Image of Claude Gillingwater

Claude Gillingwater

1870-08-01 Louisiana, Missouri, USA

Image of Claude Gillingwater

Biografia

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)

Películas

Cafe Society Old Christopher West 1939-03-03
There Goes My Heart Cyrus W. Butterfield 1938-10-14
A Yank at Oxford Ben Dalton 1938-02-18
Just Around the Corner Samuel G. Henshaw 1938-11-11
Little Miss Broadway Judge 1938-07-29
Conquest Stephan 1937-10-22
Top of the Town William Borden 1937-04-17
Can This Be Dixie? Col. Robert Peachtree 1936-11-13
Poor Little Rich Girl Simon Peck 1936-07-18
The Prisoner of Shark Island Colonel Dyer 1936-02-28
Wives Never Know Mr. Gossamer 1936-09-18
Florida Special Simeon Stafford 1936-05-01
Counterfeit Tom Perkins 1936-05-25
Ticket to Paradise Robert Forbes 1936-06-24
Calm Yourself Col. Allenby 1935-06-28
Baby Face Harrington Colton 1935-04-12
The Woman in Red Grandpa Wyatt 1935-02-16
A Tale of Two Cities Jarvis Lorry 1935-12-25
Mississippi General Rumford 1935-03-22
Together We Live Dick 1935-08-16
Strange Wives Guggins 1934-11-30
You Can't Buy Everything Asa Cabot - Banker 1934-01-26
City Limits Tom Oliver 1934-04-14
Green Eyes Steven Kester 1934-06-15
The Captain Hates the Sea Judge Griswold 1934-11-02
Unknown Blonde Papa Van Brunt, Sr. 1934-04-23
The Show-Off J.B. Preston 1934-03-09
In Love with Life Morley 1934-05-11
The Avenger Witt 1933-08-10
I Loved a Woman Banker (uncredited) 1933-09-23
Skyway John Beaumont 1933-08-29
Before Midnight John Fry 1933-11-18
Back Page Sam Webster 1933-11-07
Ann Carver's Profession Judge Bingham 1933-06-09
Tess of the Storm Country Frederick Garfield Sr 1932-11-20
Running Hollywood Claude Gillingwater 1932-01-27
Compromised John Brock 1931-11-19
Gold Dust Gertie John Aberdeen Arnold 1931-06-27
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie' 1931-08-01
Illicit Richard Ives Sr. 1931-02-14
The Wide Open Spaces Judge 1931-12-28
Kiss Me Again Count de St. Cyr 1931-01-07
The Conquering Horde Jim Nabours 1931-03-01
Daddy Long Legs Riggs 1931-06-05
The Flirting Widow Faraday 1930-05-11
Dumb-bells in Ermine Uncle Roger 1930-05-10
Mexicali Rose (uncredited) 1929-12-26
Glad Rag Doll Sam Underlane 1929-05-04
Smiling Irish Eyes Michael O'Connor 1929-07-22
The Great Divide Winthrop Amesbury 1929-09-15
Stark Mad James Rutherford - Expedition Leader 1929-02-02
Stolen Kisses H.A. Lambert Sr. 1929-02-23
So Long Letty Uncle Claude Davis 1929-10-16
Women They Talk About Grandfather Mervin 1928-08-10
Oh Kay! Judge Appleton 1928-08-26
Barbed Wire Jean Moreau 1927-09-09
The Gorilla Cyrus Townsend 1927-11-13
Fast and Furious Smithfield 1927-06-12
Husbands for Rent Sir Reginald Knight 1927-12-31
Naughty But Nice Judge J. R. Altewood 1927-06-25
That's My Baby John Raynor 1926-04-19
45 Minutes from Hollywood Old Man in Hotel Bed (uncredited) 1926-12-26
Into Her Kingdom Ivan 1926-08-08
A Thief in Paradise Noel Jardine 1925-06-18
We Moderns Sir Robert Sundale 1925-11-15
Winds of Chance Tom Linton 1925-08-15
Seven Sinners Pious Joe McDowell 1925-11-07
Wages for Wives Jim Bailey 1925-12-15
Cheaper to Marry Riddle 1925-02-09
Daddies James Crockett 1924-02-09
Madonna of the Streets Lord Patrington 1924-10-19
How to Educate a Wife Henry Bancks 1924-05-01
Idle Tongues Judge Daniel Webster Copeland 1924-12-21
Dulcy Mr. Forbes 1923-08-27
Souls for Sale Self - Celebrity Actor (uncredited) 1923-04-22
A Chapter in Her Life Mr. Everingham 1923-09-17
Three Wise Fools Theodore Findley 1923-08-19
The Christian Lord Storm 1923-01-14
Tiger Rose Hector McCollins 1923-12-09
Crinoline and Romance Col. Charles E. Cavanaugh 1923-02-05
The Dust Flower 1922-07-02
The Strangers' Banquet Uncle Sam 1922-12-31
Remembrance John P. Grout 1922-10-01
Fools First Denton Drew 1922-05-27
Little Lord Fauntleroy Earl of Dorincourt 1921-09-15
My Boy Captain Bill 1921-12-01
Alice Adams Virgil Adams