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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 Partners in Crime (1928), Saps at Sea (1940) and The Big Killing (1928). He died on 10 December 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornFebruary 16, 1892
DiedDecember 10, 1954(62)
BornFebruary 16, 1892
DiedDecember 10, 1954(62)
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Known for

Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton in Partners in Crime (1928)
Partners in Crime
2.5
Movie
  • Writer
  • 1928
Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Saps at Sea (1940)
Saps at Sea
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)
L'amour guide
Movie
  • Director
  • 1933

Credits

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Director

  • Billie Burke, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Paulette Goddard, Janet Gaynor, and Roland Young in The Young in Heart (1938)
    The Young in Heart
    7.3
    • Director (director of retakes, uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Boys Will Be Girls (1938)
    Boys Will Be Girls
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1938
  • George Bancroft and Frances Fuller in Elmer and Elsie (1934)
    Elmer and Elsie
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1934
  • Maurice Chevalier in L'amour guide (1933)
    L'amour guide
    • Director
    • 1933
  • Zasu Pitts and Thelma Todd in Sealskins (1932)
    Sealskins
    6.3
    Short
    • Director (as Gil Pratt)
    • 1932
  • Hasty Marriage (1931)
    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 (1927)
    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 (1927)
    You're Next
    Short
    • Director (as Gil Prat)
    • 1927
  • Ruth Hiatt in Smith's Surprise (1927)
    Smith's Surprise
    Short
    • Director
    • 1927

Writer

  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Eddie Laughton, Joe Palma, and Robert B. Williams in Beer Barrel Polecats (1946)
    Beer Barrel Polecats
    7.0
    Short
    • screenplay
    • story (as Gilbert W. Pratt)
    • 1946
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, and Theodore Lorch in If a Body Meets a Body (1945)
    If a Body Meets a Body
    7.7
    Short
    • story (as Gil Pratt)
    • 1945
  • Yumpin' Yimminy! (1941)
    Yumpin' Yimminy!
    Short
    • screenplay
    • story (as Gill Pratt)
    • 1941
  • Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel in Saps at Sea (1940)
    Saps at Sea
    7.1
    • original story by
    • screen play by (as Gil Pratt)
    • 1940
  • Tom Keene, J.M. Kerrigan, Sally Martin, Dickie Moore, Elizabeth Patterson, Virginia Weidler, and Eleanore Whitney in Timothy's Quest (1936)
    Timothy's Quest
    7.3
    • screenplay
    • 1936
  • Tom Brown, Rosalind Keith, and Guy Standing in Annapolis Farewell (1935)
    Annapolis Farewell
    5.8
    • contributor to special sequences (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Don't Be Nervous (1929)
    Don't Be Nervous
    6.5
    Short
    • story
    • 1929
  • His Big Minute
    Short
    • writer
    • 1929
  • Marjorie Beebe in The Farmer's Daughter (1928)
    The Farmer's Daughter
    • Writer (as Gilbert W. Pratt)
    • 1928
  • Just Married (1928)
    Just Married
    • adaptation
    • screenplay
    • 1928
  • Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton in The Big Killing (1928)
    The Big Killing
    3.5
    • writer
    • 1928
  • Wallace Beery and Raymond Hatton in Partners in Crime (1928)
    Partners in Crime
    2.5
    • scenario
    • story
    • 1928
  • W.C. Fields and Chester Conklin in Two Flaming Youths (1927)
    Two Flaming Youths
    6.2
    • Writer (uncredited)
    • 1927
  • Will Armstrong, Rex Lease, Sharon Lynn, and George Sidney in Clancy's Kosher Wedding (1927)
    Clancy's Kosher Wedding
    • adaptation
    • 1927
  • Pass the Dumplings (1927)
    Pass the Dumplings
    Short
    • story (as Gil Pratt)
    • 1927

Actor

  • Bill Cody and William L. Thorne in Law of the North (1932)
    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
  • Joseph Belmont and Harry McCoy in A Close Shave (1920)
    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 (1917)
    Clubs Are Trump
    5.3
    Short
    • 1917
  • Harold Lloyd in Love, Laughs and Lather (1917)
    Love, Laughs and Lather
    Short
    • 1917
  • Harold Lloyd in From Laramie to London (1917)
    From Laramie to London
    Short
    • 1917
  • Harold Lloyd in Birds of a Feather (1917)
    Birds of a Feather
    Short
    • 1917
  • Harold Lloyd and Nina Speight in Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917)
    Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
    Short
    • 1917
  • Margaret Joslin and Harold Lloyd in Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917)
    Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
    Short
    • 1917
  • Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917)
    Lonesome Luke, Messenger
    5.6
    Short
    • 1917
  • Bebe Daniels, Harold Lloyd, and 'Snub' Pollard in Stop! Luke! Listen! (1917)
    Stop! Luke! Listen!
    Short
    • 1917

Personal details

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

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    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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