John Gilbert
Sign in to saveAmerican actor and film director (1899–1936)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1817
- Died
- 1897
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Mother Goose's nursery rhymes and fairy tales
- Little Lily's picture book
- The book of Job
- The Favourite picture-book
- Poems of William Wordsworth
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- England
- Active from
- 1836-11-18
- Active to
- 1911-05-29
Discography
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 107
- Total plays
- 746
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,681x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,730x
- Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,357x
- Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,340x
- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,860x
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- John Gilbert publicity 1930s.JPG
- Number of children
- 2
Show 5 more facts
- Commons category
- John Gilbert (actor)
- date of birth
- 1899-07-10
- date of death
- 1936-01-09
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
- name in native language
- John Gilbert
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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.