克劳德·吉林沃特

克劳德·吉林沃特

Acting 1870-08-01 Louisiana, Missouri, USA

Tall, balding character actor in US films from 1921 until the year he died, usually portraying obstinate or irascible types. A man so disagreeable on celluloid, Claude Gillingwater's characters seemed to subsist on a steady diet of persimmons. Fondly recalled as the cranky old skinflint whose seemingly cold heart could only be warmed by the actions of a cute little tyke, the tall and rangy Gillingwater invariably played much older than he was. He, with the omnipresent bushy brows, crop of silver hair and perpetually sour puss, had a much more versatile career than perhaps realized -- on both stage and in film. Most assuredly, this caustic screen image he perfected belied a softer, gentler off-screen demeanor for he was a kind and sympathetic gent and devoted husband to wife Carlyn Stiletz (or Stellith). Their only child, Claude Gillingwater Jr., briefly became an actor himself. Sadly, Gillingwater Sr.'s thriving character career ended on a grim and tragic note in 1939. A serious accident on the movie set of the picture Florida Special (1936) (he fell from a platform and injured his back) damaged his health and threatened his career, and the death of his long-time wife Carlyn left him irrevocably depressed. Fearing the possibility of becoming an invalid and wishing not to become a serious burden to anyone, the 69-year-old actor committed suicide at his Beverly Hills home with a self-inflicted gunshot to the head. Gillingwater left a fine Hollywood legacy and the fun of some of his old films is watching his vinegar turn to sugar. Date of Birth 2 August 1870, Louisiana, Missouri Date of Death 2 November 1939, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California  (suicide)

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1939 Old Christopher West
1938 Samuel G. Henshaw
1938 Cyrus W. Butterfield
1938 Judge
1938 Ben Dalton
1937 Stephan
1937 William Borden
1936 Colonel Dyer
1936 Robert Forbes
1936 Simon Peck
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1936 Simeon Stafford
1936 Tom Perkins
1936 Mr. Gossamer
1936 Col. Robert Peachtree
1935 Dick
1935 General Rumford
1935 Col. Allenby
1935 Colton
1935 Grandpa Wyatt
1935 Jarvis Lorry
1934 Steven Kester
1934 Morley
1934 Judge Griswold
1934 Guggins
1934 J.B. Preston
1934 Tom Oliver
1934 Papa Van Brunt, Sr.
1934 Asa Cabot - Banker
1933 Banker (uncredited)
1933 John Fry
1933 Sam Webster
1933 Bingham
1933 John Beaumont
1933 Witt
1932 Claude Gillingwater
1932 Frederick Garfield Sr
1931 Richard Ives Sr.
1931 John Aberdeen Arnold
1931 Riggs
1931 Count de St. Cyr
1931 Judge
1931 John Brock
1931 Jim Nabours
1930 Uncle Roger
1930 Faraday
1929 James Rutherford - Expedition Leader
1929 Winthrop Amesbury
1929 Uncle Claude Davis
1929 (uncredited)
1929 H.A. Lambert Sr.
1929 Sam Underlane
1929 Michael O'Connor
1928 Grandfather Mervin
1928 Judge Appleton
1927 Sir Reginald Knight
1927 Jean Moreau
1927 Judge J. R. Altewood
1927 Cyrus Townsend
1927 Smithfield
1926 John Raynor
1926 Old Man in Hotel Bed (uncredited)
1926 Ivan
1926 Professor von Waldstein
1925 Tom Linton
1925 Noel Jardine
1925 Pious Joe McDowell
1925 Sir Robert Sundale
1925 Riddle
1925 Jim Bailey
1924 James Crockett
1924 Henry Bancks
1924 Lord Patrington
1924 Judge Daniel Webster Copeland
1923 Lord Storm
1923 Theodore Findley
1923 Self - Celebrity Actor (uncredited)
1923 Hector McCollins
1923 Col. Charles E. Cavanaugh
1923 Mr. Everingham
1923 Mr. Forbes
1923 Virgil Adams
1922 Denton Drew
1922 John P. Grout
1922 Uncle Sam
1921 Captain Bill
1921 Earl of Dorincourt
1918 Standish