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Claude Gillingwater

7 movies on Netflix

Biography

Claude Gillingwater was an American actor who began on the stage and went on to appear in more than 90 films from 1918 to 1939. He was born in Louisiana, Missouri, and studied law, but he did not want to become a lawyer like his father, so he worked as a traveling salesman selling vinegar before joining a theatrical company led by David Belasco. Mary Pickford saw him perform and brought him into her 1921 film Little Lord Fauntleroy, which started his screen career. He became known for curmudgeonly character parts, and his best-known role was likely Jarvis Lorry in David O. Selznick's A Tale of Two Cities (1935). He also acted in the Academy Award-nominated Conquest (1937), Mississippi (1935), The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936), and A Yank at Oxford (1938), and was a fine foil for Shirley Temple in Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), Just Around the Corner (1938), and Little Miss Broadway (1938).

69years old at death

  • Born Louisiana
  • Died Beverly Hills
  • Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
  • Also credited as Claude Benton Gillingwater

Movie Career

Films
7
Career span
6 years1931 to 1937

Genres

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  1. A change of course

    Before acting, Claude Gillingwater sold vinegar as a traveling salesman for a wholesale firm. While on the road, he became part of a small theatrical company that David Belasco managed.

  2. Big break

    Eight years later, Mary Pickford saw Gillingwater perform and got him a role in her movie Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921), which started his film career.

Claude Gillingwater movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix with the most votes on IMDb, with the part played in each.

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  1. A Tale of Two Cities1935 Adventure, Drama, History, Romanceas Jarvis Lorry

    IMDb rating 7.87.0K votes

  2. The Prisoner of Shark Island1936 Biography, Drama, Historyas Colonel Dyer

    IMDb rating 7.22.9K votes

  3. Conquest1937as Stephan

    IMDb rating 6.51.9K votes

  4. Poor Little Rich Girl1936as Simon Peck

    IMDb rating 7.01.7K votes

  5. Illicit1931as Richard Ives Sr.

    IMDb rating 6.11.3K votes

  6. The Woman in Red1935as Grandpa Wyatt

    IMDb rating 6.11.1K votes

  7. Ann Carver's Profession1933as Judge Bingham

    IMDb rating 6.0250 votes

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