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