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Claude Gillingwater
Acting
01 Aug 1870
† 02 Nov 1939
Louisiana, Missouri, USA
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...
Also Known As
Claude Benton Gillingwater, Claude Gillingwater Sr.






















