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Claude Gillingwater

Claude Gillingwater

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 silve

Born

Aug 01, 1870

Louisiana, Missouri, USA

Died

Nov 02, 1939

Known For

Acting

Movies

89 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.3

Unknown Blonde
Unknown Blonde
1934 • as Papa Van Brunt, Sr.
★ 3.2
Wild Primrose
Wild Primrose
1918 • as Standish
★ 7.0
Daddies
Daddies
1924 • as James Crockett
★ 6.0
The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 • as Colonel Dyer
★ 6.8
Oh Kay!
Oh Kay!
1928 • as Judge Appleton
★ 7.0
Souls for Sale
Souls for Sale
1923 • as Self - Celebrity Actor (uncredited)
★ 6.3
A Yank at Oxford
A Yank at Oxford
1938 • as Ben Dalton
★ 6.8
The Show-Off
The Show-Off
1934 • as J.B. Preston
★ 6.2
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
1935 • as Jarvis Lorry
★ 6.9
Ann Carver's Profession
Ann Carver's Profession
1933 • as Bingham
★ 7.0
Crinoline and Romance
Crinoline and Romance
1923 • as Col. Charles E. Cavanaugh
★ 7.0
For Wives Only
For Wives Only
1926 • as Professor von Waldstein
★ 10.0
Husbands for Rent
Husbands for Rent
1927 • as Sir Reginald Knight
★ 10.0
Poor Little Rich Girl
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936 • as Simon Peck
★ 6.6
Top of the Town
Top of the Town
1937 • as William Borden
★ 6.0
The Woman in Red
The Woman in Red
1935 • as Grandpa Wyatt
★ 6.0
Little Miss Broadway
Little Miss Broadway
1938 • as Judge
★ 6.5
Conquest
Conquest
1937 • as Stephan
★ 6.6
45 Minutes from Hollywood
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 • as Old Man in Hotel Bed (uncredited)
★ 5.4
A Thief in Paradise
A Thief in Paradise
1925 • as Noel Jardine
★ 6.5
I Loved a Woman
I Loved a Woman
1933 • as Banker (uncredited)
★ 4.8
Just Around the Corner
Just Around the Corner
1938 • as Samuel G. Henshaw
★ 5.8
Mississippi
Mississippi
1935 • as General Rumford
★ 6.9
There Goes My Heart
There Goes My Heart
1938 • as Cyrus W. Butterfield
★ 7.3
Naughty But Nice
Naughty But Nice
1927 • as Judge J. R. Altewood
★ 9.0
The Captain Hates the Sea
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934 • as Judge Griswold
★ 6.4
Baby Face Harrington
Baby Face Harrington
1935 • as Colton
★ 5.4
Tess of the Storm Country
Tess of the Storm Country
1932 • as Frederick Garfield Sr
★ 7.0
Ticket to Paradise
Ticket to Paradise
1936 • as Robert Forbes
★ 7.5
Can This Be Dixie?
Can This Be Dixie?
1936 • as Col. Robert Peachtree
★ 7.0
Dumb-bells in Ermine
Dumb-bells in Ermine
1930 • as Uncle Roger
★ 5.7
Glad Rag Doll
Glad Rag Doll
1929 • as Sam Underlane
★ 9.0
Daddy Long Legs
Daddy Long Legs
1931 • as Riggs
★ 4.7
Madonna of the Streets
Madonna of the Streets
1924 • as Lord Patrington
★ 9.0
The Flirting Widow
The Flirting Widow
1930 • as Faraday
★ 5.7
Florida Special
Florida Special
1936 • as Simeon Stafford
★ 7.0
How to Educate a Wife
How to Educate a Wife
1924 • as Henry Bancks
★ 9.0
You Can't Buy Everything
You Can't Buy Everything
1934 • as Asa Cabot - Banker
★ 8.0
Mexicali Rose
Mexicali Rose
1929 • as (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Stark Mad
Stark Mad
1929 • as James Rutherford - Expedition Leader
★ 5.5
Cafe Society
Cafe Society
1939 • as Old Christopher West
★ 7.5
The Wide Open Spaces
The Wide Open Spaces
1931 • as Judge
★ 7.0
So Long Letty
So Long Letty
1929 • as Uncle Claude Davis
★ 6.3
Women They Talk About
Women They Talk About
1928 • as Grandfather Mervin
★ 7.0
A Chapter in Her Life
A Chapter in Her Life
1923 • as Mr. Everingham
★ 6.5
The Avenger
The Avenger
1933 • as Witt
★ 8.0
Wives Never Know
Wives Never Know
1936 • as Mr. Gossamer
★ 9.0
The Christian
The Christian
1923 • as Lord Storm
★ 10.0
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921 • as Earl of Dorincourt
★ 7.0
Illicit
Illicit
1931 • as Richard Ives Sr.
★ 5.6
movie
That's My Baby
1926 • as John Raynor
★ 9.0
The Great Divide
The Great Divide
1929 • as Winthrop Amesbury
★ 5.3
Tiger Rose
Tiger Rose
1923 • as Hector McCollins
★ 5.4
The Gorilla
The Gorilla
1927 • as Cyrus Townsend
★ 10.0
City Limits
City Limits
1934 • as Tom Oliver
★ 5.5
Strange Wives
Strange Wives
1934 • as Guggins
★ 7.0
We Moderns
We Moderns
1925 • as Sir Robert Sundale
★ 10.0
Back Page
Back Page
1933 • as Sam Webster
★ 6.9
movie
Running Hollywood
1932 • as Claude Gillingwater
★ 9.0
Skyway
Skyway
1933 • as John Beaumont
★ 5.8
Three Wise Fools
Three Wise Fools
1923 • as Theodore Findley
★ 10.0
Stolen Kisses
Stolen Kisses
1929 • as H.A. Lambert Sr.
★ 6.3
Barbed Wire
Barbed Wire
1927 • as Jean Moreau
★ 6.8
Before Midnight
Before Midnight
1933 • as John Fry
★ 4.6
The Conquering Horde
The Conquering Horde
1931 • as Jim Nabours
★ 7.0
Fools First
Fools First
1922 • as Denton Drew
★ 8.0
Gold Dust Gertie
Gold Dust Gertie
1931 • as John Aberdeen Arnold
★ 6.0
Calm Yourself
Calm Yourself
1935 • as Col. Allenby
★ 6.0
In Love with Life
In Love with Life
1934 • as Morley
★ 5.7
Green Eyes
Green Eyes
1934 • as Steven Kester
★ 5.8
Winds of Chance
Winds of Chance
1925 • as Tom Linton
★ 6.5
Together We Live
Together We Live
1935 • as Dick
★ 7.0
Wages for Wives
Wages for Wives
1925 • as Jim Bailey
★ 7.0
Alice Adams
Alice Adams
1923 • as Virgil Adams
★ 9.0
Into Her Kingdom
Into Her Kingdom
1926 • as Ivan
★ 9.0
Fast and Furious
Fast and Furious
1927 • as Smithfield
★ 4.5
Remembrance
Remembrance
1922 • as John P. Grout
★ 9.0
Counterfeit
Counterfeit
1936 • as Tom Perkins
★ 6.2
Smiling Irish Eyes
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929 • as Michael O'Connor
★ 9.0
Compromised
Compromised
1931 • as John Brock
★ 4.0
Seven Sinners
Seven Sinners
1925 • as Pious Joe McDowell
★ 6.5
Cheaper to Marry
Cheaper to Marry
1925 • as Riddle
★ 7.0
Kiss Me Again
Kiss Me Again
1931 • as Count de St. Cyr
★ 8.0
My Boy
My Boy
1921 • as Captain Bill
★ 6.1
The Strangers' Banquet
The Strangers' Banquet
1922 • as Uncle Sam
★ 10.0
Idle Tongues
Idle Tongues
1924 • as Judge Daniel Webster Copeland
★ 9.0
Dulcy
Dulcy
1923 • as Mr. Forbes
★ 7.0
The Dust Flower
★ 8.0