Claude Gillingwater
Claude Beton Gillingwater senior (born August 2, 1870 in Louisiana , Missouri , † November 1, 1939 in Beverly Hills , California ) was an American actor .
Career and life
The 1.88 meter tall Gillingwater first studied law like his father, but dropped out. He then became a merchant and traded in vinegar, among other things. In addition, he played theater for David Belasco for decades . The silent film star Mary Pickford discovered Gillingwater and hired him in 1920 for the role of Earl of Dorincourt in her film The Little Lord . Gillingwater became a successful silent film actor through this role. In 1923 he starred in Three Wise Fools with Eleanor Boardman ; and in the film Wages for Wives he played the father of Jacqueline Logan . Mostly Gillingwater embodied the rich, but rather grumpy or depressed older gentleman. Even after the silent film era, Gillingwater remained in supporting roles on the screen. In the lavish Dickens film Escape from Paris (1935) with Ronald Colman , Elizabeth Allan and Basil Rathbone , he played a banker and in The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) he was seen as the chief of police. In the same year he had a serious accident while shooting the film Mysterious Passengers , when he fell off a platform in the studio. Gillingwater could only partially recover from the injuries, but continued to make films, such as Maria Walewska (1938) with Greta Garbo .
Gillingwater's wife, Carlyn, had died of a heart attack in 1937. On November 1, 1939, 69-year-old Gillingwater was found dead in an armchair in his house by a servant. Suicide was given as the cause of death . The reasons for this are said to have been the never overcome death of his wife or his health problems. He had a son, Claude Gillingwater Jr. (1911-1996), who also became an actor. Gillingwater was buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Celebrities Cemetery in Glendale .
Filmography (selection)
- 1921: The Little Lord (Little Lord Fauntleroy)
- 1923: A Girl and Three Old Fools (Three Wise Fools)
- 1925: A Thief in Paradise
- 1925: Wages for Wifes
- 1926: 45 Minutes from Hollywood
- 1927: The Petrol Devil (Fast and Furious)
- 1927 barbed wire ( barbed wire )
- 1927: Susanne's first adventure (Naughty - But Nice)
- 1929: Stark Mad
- 1930: Kiss Me Again
- 1930: Illicit
- 1933: Ann Carvers Profession
- 1934: You Can't Buy Everything
- 1934: Broadway Bill
- 1935: Babyface Harrington
- 1935: Mississippi
- 1935: Escape from Paris (A Tale of Two Cities)
- 1936: The Prisoner of Shark Island (The Prisopner of Shark Iceland)
- 1936: Mysterious Passengers (Florida Special)
- 1936: Bloody Money (Counterfeit)
- 1936: Poor Little Rich Girl
- 1936: Can This Be Dixie?
- 1937: Maria Walewska (Conquest)
- 1937: On the roofs of New York (Top of the Town)
- 1938: The rascal from America (A Yank at Oxford)
- 1938: Little Miss Broadway
- 1938: Millionaire gone astray (There Goes My Heart)
- 1939: Cafe Society
Web links
- Claude Gillingwater in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gillingwater, Claude |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gillingwater, Claude Beton senior (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louisiana , Missouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1939 |
| Place of death | Beverly Hills , California |