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