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Claude Gillingwater

Claude Gillingwater

Actor

Born August 1, 1870 in Louisiana, Missouri, USA

Died November 2, 1939

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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 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, Missouri

Date of Death 2 November 1939, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California (suicide)

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Cafe Society Poster

Cafe Society Feature Film1939Old Christopher West

A Yank at Oxford Poster

A Yank at Oxford Feature Film1938Ben Dalton

Just Around the Corner Poster

Just Around the Corner Feature Film1938Samuel G. Henshaw

Little Miss Broadway Poster

Little Miss Broadway Feature Film1938Judge

There Goes My Heart Poster

There Goes My Heart Feature Film1938Cyrus Butterfield

Conquest Poster

Conquest Feature Film1937Stephan

Top of the Town Poster

Top of the Town Feature Film1937William Borden

Can This Be Dixie? Poster

Can This Be Dixie? Feature Film1936Col. Robert Peachtree

Counterfeit Poster

Counterfeit Feature Film1936Tom Perkins

Florida Special Poster

Florida Special Feature Film1936Simeon Stafford

Poor Little Rich Girl Poster

Poor Little Rich Girl Feature Film1936Simon Peck

The Prisoner of Shark Island Poster

The Prisoner of Shark Island Feature Film1936Col. Jeremiah Milford Dyer

Ticket to Paradise Poster

Ticket to Paradise Feature Film1936Robert Forbes

Wives Never Know Poster

Wives Never Know Feature Film1936Mr. Gossamer

A Tale of Two Cities Poster

A Tale of Two Cities Feature Film1935Jarvis Lorry Jr.

Baby Face Harrington Poster

Baby Face Harrington Feature Film1935Colton

Calm Yourself Poster

Calm Yourself Feature Film1935Col. Allenby

Mississippi Poster

Mississippi Feature Film1935General Rumford

The Woman in Red Poster

The Woman in Red Feature Film1935Grandpa Wyatt

Together We Live Poster

Together We Live Feature Film1935Dick

Broadway Bill Poster

Broadway Bill Feature Film1934J.P. Chase

City Limits Poster

City Limits Feature Film1934Oliver

Green Eyes Poster

Green Eyes Feature Film1934Steven Kester

In Love with Life Poster

In Love with Life Feature Film1934Morley

Strange Wives Poster

Strange Wives Feature Film1934Guggins

The Captain Hates the Sea Poster

The Captain Hates the Sea Feature Film1934Judge Griswold

The Show-Off Poster

The Show-Off Feature Film1934J.B. Preston

Unknown Blonde Poster

Unknown Blonde Feature Film1934Papa Van Brunt, Sr.

You Can't Buy Everything Poster

You Can't Buy Everything Feature Film1934Banker Asa Cabot

Ann Carver's Profession Poster

Ann Carver's Profession Feature Film1933Judge Bingham

Back Page Poster

Back Page Feature Film1933Sam Webster

Before Midnight Poster

Before Midnight Feature Film1933John Fry

I Loved a Woman Poster

I Loved a Woman Feature Film1933Banker

Skyway Feature Film1933John Beaumont

The Avenger Poster

The Avenger Feature Film1933Witt

Running Hollywood Short Film1932Claude Gillingwater

Tess of the Storm Country Poster

Tess of the Storm Country Feature Film1932Frederick Garfield Sr

Compromised Poster

Compromised Feature Film1931John Brock

Daddy Long Legs Poster

Daddy Long Legs Feature Film1931Riggs

Gold Dust Gertie Poster

Gold Dust Gertie Feature Film1931John Aberdeen Arnold

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' Poster

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 10: 'Trouble Shots' Short Film1931Self - Golfer

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'the Brassie' Poster

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'the Brassie' Short Film1931Mr. Gillingwater

Illicit Feature Film1931Ives Sr.

Kiss Me Again Poster

Kiss Me Again Feature Film1931Count de St. Cyr

Oh! Oh! Cleopatra Poster

Oh! Oh! Cleopatra Short Film1931Claude Gillingwater - Banquet Guest

The Conquering Horde Poster

The Conquering Horde Feature Film1931Jim Nabours

The Wide Open Spaces Poster

The Wide Open Spaces Short Film1931Judge

Dumbbells in Ermine Poster

Dumbbells in Ermine Feature Film1930Uncle Roger

The Flirting Widow Poster

The Flirting Widow Feature Film1930Faraday

Glad Rag Doll Poster

Glad Rag Doll Feature Film1929Sam Underlane

Smiling Irish Eyes Poster

Smiling Irish Eyes Feature Film1929Michael O'Connor

So Long Letty Poster

So Long Letty Feature Film1929Uncle Claude Davis

Stark Mad Poster

Stark Mad Feature Film1929James Rutherford - Expedition Leader

Stolen Kisses Poster

Stolen Kisses Feature Film1929H.A. Lambert Sr.

The Great Divide Poster

The Great Divide Feature Film1929Winthrop Amesbury

Oh Kay! Feature Film1928Judge Appleton

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come Poster

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come Feature Film1928Major Buford

Women They Talk About Poster

Women They Talk About Feature Film1928Grandfather Mervin

Barbed Wire Poster

Barbed Wire Feature Film1927Jean Moreau

Fast and Furious Poster

Fast and Furious Feature Film1927Smithfield

Husbands for Rent Poster

Husbands for Rent Feature Film1927Sir Reginald Knight

Naughty But Nice Poster

Naughty But Nice Feature Film1927Judge J. R. Altewood

The Gorilla Poster

The Gorilla Feature Film1927Cyrus Townsend

45 Minutes from Hollywood Poster

45 Minutes from Hollywood Short Film1926Old Man in Hotel Bed

For Wives Only Poster

For Wives Only Feature Film1926Professor von Waldstein

Into Her Kingdom Poster

Into Her Kingdom Feature Film1926Ivan - Their Tutor

Never Too Old Short Film1926Romeo McPip

That's My Baby Poster

That's My Baby Feature Film1926John Raynor

A Thief in Paradise Poster

A Thief in Paradise Feature Film1925Noel Jardine

Cheaper to Marry Poster

Cheaper to Marry Feature Film1925Riddle

Seven Sinners Poster

Seven Sinners Feature Film1925'Pious Joe' McDowell

Wages for Wives Poster

Wages for Wives Feature Film1925Jim Bailey

We Moderns Poster

We Moderns Feature Film1925Sir Robert Sundale

Winds of Chance Poster

Winds of Chance Feature Film1925Tom Linton

Daddies Feature Film1924James Crockett

How to Educate a Wife Poster

How to Educate a Wife Feature Film1924Henry Bancks

Idle Tongues Poster

Idle Tongues Feature Film1924Judge Daniel Webster Copeland

Madonna of the Streets Poster

Madonna of the Streets Feature Film1924Lord Patrington

A Chapter in Her Life Poster

A Chapter in Her Life Feature Film1923Mr. Everingham

Alice Adams Poster

Alice Adams Feature Film1923Virgil Adams

Casey Jones, Jr. Short Film1923Railroad President

Crinoline and Romance Poster

Crinoline and Romance Feature Film1923Col. Charles E. Cavanaugh

Dulcy Feature Film1923Mr. Forbes

Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 4 Short Film1923Self

Souls for Sale Poster

Souls for Sale Feature Film1923Claude Gillingwater

The Christian Poster

The Christian Feature Film1923Lord Storm

Three Wise Fools Poster

Three Wise Fools Feature Film1923Theodore Findley

Tiger Rose Poster

Tiger Rose Feature Film1923Hector McCollins

Dust Flower Poster

Dust Flower Feature Film1922Steptoe

Fools First Poster

Fools First Feature Film1922Denton Drew

Remembrance Poster

Remembrance Feature Film1922John P. Grout

The Strangers' Banquet Poster

The Strangers' Banquet Feature Film1922Uncle Sam

Little Lord Fauntleroy Poster

Little Lord Fauntleroy Feature Film1921Earl of Dorincourt

My Boy Feature Film1921The Captain

Wild Primrose Poster

Wild Primrose Feature Film1918Standish

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