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known for his short stature. He appeared in more than 70 Hollywood films between 1920 and 1934, and often co-starred in

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comedy Westerns.

Biography

Gilbert was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in

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. Before he became an actor, he competed in rodeos around the United States. In the early 1920s, he began appearing in Hollywood westerns. During that decade, he and

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produced and starred in a series of comedy shorts that ran before Universal's feature-length Westerns. He died on August 17, 1936, in

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Partial filmography

* '' Ruth of the Rockies'' (1920) * '' The Buster'' (1923) * '' The Man Who Won'' (1923) * '' The Mask of Lopez'' (1924) * '' Ladies to Board'' (1924) * '' The Tenth Woman'' (1924) * '' Code of the West'' (1925) * '' Chip of the Flying U'' (1926) * '' The Phantom Bullet'' (1926) * '' Hard Fists'' (1927) * ''

The Border Cavalier ''The Border Cavalier'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by William Wyler and written by Basil Dickey and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Fred Humes, Evelyn Peirce, C.E. Anderson, William Barrymore, Joyce Compton, and Dick La ...

'' (1927) * '' One Glorious Scrap'' (1927) * '' Galloping Fury'' (1927) * '' The Fearless Rider'' (1928) * '' Put 'Em Up'' (1928) * '' Thunder Riders'' (1928) * '' Trail Riders'' (1928) * '' The Arizona Cyclone'' (1928) * ''

Quick Triggers ''Quick Triggers'' is a 1928 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Ray Taylor (director), Ray Taylor and written by Basil Dickey and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Fred Humes, Derelys Perdue, Wilbur Mack, James ...

'' (1928) * ''

Beggars of Life ''Beggars of Life'' is a 1928 American part-talkie sound film that was directed by William Wellman. Although the film featured sequences with audible dialogue, the majority of the film had a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The fi ...

'' (1928) * ''

The Cloud Dodger ''The Cloud Dodger'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and starring real life aviator Al Wilson. The action film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures. Like many actors in the silent film era, Wil ...

'' (1928) * '' Burning the Wind'' (1928) * ''

The Sky Skidder ''The Sky Skidder'' is a 1929 American silent action film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and written by Carl Krusada and Gardner Bradford. The film stars Al Wilson, Helen Foster, Wilbur McGaugh, and Gilbert Holmes. The film was released on Ja ...

'' (1929) * '' Sunset Pass'' (1929) * '' Sagebrush Politics'' (1929) * '' The Mounted Stranger'' (1930) * '' Mountain Justice'' (1930) * '' Trigger Tricks'' (1930) * '' In Old Cheyenne'' (1931) * '' Lightnin' Smith Returns'' (1931) * '' Desert Vengeance'' (1931) * '' The Man from Hell's Edges'' (1932) * '' Law of the North'' (1932) * '' Hidden Gold'' (1932) * '' The Fighting Champ'' (1932) * '' Flaming Guns'' (1932) * '' Robbers' Roost'' (1932) * '' The Border Sheriff'' (1926) * '' The Rustler's Roundup'' (1933) * '' Western Racketeers'' (1934)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Holmes, Gilbert (actor) 1895 births 1936 deaths Male actors from Montana Male actors from Saskatchewan Canadian male silent film actors Canadian stunt performers Canadian expatriate male actors in the United States Male Western (genre) film actors