VIEW / Saved from ignominy / His daughter's stubborn campaign put unfairly maligned actor John Gilbert back in the pantheon of silent film stars -- where he's always belonged By Mick LaSalle ...

Actor John Gilbert, a familiar presence on Seattle stages during four decades, died last week. He was 67. The son of a Unitarian minister, he was born in Bloomington, Ind.

In the stillness of the master bedroom of his palatial mountainside home in Beverly Hills, John Gilbert, the screen’s greatest lover, passed into everlasting sleep yesterday morning. He was 38 ...

John Gilbert was the golden boy at MGM during the final years of the silent era. He was the young studio’s biggest male star, working with such top directors as King Vidor (“The Big Parade ...

The following year, 1925, Gilbert anchored two of MGM’s biggest hits, Erich von Stroheim’s The Merry Widow, and King Vidor’s World War I epic The Big Parade.The other big MGM hit of 1925 was ...

Though his name is not as well remembered, silent film actor John Gilbert once rivaled Rudolph Valentino as the silver screen’s “great lover.” He became a huge star, ...

John Gilbert never made it in the talkies. By Scott Eyman, Palm Beach Post Updated Sep 6, 2013 4:28 p.m. ... Iconic Texas actor has fans gagged about return to beloved series.