Claude Gillingwater

Claude Gillingwater

Acting

Birthday

1870/08/01

Day of death

1939/11/02 (69 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Louisiana, Missouri, USA

Also know as

Claude Benton Gillingwater, Claude Gillingwater Sr.

Biography

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...Read more

Acting
Conquest
6.6

(1937) Conquest

as Stephan

0.0

(1926) That's My Baby

as John Raynor

Just Around the Corner
5.5

(1938) Just Around the Corner

as Samuel G. Henshaw

Fools First
0.0

(1922) Fools First

as Denton Drew

Together We Live
0.0

(1935) Together We Live

as Dick

There Goes My Heart
7.2

(1938) There Goes My Heart

as Cyrus W. Butterfield

My Boy
5.9

(1921) My Boy

as Captain Bill

Stark Mad
3.0

(1929) Stark Mad

as James Rutherford - Expedition Leader

The Prisoner of Shark Island
6.8

(1936) The Prisoner of Shark Island

as Colonel Dyer

Green Eyes
5.0

(1934) Green Eyes

as Steven Kester

I Loved a Woman
4.8

(1933) I Loved a Woman

as Banker (uncredited)

Illicit
5.8

(1931) Illicit

as Richard Ives Sr.

The Great Divide
4.8

(1929) The Great Divide

as Winthrop Amesbury

Mississippi
6.7

(1935) Mississippi

as General Rumford

So Long Letty
5.9

(1929) So Long Letty

as Uncle Claude Davis

Before Midnight
4.0

(1933) Before Midnight

as John Fry

Little Lord Fauntleroy
7.0

(1921) Little Lord Fauntleroy

as Earl of Dorincourt

In Love with Life
5.0

(1934) In Love with Life

as Morley

Back Page
6.2

(1933) Back Page

as Sam Webster

Ticket to Paradise
6.0

(1936) Ticket to Paradise

as Robert Forbes

Gold Dust Gertie
3.0

(1931) Gold Dust Gertie

as John Aberdeen Arnold

Ann Carver's Profession
5.5

(1933) Ann Carver's Profession

as Judge Bingham

Winds of Chance
4.8

(1925) Winds of Chance

as Tom Linton

Dumb-bells in Ermine
4.0

(1930) Dumb-bells in Ermine

as Uncle Roger

The Flirting Widow
4.0

(1930) The Flirting Widow

as Faraday

Daddy Long Legs
4.0

(1931) Daddy Long Legs

as Riggs

0.0

(1932) Running Hollywood

as Claude Gillingwater

Little Miss Broadway
6.6

(1938) Little Miss Broadway

as Judge

Tess of the Storm Country
6.0

(1932) Tess of the Storm Country

as Frederick Garfield Sr

Kiss Me Again
6.0

(1931) Kiss Me Again

as Count de St. Cyr

Daddies
5.0

(1924) Daddies

as James Crockett

Calm Yourself
4.5

(1935) Calm Yourself

as Col. Allenby

0.0

(1931) The Wide Open Spaces

as Judge

Baby Face Harrington
4.8

(1935) Baby Face Harrington

as Colton

The Captain Hates the Sea
6.5

(1934) The Captain Hates the Sea

as Judge Griswold

Remembrance
0.0

(1922) Remembrance

as John P. Grout

The Christian
0.0

(1923) The Christian

as Lord Storm

Skyway
5.2

(1933) Skyway

as John Beaumont

A Thief in Paradise
6.0

(1925) A Thief in Paradise

as Noel Jardine

Poor Little Rich Girl
6.6

(1936) Poor Little Rich Girl

as Simon Peck

Three Wise Fools
0.0

(1923) Three Wise Fools

as Theodore Findley

How to Educate a Wife
0.0

(1924) How to Educate a Wife

as Henry Bancks

Strange Wives
0.0

(1934) Strange Wives

as Guggins

Souls for Sale
6.2

(1923) Souls for Sale

as Self - Celebrity Actor (uncredited)

The Strangers' Banquet
0.0

(1922) The Strangers' Banquet

as Uncle Sam

The Show-Off
5.7

(1934) The Show-Off

as J.B. Preston

City Limits
4.0

(1934) City Limits

as Tom Oliver

Cafe Society
6.0

(1939) Cafe Society

as Old Christopher West

Florida Special
6.0

(1936) Florida Special

as Simeon Stafford

A Yank at Oxford
6.7

(1938) A Yank at Oxford

as Ben Dalton

45 Minutes from Hollywood
5.0

(1926) 45 Minutes from Hollywood

as Old Man in Hotel Bed (uncredited)

Mexicali Rose
5.2

(1929) Mexicali Rose

as (uncredited)

Compromised
1.0

(1931) Compromised

as John Brock

The Woman in Red
6.1

(1935) The Woman in Red

as Grandpa Wyatt

Counterfeit
6.0

(1936) Counterfeit

as Tom Perkins

Husbands for Rent
0.0

(1927) Husbands for Rent

as Sir Reginald Knight

Barbed Wire
6.2

(1927) Barbed Wire

as Jean Moreau

Unknown Blonde
1.0

(1934) Unknown Blonde

as Papa Van Brunt, Sr.

Top of the Town
5.2

(1937) Top of the Town

as William Borden

Tiger Rose
4.5

(1923) Tiger Rose

as Hector McCollins

Seven Sinners
6.0

(1925) Seven Sinners

as Pious Joe McDowell

Naughty But Nice
0.0

(1927) Naughty But Nice

as Judge J. R. Altewood

We Moderns
0.0

(1925) We Moderns

as Sir Robert Sundale

Women They Talk About
0.0

(1928) Women They Talk About

as Grandfather Mervin

Stolen Kisses
5.0

(1929) Stolen Kisses

as H.A. Lambert Sr.

Glad Rag Doll
0.0

(1929) Glad Rag Doll

as Sam Underlane

The Gorilla
0.0

(1927) The Gorilla

as Cyrus Townsend

The Avenger
6.0

(1933) The Avenger

as Witt

You Can't Buy Everything
7.0

(1934) You Can't Buy Everything

as Asa Cabot - Banker

Crinoline and Romance
0.0

(1923) Crinoline and Romance

as Col. Charles E. Cavanaugh

How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie'
0.0

(1931) How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'The Brassie'

as ---

Oh Kay!
0.0

(1928) Oh Kay!

as Judge Appleton

The Conquering Horde
5.0

(1931) The Conquering Horde

as Jim Nabours

Wives Never Know
0.0

(1936) Wives Never Know

as Mr. Gossamer

A Chapter in Her Life
5.5

(1923) A Chapter in Her Life

as Mr. Everingham

0.0

(1926) Into Her Kingdom

as Ivan

Madonna of the Streets
0.0

(1924) Madonna of the Streets

as Lord Patrington

Cheaper to Marry
0.0

(1925) Cheaper to Marry

as Riddle

Fast and Furious
1.0

(1927) Fast and Furious

as Smithfield

Dulcy
0.0

(1923) Dulcy

as Mr. Forbes

A Tale of Two Cities
6.8

(1935) A Tale of Two Cities

as Jarvis Lorry

Can This Be Dixie?
0.0

(1936) Can This Be Dixie?

as Col. Robert Peachtree

Idle Tongues
0.0

(1924) Idle Tongues

as Judge Daniel Webster Copeland

Smiling Irish Eyes
0.0

(1929) Smiling Irish Eyes

as Michael O'Connor

Wages for Wives
0.0

(1925) Wages for Wives

as Jim Bailey

Alice Adams
0.0

Alice Adams

as Virgil Adams