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