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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

0.8

The Prisoner of Shark Island
The Prisoner of Shark Island
1936 as Colonel Dyer
★ 6.9
Unknown Blonde
Unknown Blonde
1934 as Papa Van Brunt, Sr.
★ 3.3
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
1935 as Jarvis Lorry
★ 6.8
Oh Kay!
Oh Kay!
1928 as Judge Appleton
★ 7.0
Little Miss Broadway
Little Miss Broadway
1938 as Judge
★ 6.5
Wild Primrose
Wild Primrose
1918 as Standish
★ 7.0
Souls for Sale
Souls for Sale
1923 as Self - Celebrity Actor (uncredited)
★ 6.3
Mississippi
Mississippi
1935 as General Rumford
★ 6.8
Conquest
Conquest
1937 as Stephan
★ 6.6
A Yank at Oxford
A Yank at Oxford
1938 as Ben Dalton
★ 6.8
Florida Special
Florida Special
1936 as Simeon Stafford
★ 7.0
Ticket to Paradise
Ticket to Paradise
1936 as Robert Forbes
★ 7.5
Daddies
Daddies
1924 as James Crockett
★ 6.0
Three Wise Fools
Three Wise Fools
1923 as Theodore Findley
★ 10.0
There Goes My Heart
There Goes My Heart
1938 as Cyrus W. Butterfield
★ 7.3
Just Around the Corner
Just Around the Corner
1938 as Samuel G. Henshaw
★ 5.8
Wives Never Know
Wives Never Know
1936 as Mr. Gossamer
★ 9.0
Cafe Society
Cafe Society
1939 as Old Christopher West
★ 7.5
Calm Yourself
Calm Yourself
1935 as Col. Allenby
★ 6.0
The Captain Hates the Sea
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934 as Judge Griswold
★ 6.4
Poor Little Rich Girl
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936 as Simon Peck
★ 6.6
You Can't Buy Everything
You Can't Buy Everything
1934 as Asa Cabot - Banker
★ 8.0
Glad Rag Doll
Glad Rag Doll
1929 as Sam Underlane
★ 9.0
Seven Sinners
Seven Sinners
1925 as Pious Joe McDowell
★ 6.5
The Woman in Red
The Woman in Red
1935 as Grandpa Wyatt
★ 6.0
Baby Face Harrington
Baby Face Harrington
1935 as Colton
★ 5.4
Strange Wives
Strange Wives
1934 as Guggins
★ 7.0
Mexicali Rose
Mexicali Rose
1929 as (uncredited)
★ 5.6
Wages for Wives
Wages for Wives
1925 as Jim Bailey
★ 7.0
I Loved a Woman
I Loved a Woman
1933 as Banker (uncredited)
★ 4.8
Top of the Town
Top of the Town
1937 as William Borden
★ 6.0
movie
Running Hollywood
1932 as Claude Gillingwater
★ 9.0
Naughty But Nice
Naughty But Nice
1927 as Judge J. R. Altewood
★ 9.0
Ann Carver's Profession
Ann Carver's Profession
1933 as Bingham
★ 7.0
Counterfeit
Counterfeit
1936 as Tom Perkins
★ 6.3
The Show-Off
The Show-Off
1934 as J.B. Preston
★ 6.3
Illicit
Illicit
1931 as Richard Ives Sr.
★ 5.7
Can This Be Dixie?
Can This Be Dixie?
1936 as Col. Robert Peachtree
★ 7.0
Smiling Irish Eyes
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929 as Michael O'Connor
★ 9.0
Husbands for Rent
Husbands for Rent
1927 as Sir Reginald Knight
★ 10.0
Alice Adams
Alice Adams
1923 as Virgil Adams
★ 9.0
Stark Mad
Stark Mad
1929 as James Rutherford - Expedition Leader
★ 5.5
Kiss Me Again
Kiss Me Again
1931 as Count de St. Cyr
★ 8.0
The Great Divide
The Great Divide
1929 as Winthrop Amesbury
★ 5.3
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That's My Baby
1926 as John Raynor
★ 9.0
Fast and Furious
Fast and Furious
1927 as Smithfield
★ 4.5
Winds of Chance
Winds of Chance
1925 as Tom Linton
★ 6.5
Barbed Wire
Barbed Wire
1927 as Jean Moreau
★ 6.8
Before Midnight
Before Midnight
1933 as John Fry
★ 4.6
For Wives Only
For Wives Only
1926 as Professor von Waldstein
★ 10.0
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
City Limits
City Limits
1934 as Tom Oliver
★ 5.5
Tess of the Storm Country
Tess of the Storm Country
1932 as Frederick Garfield Sr
★ 7.0
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy
1921 as Earl of Dorincourt
★ 7.0
Together We Live
Together We Live
1935 as Dick
★ 7.0
A Chapter in Her Life
A Chapter in Her Life
1923 as Mr. Everingham
★ 6.5
45 Minutes from Hollywood
45 Minutes from Hollywood
1926 as Old Man in Hotel Bed (uncredited)
★ 5.3
Tiger Rose
Tiger Rose
1923 as Hector McCollins
★ 5.4
Daddy Long Legs
Daddy Long Legs
1931 as Riggs
★ 4.8
We Moderns
We Moderns
1925 as Sir Robert Sundale
★ 10.0
Back Page
Back Page
1933 as Sam Webster
★ 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
Green Eyes
Green Eyes
1934 as Steven Kester
★ 5.8
In Love with Life
In Love with Life
1934 as Morley
★ 6.0
The Christian
The Christian
1923 as Lord Storm
★ 10.0
How to Educate a Wife
How to Educate a Wife
1924 as Henry Bancks
★ 9.0
Dumb-bells in Ermine
Dumb-bells in Ermine
1930 as Uncle Roger
★ 5.7
The Strangers' Banquet
The Strangers' Banquet
1922 as Uncle Sam
★ 10.0
The Avenger
The Avenger
1933 as Witt
★ 8.0
Dulcy
Dulcy
1923 as Mr. Forbes
★ 7.0
Skyway
Skyway
1933 as John Beaumont
★ 5.8
The Conquering Horde
The Conquering Horde
1931 as Jim Nabours
★ 7.0
My Boy
My Boy
1921 as Captain Bill
★ 6.1
Remembrance
Remembrance
1922 as John P. Grout
★ 9.0
Stolen Kisses
Stolen Kisses
1929 as H.A. Lambert Sr.
★ 6.3
Crinoline and Romance
Crinoline and Romance
1923 as Col. Charles E. Cavanaugh
★ 7.0
Cheaper to Marry
Cheaper to Marry
1925 as Riddle
★ 7.0
Fools First
Fools First
1922 as Denton Drew
★ 8.0
Into Her Kingdom
Into Her Kingdom
1926 as Ivan
★ 9.0
Idle Tongues
Idle Tongues
1924 as Judge Daniel Webster Copeland
★ 9.0
Compromised
Compromised
1931 as John Brock
★ 4.0
The Wide Open Spaces
The Wide Open Spaces
1931 as Judge
★ 7.0
Gold Dust Gertie
Gold Dust Gertie
1931 as John Aberdeen Arnold
★ 6.0
The Gorilla
The Gorilla
1927 as Cyrus Townsend
★ 10.0
The Dust Flower
★ 8.0
A Thief in Paradise
A Thief in Paradise
1925 as Noel Jardine
★ 6.5