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John Gilbert

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American actor and film director (1899–1936)

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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
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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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
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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Gilbert” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.