
John Gilbert
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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
Credits

Show People (1928)
as John Gilbert (uncredited)

Arabian Love (1922)
as Norman Stone

Brasileiros em Hollywood (1970)
as Self (archive footage)

Wedlock (1918)
as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)

Queen Christina (1934)
as Antonio

Romance Ranch (1924)
as Carlos Brent

Flesh and the Devil (1926)
as Leo von Harden

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

The Exiles (1923)
as Henry Holcombe

Twenty Years After (1944)
as (archive footage)
Deep Waters (1920)
as Bill Lacey

The Wolf Man (1924)
as Gerald Stanley

The Big Parade (1925)
as James 'Jim' Apperson

He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
as Bezano
The Servant in the House (1921)
as Percival

St. Elmo (1923)
as St. Elmo Thornton

Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
as Marquis Christian de Bardelys

The Merry Widow (1926)
as Prince Danilo Petrovich

Hell's Hinges (1916)
as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)

The Yellow Stain (1922)
as Donald Keith

Calvert's Valley (1922)
as Page Emlyn
A California Romance (1922)
as Don Patricio Fernando

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
as Self / Romeo

Love (1927)
as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky

Three X Gordon (1918)
as Archie

The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
as Steve Bramley

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

The White Circle (1920)
as Frank Cassilis

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

Complicated Women (2003)
as Self (archive footage)

A Man's Man (1929)
as John Gilbert (uncredited)
The Mother Instinct (1917)
as Jean Coutierre

Rediscovering John Gilbert (2010)
as (archive footage)

Fast Workers (1933)
as Gunner Smith

Downstairs (1932)
as Karl Schneider

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

The Show (1927)
as Cock Robin

For a Woman's Honor (1919)
as Dick Rutherford

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

His Glorious Night (1929)
as Captain Kovacs

A Woman of Affairs (1928)
as Neville Holderness

The White Heather (1919)
as Dick Beach

Twelve Miles Out (1927)
as Jerry Fay

Monte Cristo (1922)
as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo

Desert Nights (1929)
as Hugh Rand

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

Aloha Oe (1915)
as Sailor (uncredited)

Civilization (1916)
as Extra (uncredited)

Redemption (1930)
as Fedya Protasoff

The Masks of the Devil (1928)
as Baron Reiner

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

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

The Wife of the Centaur (1924)
as Jeffrey Dwyer

1925 Studio Tour (1925)
as Self

Way for a Sailor (1930)
as Jack

Golden Rule Kate (1917)
as The Heller

A Man's Mate (1924)
as Paul

Truxton King (1923)
as Truxton King

Ladies Must Live (1921)
as The Gardener

La Bohème (1926)
as Rodolphe

His Hour (1924)
as Gritzko

We’re Switching to Hollywood (1931)
as Self

The Aryan (1916)
as (uncredited)

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

Shame (1921)
as William Fielding / David Field

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

The Phantom of Paris (1931)
as Chéri-Bibi

While Paris Sleeps (1923)
as Dennis O'Keefe

Widow by Proxy (1919)
as Jack Pennington

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

Shell 43 (1916)
as English Spy

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

Cameo Kirby (1923)
as Cameo Kirby

Should a Woman Tell? (1919)
as The Villain

West of Broadway (1931)
as Jerry

Love or Justice (1917)
as Benny

Man, Woman and Sin (1927)
as Albert Whitcomb

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

The Busher (1919)
as Jim Blair

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (1934)
Actor

Four Walls (1928)
as Benny

The Cossacks (1928)
as Lukashka

Yesterday and Today (1953)
as (archive footage)
Bullets and Brown Eyes (1916)
Actor

The Madness of Youth (1923)
Actor

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

Matrimony (1915)
as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)

The Millionaire Vagrant (1917)
as James Cricket

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

Doing Their Bit (1918)
Actor

The Coward (1915)
as A Young Virginian (uncredited)

Married Flirts (1924)
as John Gilbert (uncredited)

The Red Viper (1919)
as Dick Grant

A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)
as Carl Wilmerding

The Great Redeemer (1920)
as (uncredited)

The Snob (1924)
as Eugene Curry

Honor First (1922)
as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois

The Eye of the Night (1916)
as (uncredited)

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

The Man Beneath (1919)
as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)
Princess of the Dark (1917)
as 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)

The Weaker Sex (1917)
Actor

Shackled (1918)
as James Ashley

The Dawn of Understanding (1918)
as Ira Beasley

The Love Gambler (1922)
as Dick Manners

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

More Trouble (1918)
as Harvey Deering





