Gilbert Pratt (February 16, 1892 – December 10, 1954) was an American

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, actor, and writer. He directed 87 films between 1917 and 1936 and was often credited as Gil Pratt. He was born in

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, and died in

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Selected filmography

* '' The Big Idea'' (1917) * '' Move On'' (1917) * '' We Never Sleep'' (1917) * '' Clubs Are Trump'' (1917) * ''

Love, Laughs and Lather ''Love, Laughs and Lather'' is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Cast * Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke * Snub Pollard * Bebe Daniels * Gilbert Pratt * Gus Leonard * Fred C. Newmeyer * Billy Fay * Nina Speight * Bud Jam ...

'' (1917) * '' From Laramie to London'' (1917) * '' Birds of a Feather'' (1917) * '' Lonesome Luke Loses Patients'' (1917) * '' Lonesome Luke's Wild Women'' (1917) * '' Lonesome Luke, Messenger'' (1917) * '' Stop! Luke! Listen!'' (1917) * '' Lonesome Luke, Plumber'' (1917) * '' Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon'' (1917) * '' Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley'' (1917) * '' Hear 'Em Rave'' (1918) * '' Bees in His Bonnet'' (1918) * '' Two Scrambled'' (1918) * ''

That's Him ''That's Him'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. The film survives in a 28mm print down. Cast * Harold Lloyd * Snub Pollard * Bebe Daniels * Lige Conley * William Gillespie * Helen Gilmore * Lew Harvey * Gus L ...

'' (1918) * '' Are Crooks Dishonest?'' (1918) * '' Sic 'Em, Towser'' (1918) * ''

The City Slicker ''The City Slicker'' is a 1918 American short film, short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Prints of the film survive in the film archive of the Library of Congress. Plot Harold arrives in the backward town of Punkville by train to answer a ...

'' (1918) * '' The Non-Stop Kid'' (1918) * ''

It's a Wild Life ''It's a Wild Life'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Cast * Harold Lloyd * Snub Pollard * Bebe Daniels * William Blaisdell * Sammy Brooks * Lige Conley * Helen Gilmore * Lew Harvey * Bud Jamison * Fred C. New ...

'' (1918) * ''

Beat It "Beat It" is a song by American singer Michael Jackson from his sixth studio album, ''Thriller (album), Thriller'' (1982). It was written and composed by Jackson, produced by Quincy Jones, and co-produced by Jackson. Jones encouraged Jackson to ...

'' (1918) * '' Hit Him Again'' (1918) * '' The Lamb'' (1918) * '' The Tip'' (1918) * '' Flips and Flops'' (1919) * ''

Going! Going! Gone! ''Going! Going! Gone!'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Plot A group of young ladies are wading in a creek. A crab latches onto the foot of one of them. The other girls, including Miss Goulash, see Harold and S ...

'' (1919) * '' Wanted - $5,000'' (1919) * '' Mud and Sand'' (1922) * '' The Egg'' (1922) * '' Keep Smiling'' (1925) * '' Partners in Crime'' (1928) * '' The Big Killing'' (1928) * ''

Just Married ''Just Married'' is a 2003 romantic comedy film directed by Shawn Levy, written by Sam Harper, and stars Ashton Kutcher and Brittany Murphy as a young newlywed couple from different social classes who take their honeymoon to Europe, where obs ...

'' (1928) * '' The Farmer's Daughter'' (1928) * '' Law of the North'' (1932) * ''

Elmer and Elsie ''Elmer and Elsie'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Gilbert Pratt and written by Humphrey Pearson. The film stars George Bancroft, Frances Fuller, Roscoe Karns, George Barbier, Nella Walker and Charles Sellon. The film was released ...

'' (1934) * '' Timothy's Quest'' (1936) * '' Boys Will Be Girls'' (1937) * '' Saps at Sea'' (1940) * ''

If a Body Meets a Body ''If a Body Meets a Body'' is a 1945 short film, short subject directed by Jules White starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 86th entry in the series released by Columbia P ...

'' (1945) * '' Beer Barrel Polecats'' (1946)

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* 1892 births 1954 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors American male screenwriters Film directors from Rhode Island 20th-century American male actors 20th-century American male writers 20th-century American screenwriters American comedy film directors {{US-film-director-1890s-stub