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Portrait of John Gilbert

Acting

John Gilbert

Titles
104movies1TV show
Career

Active from 1915 to 2010, with a break from 1935 to 2009, busiest in 1919 and 1924 with 9 main titles each.

Leading roles
59
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score66/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Big Parade
The Big Parade
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.8EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.1 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.7WorldCraft: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.4CraftStyle: 5.8 versus catalog average 6.0Style
John Gilbert Catalog average

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Silent Film 6
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Early Cinema 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Class Conflict 4
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Melodramatic 3
  • Silent Era Romance 3
  • Tragic Romance 3
  • Silent Film Era 2
  • Melodrama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

66

2010s

1 title

1960s

1 title · average score 65
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Poster for The Big Parade of Comedy

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

1950s

1 title
Poster for Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

1940s

1 title
Poster for Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1930s

5 titles · average score 69
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Poster for Downstairs

as Karl Schneider

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Poster for Gentleman's Fate

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

1920s

43 titles · average score 75
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Poster for A Woman of Affairs

as Neville Holderness

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Poster for Love

as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky

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Poster for The Show

as Cock Robin

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Poster for Bardelys the Magnificent

as Marquis Christian de Bardelys

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Poster for The Big Parade

as James 'Jim' Apperson

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Poster for The Merry Widow

as Prince Danilo Petrovich

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Poster for Monte Cristo

as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo

All 43 titles from the 1920s

1910s

14 titles · average score 65
Poster for The Man Beneath

as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)

Poster for For a Woman's Honor

as Dick Rutherford

Poster for Widow by Proxy

as Jack Pennington

Poster for Shackled

as James Ashley

Poster for The Dark Road

as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)

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Poster for Hell's Hinges

as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)

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Poster for Civilization

as Extra (uncredited)

All 14 titles from the 1910s