John Gilbert
Sign in to saveAmerican actor and film director (1899–1936)
OverviewAI-generated
John Gilbert was a male person from England, recognized as a violinist with 107 listeners and a playcount of 746 on Last.fm. He is also listed in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. His work period began in 1915.
There are conflicting records for his birth, citing 1897, 1899, or 1817. He died on January 9, 1936, or in 1897. He had two children. He is referenced by 293 other encyclopedia articles.
He is associated with five works in Crossref and twenty works in Open Library. His notable works include *Mother Goose's nursery rhymes and fairy tales*, *Little Lily's picture book*, *The book of Job*, *The Favourite picture-book*, and *Poems of William Wordsworth*.
Synthesized by Vinony from 20 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Born
- John Cecil Pringle , ( 1897-07-10 ) July 10, 1897, Logan, Utah , U.S.
- Died
- January 9, 1936 (1936-01-09) (aged 38), Los Angeles, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park , Glendale, California , U.S.
- Other name
- Jack Gilbert
- Education
- Hitchcock Military Academy
- Occupations
- Actor director screenwriter
- Years active
- 1914–1934
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Family name
- Gilbert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Logan
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Spouse
- Leatrice Joy
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- film
- Image
- John Gilbert publicity 1930s.JPG
- Number of children
- 2
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- place of burial
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park
- Commons category
- John Gilbert (actor)
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1899-07-10
- date of death
- 1936-01-09
- manner of death
- natural causes
- related category
- Category:Films directed by John Gilbert (actor)
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- John Gilbert
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Encyclopedic overview
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John Gilbert (born John Cecil Pringle; July 10, 1897 – January 9, 1936) 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. At the height of his career, Gilbert rivaled Rudolph Valentino as a box office draw.
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