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John Gilbert

John Gilbert

Actor, also director · Died January 9, 1936, aged 38 · Logan, Utah, USA

American actor John Gilbert (born John Cecil Pringle) was one of the biggest stars of the Silent films era. His career subsequently significantly waned during the first years of the sound era.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 10, 1897
Died
January 9, 1936 (aged 38)
From
Logan, Utah, USA
Works as
Actor, also director
Titles
12 on MovieCove · 96 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Up 49% in 30 days

What are John Gilbert's films like?

Across their 11 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.

Genres

Drama8 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 78th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Comedy2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 68th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
40%
Morality
35%
Society
12%
Survival
6%
Power
4%
Self
3%
Romantic love6 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFame2 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 11 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 2 · Serious 3 · Dark 6

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 2

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 4 · Intense 5

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 2

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 10 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 10 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

6 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 2 of 6 analyzed roles.

Hero
2 of 6
Ally
1 of 6
Shapeshifter
1 of 6
Trickster
1 of 6
Herald
1 of 6

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Melancholic
8
Tense
7
Romantic
6
Joyful
2
Bittersweet
3
Other
6

How their films linger

Bittersweet9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy2
  • Bittersweet6
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch John Gilbert's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 12 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (6).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for John Gilbert's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

96 credits, 12 with a MovieCove page; 15 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Rediscovering John Gilbert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as (archive footage)

  • The Big Parade of Comedy(1964)

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

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Yesterday and Today (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as (archive footage)

  • Twenty Years After (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as (archive footage)

  • The Captain Hates the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Steve Bramley

  • Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Actor

  • Queen Christina(1933)

    as Antonio

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Fast Workers(1933)

    as Gunner Smith

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Downstairs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Story · as Karl Schneider

  • West of Broadway(1931)

    as Jerry

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Phantom of Paris (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Chéri-Bibi

  • Gentleman's Fate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

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

  • Way for a Sailor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Jack

  • Redemption (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Fedya Protasoff

  • His Glorious Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Captain Kovacs

  • A Man's Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as John Gilbert (uncredited)

  • Desert Nights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Hugh Rand

  • A Woman of Affairs(1928)

    as Neville Holderness

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Show People(1928)

    as John Gilbert (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Masks of the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Baron Reiner

  • Four Walls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Benny

  • The Cossacks (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Lukashka

  • Love(1927)

    Co-Director · as Capt. Count Alexei Vronsky

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Man, Woman and Sin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Albert Whitcomb

  • Twelve Miles Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Jerry Fay

  • The Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Cock Robin

  • Flesh and the Devil(1926)

    as Leo von Harden

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Bardelys the Magnificent (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Marquis Christian de Bardelys

  • Vårt kronprinspar i Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Actor

  • La Bohème (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Rodolphe

  • Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ(1925)

    as Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • The Big Parade(1925)

    as James 'Jim' Apperson

    Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films

  • The Merry Widow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    as Prince Danilo Petrovich

  • He Who Gets Slapped(1924)

    as Bezano

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

  • The Wife of the Centaur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Jeffrey Dwyer

  • The Snob (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Eugene Curry

  • Married Flirts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as John Gilbert (uncredited)

  • His Hour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Gritzko

  • Romance Ranch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Carlos Brent

  • The Lone Chance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Jack Saunders

  • A Man's Mate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Paul

  • The Wolf Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Gerald Stanley

  • Just Off Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Stephen Moore

  • Cameo Kirby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Cameo Kirby

  • The Exiles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Henry Holcombe

  • St. Elmo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as St. Elmo Thornton

  • The Madness of Youth (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    Actor

  • Truxton King (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Truxton King

  • While Paris Sleeps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Dennis O'Keefe

  • A California Romance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Don Patricio Fernando

  • The Love Gambler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Dick Manners

  • Calvert's Valley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Page Emlyn

  • Monte Cristo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Edmond Dantes, Count of Monte Cristo

  • Honor First (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Jacques Dubois / Honoré Duboois

  • The Yellow Stain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Donald Keith

  • Arabian Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Norman Stone

  • Ladies Must Live (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as The Gardener

  • Shame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as William Fielding / David Field

  • The Servant in the House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    as Percival

  • The Bait (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)

    Scenario Writer

  • The Great Redeemer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Adaptation · as (uncredited)

  • Deep Waters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Writer · as Bill Lacey

  • The White Circle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    Writer · as Frank Cassilis

  • Should a Woman Tell? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as The Villain

  • Heart o' the Hills (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Gray Pendleton (as Jack Gilbert)

  • Widow by Proxy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Jack Pennington

  • For a Woman's Honor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Dick Rutherford

  • The Red Viper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Dick Grant

  • A Little Brother of the Rich (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Carl Wilmerding

  • The Man Beneath (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as James Bassett (as Jack Gilbert)

  • The White Heather (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Dick Beach

  • The Busher (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1919)

    as Jim Blair

  • The Dawn of Understanding (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Ira Beasley

  • Three X Gordon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Archie

  • Doing Their Bit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Actor

  • Wedlock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Granger Hollister (as Jack Gilbert)

  • More Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Harvey Deering

  • Shackled (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as James Ashley

  • The Devil Dodger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Roger Ingraham (as Jack Gilbert)

  • Golden Rule Kate (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as The Heller

  • The Mother Instinct (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Jean Coutierre

  • The Hater of Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Billy Williams (as Jack Gilbert)

  • Love or Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Benny

  • The Millionaire Vagrant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as James Cricket

  • The Dark Road (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Cedric Constable (as Jack Gilbert)

  • Princess of the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as 'Crip' Halloran (as Jack Gilbert)

  • The Weaker Sex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Actor

  • Shell 43 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as English Spy

  • The Eye of the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as (uncredited)

  • Civilization (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as Extra (uncredited)

  • The Aryan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    as (uncredited)

  • Bullets and Brown Eyes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Actor

  • Hell's Hinges(1916)

    as Rowdy Townsman (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Matrimony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as Minor Secondary Role (uncredited)

  • The Coward (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as A Young Virginian (uncredited)

  • Aloha Oe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as Sailor (uncredited)

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 96 titles from 1915 to 2010.

Biggest box office

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)

$5.3M worldwide

Highest rated

He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

Queen Christina (1933)

Film career

Top draw in 4 MovieCove titles.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting95 of 96: 90 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score88thDirecting1 of 96: 0 only directing, 1 with another roleWriting5 of 96: 1 only writing, 4 with another role

96 titles, 5 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 4 of them.

By decade

1910s33 · acting1920s49 · 48 acting · 5 crew1930s10 · 10 acting · 1 crew1940s1 · acting1950s1 · acting1960s1 · acting2010s1 · acting

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 33% of 9 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do John Gilbert's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 88th percentile, the median of all 12; across their 11 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 77th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

77thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Approval · how many liked their films

86thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Reach · how many have seen their films

53rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 11

Midcredits score across 12 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

6 of their 12 titles are Universally Loved.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Mixed2

Most divisive · actor

The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)

74th percentile spread · 35% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

He Who Gets Slapped (1924)

Midcredits 96th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 79/100 in their films, across 11 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 47. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does John Gilbert work with?

People who share at least 2 of John Gilbert's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hugh Wynn shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers