Gilbert Pratt(1892-1954)

Director
Writer
Actor

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Gilbert Pratt

Gilbert Pratt was born on 16 February 1892 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Deux honnêtes fripouilles (1928), Laurel et Hardy en croisière (1940) and The Big Killing (1928). He died on 10 December 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

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Known for

Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton in Deux honnêtes fripouilles (1928)

Deux honnêtes fripouilles

2.5

Movie

Writer

1928

Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Laurel et Hardy en croisière (1940)

Laurel et Hardy en croisière

7.1

Movie

Writer(as Gil Pratt)

1940

Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton in The Big Killing (1928)

The Big Killing

3.5

Movie

Writer

1928

Maurice Chevalier in L'amour guide (1933)

Movie

Director

1933

Credits

Director

La famille sans-souci
7.3
- Director (director of retakes, uncredited)
- 1938
Boys Will Be Girls
5.0
- Director
- 1938
Elmer and Elsie
5.9
- Director
- 1934
L'amour guide
- Director
- 1933
Sealskins
6.3
Short
- Director (as Gil Pratt)
- 1932
Hasty Marriage
7.2
Short
- Director
- 1931
Camera Shy
Short
- Director
- 1930
His Baby Daze
Short
- Director
- 1929
Going Ga-Ga
6.5
Short
- Director (uncredited)
- 1929
Campus Romeos
5.2
Short
- Director (as Gil Pratt)
- 1927
How High Is Up?
Short
- Director (as Gil Pratt)
- 1927
What Price Dough
Short
- Director (as Gil Pratt)
- 1927
Heavy Hikers
Short
- Director (as Gil Pratt)
- 1927
You're Next
Short
- Director (as Gil Prat)
- 1927
Smith's Surprise
Short
- Director
- 1927

Writer

Beer Barrel Polecats
7.0
Short
- screenplay
- story (as Gilbert W. Pratt)
- 1946
If a Body Meets a Body
7.7
Short
- story (as Gil Pratt)
- 1945
Yumpin' Yimminy!
Short
- screenplay
- story (as Gill Pratt)
- 1941
Laurel et Hardy en croisière
7.1
- original story by
- screen play by (as Gil Pratt)
- 1940
Timothy's Quest
7.3
- screenplay
- 1936
Soir de gloire
5.8
- contributor to special sequences (uncredited)
- 1935
Don't Be Nervous
6.5
Short
- story
- 1929
His Big Minute
Short
- writer
- 1929
The Farmer's Daughter
- Writer (as Gilbert W. Pratt)
- 1928
Just Married
- adaptation
- screenplay
- 1928
The Big Killing
3.5
- writer
- 1928
Deux honnêtes fripouilles
2.5
- scenario
- story
- 1928
Two Flaming Youths
6.2
- Writer (uncredited)
- 1927
Clancy's Kosher Wedding
- adaptation
- 1927
Pass the Dumplings
Short
- story (as Gil Pratt)
- 1927

Actor

Law of the North
5.1
- Sheriff (as Gill Pratt)
- 1932
Squirrel Food
Short
- Prison Guard
- 1921
Bride and Gloom
Short
- Insurance Salesman (uncredited)
- 1921
A Close Shave
Short
- (as Gil Pratt)
- 1920
Clever Cubs
Short
- (as Gil Pratt)
- 1920
The Chicken Hunters
Short
- (as Gil Pratt)
- 1919
We Never Sleep
Short
- 1917
Clubs Are Trump
5.3
Short
- 1917
Love, Laughs and Lather
Short
- 1917
Lonesome Luke in from London to Laramie
Short
- 1917
Birds of a Feather
Short
- 1917
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
Short
- 1917
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
Short
- 1917
Les messagers
5.6
Short
- 1917
Stop! Luke! Listen!
Short
- 1917

Personal details

Alternative names
- Gil Prat
Born
- February 16, 1892
- Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Died
- December 10, 1954
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Publicity listings
- 1 Article

Did you know

Trivia
Started as a character actor, playing both serious and comic villains on screen. Later turned to directing for Kalem and Hal Roach. During the 1920s he doubled as gag writer, in addition to directing for Al Christie at Vitagraph (1924-25) and Mack Sennett (1926). In the sound era, he worked as a scenarist on dramas, with occasional forays into comedy.

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