Claude Gillingwater

Person

Claude Gillingwater

Born 1 August 1870 Died 2 November 1939, aged 69 Louisiana, Missouri, USA IMDb ↗ · TMDB ↗

Tall, balding character actor in US films from 1921 until the year he died, usually portraying obstinate or irascible types.

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The numbers

Computed from the record
48age in their first credit on record (1918)
21years on screen and counting
8credits in 1934, their busiest year
87dated credits on record
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Movie credits

Newest first
Cafe Society poster Age: 68

Cafe Society

1939
as Old Christopher West
Just Around the Corner poster Age: 68

Just Around the Corner

1938
as Samuel G. Henshaw
There Goes My Heart poster Age: 68

There Goes My Heart

1938
as Cyrus W. Butterfield
Little Miss Broadway poster Age: 67

Little Miss Broadway

1938
as Judge
A Yank at Oxford poster Age: 67

A Yank at Oxford

1938
as Ben Dalton
Conquest poster Age: 67

Conquest

1937
as Stephan
Top of the Town poster Age: 66

Top of the Town

1937
as William Borden
Can This Be Dixie? poster Age: 66

Can This Be Dixie?

1936
as Col. Robert Peachtree
Wives Never Know poster Age: 66

Wives Never Know

1936
as Mr. Gossamer
Poor Little Rich Girl poster Age: 65

Poor Little Rich Girl

1936
as Simon Peck
Ticket to Paradise poster Age: 65

Ticket to Paradise

1936
as Robert Forbes
Counterfeit poster Age: 65

Counterfeit

1936
as Tom Perkins
Florida Special poster Age: 65

Florida Special

1936
as Simeon Stafford
The Prisoner of Shark Island poster Age: 65

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936
as Colonel Dyer
A Tale of Two Cities poster Age: 65

A Tale of Two Cities

1935
as Jarvis Lorry
Together We Live poster Age: 65

Together We Live

1935
as Dick
Calm Yourself poster Age: 64

Calm Yourself

1935
as Col. Allenby
Baby Face Harrington poster Age: 64

Baby Face Harrington

1935
as Colton
Mississippi poster Age: 64

Mississippi

1935
as General Rumford
The Woman in Red poster Age: 64

The Woman in Red

1935
as Grandpa Wyatt
Strange Wives poster Age: 64

Strange Wives

1934
as Guggins
The Captain Hates the Sea poster Age: 64

The Captain Hates the Sea

1934
as Judge Griswold
Green Eyes poster Age: 63

Green Eyes

1934
as Steven Kester
In Love with Life poster Age: 63

In Love with Life

1934
as Morley
Unknown Blonde poster Age: 63

Unknown Blonde

1934
as Papa Van Brunt, Sr.
City Limits poster Age: 63

City Limits

1934
as Tom Oliver
The Show-Off poster Age: 63

The Show-Off

1934
as J.B. Preston
You Can't Buy Everything poster Age: 63

You Can't Buy Everything

1934
as Asa Cabot - Banker
Before Midnight poster Age: 63

Before Midnight

1933
as John Fry
Back Page poster Age: 63

Back Page

1933
as Sam Webster
I Loved a Woman poster Age: 63

I Loved a Woman

1933
as Banker (uncredited)
Skyway poster Age: 63

Skyway

1933
as John Beaumont
The Avenger poster Age: 63

The Avenger

1933
as Witt
Ann Carver's Profession poster Age: 62

Ann Carver's Profession

1933
as Bingham
Tess of the Storm Country poster Age: 62

Tess of the Storm Country

1932
as Frederick Garfield Sr
No poster
Age: 61

Running Hollywood

1932
as Claude Gillingwater
The Wide Open Spaces poster Age: 61

The Wide Open Spaces

1931
as Judge
Compromised poster Age: 61

Compromised

1931
as John Brock
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie' poster Age: 61

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie'

1931
Gold Dust Gertie poster Age: 60

Gold Dust Gertie

1931
as John Aberdeen Arnold
Daddy Long Legs poster Age: 60

Daddy Long Legs

1931
as Riggs
The Conquering Horde poster Age: 60

The Conquering Horde

1931
as Jim Nabours
Illicit poster Age: 60

Illicit

1931
as Richard Ives Sr.
Kiss Me Again poster Age: 60

Kiss Me Again

1931
as Count de St. Cyr
The Flirting Widow poster Age: 59

The Flirting Widow

1930
as Faraday
Dumb-bells in Ermine poster Age: 59

Dumb-bells in Ermine

1930
as Uncle Roger
So Long Letty poster Age: 59

So Long Letty

1929
as Uncle Claude Davis
The Great Divide poster Age: 59

The Great Divide

1929
as Winthrop Amesbury
Smiling Irish Eyes poster Age: 58

Smiling Irish Eyes

1929
as Michael O'Connor
Glad Rag Doll poster Age: 58

Glad Rag Doll

1929
as Sam Underlane
Stolen Kisses poster Age: 58

Stolen Kisses

1929
as H.A. Lambert Sr.
Stark Mad poster Age: 58

Stark Mad

1929
as James Rutherford - Expedition Leader
Oh Kay! poster Age: 58

Oh Kay!

1928
as Judge Appleton
Women They Talk About poster Age: 58

Women They Talk About

1928
as Grandfather Mervin
Husbands for Rent poster Age: 57

Husbands for Rent

1927
as Sir Reginald Knight
The Gorilla poster Age: 57

The Gorilla

1927
as Cyrus Townsend
Barbed Wire poster Age: 57

Barbed Wire

1927
as Jean Moreau
Naughty But Nice poster Age: 56

Naughty But Nice

1927
as Judge J. R. Altewood
Fast and Furious poster Age: 56

Fast and Furious

1927
as Smithfield
45 Minutes from Hollywood poster Age: 56

45 Minutes from Hollywood

1926
as Old Man in Hotel Bed (uncredited)
For Wives Only poster Age: 56

For Wives Only

1926
as Professor von Waldstein
Into Her Kingdom poster Age: 56

Into Her Kingdom

1926
as Ivan
No poster
Age: 55

That's My Baby

1926
as John Raynor
Wages for Wives poster Age: 55

Wages for Wives

1925
as Jim Bailey
We Moderns poster Age: 55

We Moderns

1925
as Sir Robert Sundale
Seven Sinners poster Age: 55

Seven Sinners

1925
as Pious Joe McDowell
Winds of Chance poster Age: 55

Winds of Chance

1925
as Tom Linton
A Thief in Paradise poster Age: 54

A Thief in Paradise

1925
as Noel Jardine
Cheaper to Marry poster Age: 54

Cheaper to Marry

1925
as Riddle
Idle Tongues poster Age: 54

Idle Tongues

1924
as Judge Daniel Webster Copeland
Madonna of the Streets poster Age: 54

Madonna of the Streets

1924
as Lord Patrington
How to Educate a Wife poster Age: 53

How to Educate a Wife

1924
as Henry Bancks
Daddies poster Age: 53

Daddies

1924
as James Crockett
Tiger Rose poster Age: 53

Tiger Rose

1923
as Hector McCollins
A Chapter in Her Life poster Age: 53

A Chapter in Her Life

1923
as Mr. Everingham
Dulcy poster Age: 53

Dulcy

1923
as Mr. Forbes
Three Wise Fools poster Age: 53

Three Wise Fools

1923
as Theodore Findley
Alice Adams poster Age: 52

Alice Adams

1923
as Virgil Adams
Crinoline and Romance poster Age: 52

Crinoline and Romance

1923
as Col. Charles E. Cavanaugh
The Christian poster Age: 52

The Christian

1923
as Lord Storm
The Strangers' Banquet poster Age: 52

The Strangers' Banquet

1922
as Uncle Sam
Remembrance poster Age: 52

Remembrance

1922
as John P. Grout
The Dust Flower poster Age: 51

The Dust Flower

1922
Fools First poster Age: 51

Fools First

1922
as Denton Drew
My Boy poster Age: 51

My Boy

1921
as Captain Bill
Little Lord Fauntleroy poster Age: 51

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1921
as Earl of Dorincourt
Wild Primrose poster Age: 48

Wild Primrose

1918
as Standish
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