Claude Gillingwater actor
- Total known movies 86
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 Gillingwaters 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, MissouriDate of Death 2 November 1939, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California (suicide)
John Raynor
Movie 1926
Denton Drew
Movie 1922
Cyrus W. Butterfield
Movie 1938
Captain Bill
Movie 1921
James Rutherford - Expedition Leader
Movie 1929
Colonel Dyer
Movie 1936
Steven Kester
Movie 1934
Banker (uncredited)
Movie 1933
Richard Ives Sr.
Movie 1931
Winthrop Amesbury
Movie 1929
Uncle Claude Davis
Movie 1929
John Fry
Movie 1933
Morley
Movie 1934
Sam Webster
Movie 1933
Robert Forbes
Movie 1936
John Aberdeen Arnold
Movie 1931
Judge Bingham
Movie 1933
Tom Linton
Movie 1925
Uncle Roger
Movie 1930
Faraday
Movie 1930
Riggs
Movie 1931
Claude Gillingwater
Movie 1932
Frederick Garfield Sr
Movie 1932
Count de St. Cyr
Movie 1931
James Crockett
Movie 1924
Col. Allenby
Movie 1935
Judge
Movie 1931
Colton
Movie 1935
Judge Griswold
Movie 1934
John P. Grout
Movie 1922
Lord Storm
Movie 1923
John Beaumont
Movie 1933
Noel Jardine
Movie 1925
Theodore Findley
Movie 1923
Henry Bancks
Movie 1924
Self - Celebrity Actor (uncredited)
Movie 1923
Uncle Sam
Movie 1922
J.B. Preston
Movie 1934
Tom Oliver
Movie 1934
Old Christopher West
Movie 1939
Simeon Stafford
Movie 1936
Ben Dalton
Movie 1938
Old Man in Hotel Bed (uncredited)
Movie 1926
(uncredited)
Movie 1929
John Brock
Movie 1931
Grandpa Wyatt
Movie 1935
Tom Perkins
Movie 1936
Sir Reginald Knight
Movie 1927
Jean Moreau
Movie 1927
Papa Van Brunt, Sr.
Movie 1934
William Borden
Movie 1937
Hector McCollins
Movie 1923
Pious Joe McDowell
Movie 1925
Judge J. R. Altewood
Movie 1927
Sir Robert Sundale
Movie 1925
Grandfather Mervin
Movie 1928
H.A. Lambert Sr.
Movie 1929
Sam Underlane
Movie 1929
Cyrus Townsend
Movie 1927
Witt
Movie 1933
Asa Cabot - Banker
Movie 1934
Col. Charles E. Cavanaugh
Movie 1923
Movie 1931
Judge Appleton
Movie 1928
Jim Nabours
Movie 1931
Mr. Gossamer
Movie 1936
Mr. Everingham
Movie 1923
Ivan
Movie 1926
Lord Patrington
Movie 1924
Riddle
Movie 1925
Smithfield
Movie 1927
Mr. Forbes
Movie 1923
Col. Robert Peachtree
Movie 1936
Judge Daniel Webster Copeland
Movie 1924
Michael O'Connor
Movie 1929
Jim Bailey
Movie 1925
Virgil Adams
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