John Gilbert
American actor and film director (1899-1936) · United States · On the map · Actors · Lived 1897 to 1936 · aged 38
John Gilbert was an American actor, screenwriter and director. He rose to fame during the silent era and became a popular leading man known as "The Great Lover". His breakthrough came in 1925 with his starring roles in The Merry Widow and The Big Parade.
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-1Film1932
DownstairsFilm, Writer1930
RedemptionFilm, Fedya Protasoff1929
Desert NightsFilm, Hugh Rand1927
LoveFilm, Director1925
1925 Studio TourFilm1924
He Who Gets SlappedFilm, Bezano1922
Monte CristoFilm, Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo1919
Heart o' the HillsFilm, Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)1915
The CowardFilm, A Young Virginian (uncredited)1897Born10 July 1897Known for
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The Big Parade 1925
He Who Gets Slapped 1924
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ 1925
Flesh and the Devil 1926
Show People 1928
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Irving Thalberg Produced The Big Parade (1925)
King Vidor Directed Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
Louis B. Mayer Produced Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1927)
William Fox Produced Cameo Kirby and Monte Cristo
Clarence Brown Directed Flesh and the Devil (1926)
Thomas H. Ince Produced Civilization and Hell's Hinges
Maurice Tourneur Directed The White Heather and Deep Waters- William Axt Wrote The Big Parade (1925)
Jerome Storm Directed Arabian Love, St. Elmo and The Busher
Reginald Barker Directed Civilization, The Aryan and The Coward
Lionel Barrymore Directed Redemption and His Glorious Night
Renée Adorée Also in The Big Parade and Show People
Monta Bell Directed The Snob and Man, Woman and Sin
Charles K. French Also in Civilization, The Aryan and The Coward- Clifford Smith Directed Hell's Hinges and The Aryan
Greta Garbo Also in Queen Christina and Flesh and the Devil
Joan Crawford Also in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1927)
Norma Shearer Also in The Hollywood Revue of 1929 and The Snob
William S. Hart Directed Hell's Hinges and The Aryan
George Fawcett Also in The Merry Widow and The Corner
Emily Fitzroy Also in His Hour and Bardelys the Magnificent
Edward Connelly Also in Bardelys the Magnificent and The Show
Jack McDonald John wrote The Great Redeemer (1920)
C. Gardner Sullivan Wrote Civilization, Hell's Hinges and The Aryan
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At the height of his career, Gilbert rivaled Rudolph Valentino as a box office draw.
