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