Dick Gilbert (July 12, 1889 – May 6, 1960), was an American actor mainly associated with the

Hal Roach Studios Hal Roach Studios was an American motion picture and television production studio. Known as ''The Laugh Factory to the World'', it was founded by producer Hal Roach and business partners Dan Linthicum and I.H. Nance as the Rolin Film Company on Ju ...

, where he appeared in numerous

Our Gang ''Our Gang'' (also known as ''The Little Rascals'' or ''Hal Roach's Rascals'') is an American series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by film producer Hal Roach, also the ...

and

Laurel and Hardy Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy duo act during the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema, consisting of Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957). Starting their career as a duo ...

comedies. He appeared in 52 films between

1922 Events January * January 7 – Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the Irish Republic, ratifies the Anglo-Irish Treaty by 64–57 votes. * January 10 – Arthur Griffith is elected President of Dáil Éireann, the day after Éamon de Valera ...

and

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Cairo Fire, Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh ...

A former boxer, Gilbert was born in

Knox County, Kentucky Knox County is a county located in Appalachia near the southeastern corner of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of the 2020 census, the population was 30,193. Its county seat is Barbourville. The county is named for General Henry Knox. It is one ...

, United States and died in

Goldfield, Nevada Goldfield is an unincorporated small desert city and the county seat of Esmeralda County, Nevada. It is the locus of the Goldfield CDP which had a resident population of 268 at the 2010 census, down from 440 in 2000. Goldfield is located ...

, age 70.

Partial filmography

* '' Near Dublin'' (1924) * '' The White Sheep'' (1924) * ''

The Man from the West Man from the West may refer to: *The Man from the West (1912 film) *The Man from the West (1914 film) *The Man from the West (1926 film) ''The Man from the West'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Battle of the Century ''The Battle of the Century'' is a 1927 silent short film starring comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, who appeared in 107 films between 1921 and 1951. The film is famous for its use of more than 3,000 cream pies (although the Guinness Book of ...

'' (1927) * '' Blotto'' (1930) * '' Beau Hunks'' (1931) * ''

Pardon Us ''Pardon Us'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Laurel and Hardy film. It was the duo's first starring feature-length comedy film, produced by Hal Roach and Stan Laurel, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in ...

'' (1931) * '' Any Old Port'' (1932) * ''

The Fixer Uppers ''The Fixer Uppers'' is a 1935 short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by Charles Rogers and produced by Hal Roach. Plot Christmas card salesmen Stan and Ollie are persuaded to help a woman ( Mae Busch) spice up her loveless marriage by m ...

'' (1935) * ''

Our Relations ''Our Relations'' is a 1936 feature film starring Laurel and Hardy, produced by Stan Laurel for Hal Roach Studios. This is the third of three films in which they play a dual role: the first was '' Brats'' and the second was ''Twice Two''. The sto ...

'' (1936) * ''

Chad Hanna ''Chad Hanna'' is a 1940 American drama romance film directed by Henry King, and was adapted from a bestseller of sorts that was published that same year. The novel was written by Walter Dumaux Edmonds (after it had first been published in seri ...

'' (1940)

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* 1889 births 1960 deaths Male actors from Kentucky American male film actors American male silent film actors People from Knox County, Kentucky 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub