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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.
- January 1, 1
- Louisiana, Missouri, USA
- January 1, 1
- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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.
Cleopatra (Short) Claude Gillingwater - Banquet Guest 1931 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 8: 'the Brassie' (Short) Mr. Gillingwater (uncredited) 1931 Gold Dust Gertie John Aberdeen Arnold
Claude Gillingwater's films include The Prisoner of Shark Island, A Tale of Two Cities, Barbed Wire, Little Lord Fauntleroy
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.
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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.
