
John Gilbert
Acting
111
Acting Credits
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
Self

MGM Parade
self

Queen Christina
Antonio

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

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)

Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)

He Who Gets Slapped
Bezano

Show People
John Gilbert (uncredited)
Filmography

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

Rediscovering John Gilbert
2010
as (archive footage)

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

Complicated Women
2003
as Self (archive footage)

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

The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
as Self (archive footage)

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

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

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

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

Brasileiros em Hollywood
1970
as Self (archive footage)

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

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

MGM Parade
1955
as Self

MGM Parade
1955
as self

Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)

Twenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)

Queen Christina
1934
as Antonio

The Captain Hates the Sea
1934
as Steve Bramley

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934

Fast Workers
1933
as Gunner Smith

Downstairs
1932
as Karl Schneider

The Phantom of Paris
1931
as Chéri-Bibi

West of Broadway
1931
as Jerry

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

We’re Switching to Hollywood
1931
as Self

Redemption
1930
as Fedya Protasoff

Way for a Sailor
1930
as Jack

The Hollywood Revue of 1929
1929
as Self / Romeo

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

Desert Nights
1929
as Hugh Rand

His Glorious Night
1929
as Captain Kovacs

A Woman of Affairs
1928
as Neville Holderness

The Cossacks
1928
as Lukashka

The Masks of the Devil
1928
as Baron Reiner

Show People
1928
as John Gilbert (uncredited)

Four Walls
1928
as Benny

Love
1927
as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky

The Show
1927
as Cock Robin

Man, Woman and Sin
1927
as Albert Whitcomb

Twelve Miles Out
1927
as Jerry Fay

Flesh and the Devil
1926
as Leo von Harden

La Bohème
1926
as Rodolphe

Bardelys the Magnificent
1926
as Marquis Christian de Bardelys
VÃ¥rt kronprinspar i Hollywood
1926

The Big Parade
1925
as James 'Jim' Apperson

The Merry Widow
1925
as Prince Danilo Petrovich

1925 Studio Tour
1925
as Self

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

He Who Gets Slapped
1924
as Bezano

The Wolf Man
1924
as Gerald Stanley

The Wife of the Centaur
1924
as Jeffrey Dwyer

Married Flirts
1924
as John Gilbert (uncredited)

The Snob
1924
as Eugene Curry

His Hour
1924
as Gritzko

A Man's Mate
1924
as Paul

Romance Ranch
1924
as Carlos Brent

The Lone Chance
1924
as Jack Saunders
Just Off Broadway
1924
as Stephen Moore

While Paris Sleeps
1923
as Dennis O'Keefe

Cameo Kirby
1923
as Cameo Kirby

The Exiles
1923
as Henry Holcombe

The Madness of Youth
1923

St. Elmo
1923
as St. Elmo Thornton

Truxton King
1923
as Truxton King

The Love Gambler
1922
as Dick Manners

Monte Cristo
1922
as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo

Calvert's Valley
1922
as Page Emlyn

Honor First
1922
as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois

Arabian Love
1922
as Norman Stone
A California Romance
1922
as Don Patricio Fernando

The Yellow Stain
1922
as Donald Keith

Shame
1921
as William Fielding / David Field

Ladies Must Live
1921
as The Gardener
The Servant in the House
1921
as Percival

The Great Redeemer
1920
as (uncredited)

The White Circle
1920
as Frank Cassilis
Deep Waters
1920
as Bill Lacey

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

The Busher
1919
as Jim Blair

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

Should a Woman Tell?
1919
as The Villain

A Little Brother of the Rich
1919
as Carl Wilmerding

The White Heather
1919
as Dick Beach

Widow by Proxy
1919
as Jack Pennington

The Red Viper
1919
as Dick Grant

For a Woman's Honor
1919
as Dick Rutherford

More Trouble
1918
as Harvey Deering

Shackled
1918
as James Ashley

Doing Their Bit
1918

Wedlock
1918
as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)

The Dawn of Understanding
1918
as Ira Beasley

Three X Gordon
1918
as Archie

Love or Justice
1917
as Benny

The Weaker Sex
1917

Golden Rule Kate
1917
as The Heller
Princess of the Dark
1917
as 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)

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

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

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

The Millionaire Vagrant
1917
as James Cricket
The Mother Instinct
1917
as Jean Coutierre

The Eye of the Night
1916
as (uncredited)

Shell 43
1916
as English Spy

Hell's Hinges
1916
as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)

Civilization
1916
as Extra (uncredited)

The Aryan
1916
as (uncredited)
Bullets and Brown Eyes
1916

Matrimony
1915
as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)

The Coward
1915
as A Young Virginian (uncredited)

Aloha Oe
1915
as Sailor (uncredited)