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Claude Benton Gillingwater (August 2, 1870 – November 1, 1939) was an American stage and screen actor. He first appeared on the stage then in more than 90 films between 1918 and 1939, including the Academy Award-nominated A Tale of Two Cities (1935) and Conquest (1937).
Claude Gillingwater. Actor: A Tale of Two Cities. A man so disagreeable on celluloid, Claude Gillingwater's characters seemed to subsist on a steady diet of persimmons.
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.
CLAUDE GILLINGWATER, following a hiatus of a number of years, is scoring anew at the Criterion these nights in "Three Wise Fools."--admittedly in a role which is "fat," in the lingo of the...
After three solid decades' worth of stage work, Claude Gillingwater Sr. made his film bow as the Earl in Mary Pickford's 1921 adaptation of Little Lord Fauntleroy. It was the first of several cantankerous old coots with hidden hearts of gold that Gillingwater would portray during the next 18 years.
Biography. American actor born in Louisiana, Missouri on 2 August 1870. He began his career working for a mobile theater company and then began working on Broadway. In 1918 he began his career in silent films and had a successful career, which continued on when talking films emerged. His ...Read more. Nationality: US. Date of Birth: 2 August 1870.
Shirley Temple & Claude Gillingwater. As if to underscore for the movie-going public Shirley Temple’s talent for warming, indeed melting, the coldest of hearts, the 20th Century Fox Film studios teamed her in three feature-length films with everyone’s favorite old sourpuss, Claude Gillingwater:
Claude Gillingwater Sr. Highest Rated: 100% Conquest (1937) Lowest Rated: 80% Captain Hates the Sea (1934) Birthday: Aug 2, 1870. Birthplace: Louisiana, Missouri, USA.
Claude Gillingwater was a actor who was born in 1870 in United States and died in 1939 known for The Prisoner of Shark Island, A Tale of Two Cities, A Yank at Oxford, Illicit, My Boy, The Woman in Red, Barbed Wire, Little Lord Fauntleroy, The Captain Hates the Sea and Mississippi
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 ...
