John Gilbert (actor)

John Gilbert has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in 1994, he was honored with his image on a United States postage stamp designed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld.
. On his passing in 1936, John Gilbert was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. While struggling with prostate cancer (though his eventual death was of a heart attack), however, he wrote a candid autobiography Straight Face, which was published posthumously. However, his alcoholism had already damaged his health, and he died of a heart attack without ever regaining his former reputation. An intensely private individual, he was deeply saddened when involuntarily outed as a homosexual in the run-up to the Oscars. In 1933, he starred opposite Garbo for the last time, in Queen Christina. He was knighted in 1999.

He had already been married twice, and would soon marry again. In a long and varied career, which began with an advert for Mackeson stout and a bit part in Dad's Army, his most famous roles were as Sir Humphrey Appleby in the TV series Yes, Minister (and its sequel Yes, Prime Minister), and as George III in the film adaptation of Alan Bennett's The Madness of King George, for which he was nominated for an Oscar and awarded the Olivier Award. They soon began a relationship, and Gilbert planned to marry her, but Garbo stood him up. He returned to the UK in the 1950s. That same year, Gilbert made Flesh and the Devil, his first film with Greta Garbo. He was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, in England, although he spent some of his formative years in South Africa. The following year, Vidor brought Gilbert and Adorée together again along with Lillian Gish in the film, La Boheme. Sir Nigel Hawthorne (April 5, 1929 - December 26, 2001) was a renowned British actor.

In 1925, Gilbert co-starred with Renée Adorée in The Big Parade directed by King Vidor, which became the second highest grossing silent film in cinema history. Roy Jenkins. Often cited as one of the high profile examples of an actor who was unsucessful in making the transition to talkies, his decline as a star in fact had more to do with studio politics and money than the sound of his voice on screen. Wilson's Diary (1969) (TV) ... John Gilbert was one of the biggest box office draws of the silent film era, rivalling the great Rudolph Valentino. Mrs. Gilbert was born John Cecil Pringle in Logan, Utah, and was a star of silent films while still in his teens. Major.

John Gilbert (July 10, 1899 - January 9, 1936) was was an actor and major star of the silent film era. Alma Mater (1971) (TV) ... Boer Sentry. Young Winston (1972) (uncredited) ... Croft.

S*P*Y*S (1974) ... Floater, The (1975) (TV). Pastor De Ruiter. Hiding Place, The (1975) ...

Eleanor Marx: Tussy (1977) (TV). Eleanor Marx: Eleanor (1977) (TV). Pierre Curie. "Marie Curie" (1977) (mini) TV Series ...

Campion. Watership Down (1978) (voice) ... Destiny (1978) (TV). Oldendorf.

"Holocaust" (1978) (mini) TV Series ... Dilke. Sweeney 2 (1978) ... Catus Decianus.

"Warrior Queen" (1978) TV Series ... Fosse. Mr. Sailor's Return, The (1978) ...

Wilson. "Thomas and Sarah" (1979) TV Series ... Burgess. Mr.

Knowledge, The (1979) (TV) ... Walter Monkton. Simpson (1980) (mini) TV Series ... Edward & Mrs.

Sir Humphrey Appleby. Yes, Minister (1980) TV Series ... Stephano. The Tempest (1980/I) (TV) ...

CJ Stryver. Mr. A Tale of Two Cities (1980) (TV) ... Edmonds.

Mr. Jessie (1980) (TV) ... Brinsley Jukes. Jukes of Piccadilly (1980) TV Series ...

Porter on the Road to Eldorado (1981) (TV). A Brush with Mr. Citizen Official. History of the World: Part I (1981) ...

Victorian Father. Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) ... Magistrate at Esmeralds's trial. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) (TV) ...

King Abdullah. A Woman Called Golda (1982) (TV) ... Pyotr Baranovich. Firefox (1982) ...

Robert Boycott. Dr. The Plague Dogs (1982) (voice) ... Kinnoch.

Gandhi (1982) ... The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982) (TV). Dead On Time (1982). The Critic (1982) (TV).

Man walking by Crimson Insurance building as anchor is raised. The Meaning of Life (1983) ... Orgon. The Tartuffe or Imposter (1983) (TV) ...

Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski. Pope John Paul II (1984) (TV) ... The House (1984) (TV). Thorn.

Mr. The Chain (1984) ... Archdeacon Grantly. The Barchester Chronicles (1984) (mini) TV Series ...

Georgie Pillson. Mapp & Lucia (1985) TV Series ... The Black Cauldron (1985) (voice) .... Fflewddur Fflam. The Publisher.

Turtle Diary (1985) ... Jenny's War (1985) (TV) .... Colonel. Sir Humphrey Appleby. Yes, Prime Minister (1986) TV Series ...

Rarg (1988) (voice). Jonathan Guerdon (segment "From Sleep and Shadow"). Rev. Spirit of Man (1989) (TV) ...

Achmet. King of the Wind (1989) ... Ted Walker. En Håndfull tid (1990) ...

Philip Carter. Relatively Speaking (1990) (TV) ... Brian Leary. The Trials of Oz (1991) (TV) ...

Flea Bites (1991) (TV) .... Kryst. Brigadier G. Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992) (voice) ... Raymond Cocteau.

Dr. Demolition Man (1993) ... The Madness of King George (1994) .... George III. George, Duke of Clarence.

Richard III (1995) ... Colonel Kruger. Inside (1996) (TV) ... Twelfth Night: Or What You Will (1996) .... Malvolio.

Edgar Pascoe. Fragile Heart (1996) (TV) ... Ellis. Dr.

Murder in Mind (1997/I) ... Martin Van Buren. Amistad (1997) ... David Livingstone.

Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone (1997) (TV) ... The Object of My Affection (1998) .... Rodney Fraser. Lord Covington (segment "Lord Cucuface"). Madeline (1998) ...

At Sachem Farm (1998) .... Uncle Cullen. Arthur Winslow. The Winslow Boy (1999) ... Kim Mennaker.

The Big Brass Ring (1999) ... Porter. Tarzan (1999) (voice) ... Judge Wendon.

A Reasonable Man (1999) ... Lord Ogleby. The Clandestine Marriage (1999) ... William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne.

Victoria & Albert (2001) (TV) ... Nick. Call Me Claus (2001) (TV) ...