Portrait of John Gilbert

Acting

John Gilbert

Career

Active from 1915 to 1934, busiest in 1919 and 1924 with 9 main titles each.

Leading roles
58
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Big Parade
The Big Parade
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 25 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
John Gilbert Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.1, average 5.4
  • Scare
    1.2, average 2.6
  • Adrenaline
    3.6, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Silent Film 6
  • Silent Era Romance 5
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Early Cinema 4
  • Class Conflict 4
  • Tragic Romance 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Love Triangle 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classic Hollywood 3
  • Melodramatic 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

89
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1960s

1 title · average score 65
The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
GoodWatch score 65

as Actor Arriving at MGM (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950s

1 title
Yesterday and Today
Yesterday and Today (1953)

as (archive footage)

1940s

1 title
Twenty Years After
Twenty Years After (1944)

as (archive footage)

1930s

9 titles · average score 63
Queen Christina
Queen Christina (1934)
GoodWatch score 78

as Antonio

The Captain Hates the Sea
The Captain Hates the Sea (1934)
GoodWatch score 72

as Steve Bramley

Fast Workers
Fast Workers (1933)
GoodWatch score 56

as Gunner Smith

Downstairs
Downstairs (1932)
GoodWatch score 67

as Karl Schneider

The Phantom of Paris
The Phantom of Paris (1931)
GoodWatch score 52

as Chéri-Bibi

West of Broadway
West of Broadway (1931)
GoodWatch score 66

as Jerry

Gentleman's Fate
Gentleman's Fate (1931)
GoodWatch score 62

as Giacomo Tomasulo, a.k.a. Jack Thomas

Way for a Sailor
Way for a Sailor (1930)
GoodWatch score 55

as Jack

Redemption
Redemption (1930)
GoodWatch score 56

as Fedya Protasoff

1920s

47 titles · average score 71
His Glorious Night
His Glorious Night (1929)

as Captain Kovacs

Desert Nights
Desert Nights (1929)
GoodWatch score 67

as Hugh Rand

A Woman of Affairs
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
GoodWatch score 68

as Neville Holderness

Twelve Miles Out
Twelve Miles Out (1927)
GoodWatch score 61

as Jerry Fay

Love
Love (1927)
GoodWatch score 73

as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky

Man, Woman and Sin
Man, Woman and Sin (1927)
GoodWatch score 53

as Albert Whitcomb

Flesh and the Devil
Flesh and the Devil (1926)
GoodWatch score 85

as Leo von Harden

Bardelys the Magnificent
Bardelys the Magnificent (1926)
GoodWatch score 72

as Marquis Christian de Bardelys

La Bohème
La Bohème (1926)
GoodWatch score 68

as Rodolphe

The Big Parade
The Big Parade (1925)
GoodWatch score 90

as James 'Jim' Apperson

The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow (1925)
GoodWatch score 86

as Prince Danilo Petrovich

He Who Gets Slapped
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
GoodWatch score 79

as Bezano

1910s

30 titles · average score 56
The Busher
The Busher (1919)
GoodWatch score 53

as Jim Blair

Heart o' the Hills
Heart o' the Hills (1919)
GoodWatch score 55

as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)

For a Woman's Honor
For a Woman's Honor (1919)

as Dick Rutherford

Should a Woman Tell?
Should a Woman Tell? (1919)

as The Villain

The White Heather
The White Heather (1919)

as Dick Beach

The Man Beneath
The Man Beneath (1919)

as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)

The Red Viper
The Red Viper (1919)

as Dick Grant

The Hater of Men
The Hater of Men (1917)

as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)

Golden Rule Kate
Golden Rule Kate (1917)

as The Heller

Hell's Hinges
Hell's Hinges (1916)
GoodWatch score 62

as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)

Aloha Oe
Aloha Oe (1915)

as Sailor (uncredited)

The Coward
The Coward (1915)
GoodWatch score 59

as A Young Virginian (uncredited)