · as Rodolphe
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ1925 · as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Big Parade1925 · as James 'Jim' Apperson
1925 Studio Tour1925 · as Self
He Who Gets Slapped1924 · as Bezano
The Wife of the Centaur1924 · as Jeffrey Dwyer
The Snob1924 · as Eugene Curry
Married Flirts1924 · as John Gilbert (uncredited)
His Hour1924 · as Gritzko
Romance Ranch1924 · as Carlos Brent
The Lone Chance1924 · as Jack Saunders
A Man's Mate1924 · as Paul
The Wolf Man1924 · as Gerald Stanley
Just Off Broadway1924 · as Stephen Moore
Cameo Kirby1923 · as Cameo Kirby
The Exiles1923 · as Henry Holcombe
St. Elmo1923 · as St. Elmo Thornton
The Madness of Youth1923
Truxton King1923 · as Truxton King
While Paris Sleeps1923 · as Dennis O'Keefe
A California Romance1922 · as Don Patricio Fernando
The Love Gambler1922 · as Dick Manners
Calvert's Valley1922 · as Page Emlyn
Monte Cristo1922 · as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo
Honor First1922 · as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois
The Yellow Stain1922 · as Donald Keith
Arabian Love1922 · as Norman Stone
Ladies Must Live1921 · as The Gardener
Shame1921 · as William Fielding / David Field
The Servant in the House1921 · as Percival
The Great Redeemer1920 · as (uncredited)
Deep Waters1920 · as Bill Lacey
The White Circle1920 · as Frank Cassilis
Should a Woman Tell?1919 · as The Villain
Heart o' the Hills1919 · as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)
Widow by Proxy1919 · as Jack Pennington
For a Woman's Honor1919 · as Dick Rutherford
The Red Viper1919 · as Dick Grant
A Little Brother of the Rich1919 · as Carl Wilmerding
The Man Beneath1919 · as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)
The White Heather1919 · as Dick Beach
The Busher1919 · as Jim Blair
The Dawn of Understanding1918 · as Ira Beasley
Three X Gordon1918 · as Archie
Doing Their Bit1918
Wedlock1918 · as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)
More Trouble1918 · as Harvey Deering
Shackled1918 · as James Ashley
The Devil Dodger1917 · as Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)
Golden Rule Kate1917 · as The Heller
The Mother Instinct1917 · as Jean Coutierre
The Hater of Men1917 · as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)
Love or Justice1917 · as Benny
The Millionaire Vagrant1917 · as James Cricket
The Dark Road1917 · as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)
Princess of the Dark1917 · as 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)
The Weaker Sex1917
Shell 431916 · as English Spy
The Eye of the Night1916 · as (uncredited)
Civilization1916 · as Extra (uncredited)
The Aryan1916 · as (uncredited)
Bullets and Brown Eyes1916
Hell's Hinges1916 · as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)
Matrimony1915 · as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)
The Coward1915 · as A Young Virginian (uncredited)
Aloha Oe1915 · as Sailor (uncredited)

All TV Shows (2)

MGM Parade1955 · as Self
MGM Parade1955 · as self