Junior Durkin

Durkin was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. 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. Coogan was the only survivor of the accident. On his passing in 1936, John Gilbert was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. In 1935 he was travelling with his friend, the actor Jackie Coogan, and three other people including Coogan's father, when their vehicle was involved in a road accident in San Diego, California. However, his alcoholism had already damaged his health, and he died of a heart attack without ever regaining his former reputation. RKO began grooming him for a transition into more adult roles, and in his final film Chasing Yesterday (1935), he was billed as Trent Durkin. In 1933, he starred opposite Garbo for the last time, in Queen Christina.

He achieved another success in Hell's House (1932). He had already been married twice, and would soon marry again. Under contract with RKO Studios he was cast in a series of "B" films in comedic roles that capitalized on his gangly appearance. They soon began a relationship, and Gilbert planned to marry her, but Garbo stood him up. He entered films in 1930, and played the role of Huckleberry Finn in Tom Sawyer (1930), and Huckleberry Finn (1931). That same year, Gilbert made Flesh and the Devil, his first film with Greta Garbo. Born Trent Bernard Durkin in New York, New York, Durkin began his acting career in theater while a child. The following year, Vidor brought Gilbert and Adorée together again along with Lillian Gish in the film, La Boheme.

Junior Durkin (July 2, 1915 – May 4, 1935) was an American film 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. 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. John Gilbert was one of the biggest box office draws of the silent film era, rivalling the great Rudolph Valentino. Gilbert was born John Cecil Pringle in Logan, Utah, and was a star of silent films while still in his teens.

John Gilbert (July 10, 1899 - January 9, 1936) was was an actor and major star of the silent film era.