Bert Gilroy

Bert Gilroy (May 7, 1899 – January 16, 1973) was an American film producer of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Arizona in 1899, he began his Hollywood career behind the scenes on the 1926 silent film Pals in Paradise. In 1934, he began producing by overseeing short films for RKO Radio Pictures with Bandits and Ballads, a musical short. After four years of producing shorts, he would be given a chance at producing a full-length feature at RKO, with the western film, Gun Law. Later that year he would produce Painted Desert, a remake of the 1931 film The Painted Desert for which he was the assistant director, and was memorable as containing the first speaking role for Clark Gable. During the decade he was active, he would produce over 150 short and feature films. His feature films would overwhelmingly consist of westerns, many of which would star RKO's leading western star of the 1930s, Tim Holt. Gilroy spent almost his entire career at RKO studios, after its creation in 1929. His last credited film on which he was an associate producer on in 1946, Hollywood Bound was a compilation of three 1930s Betty Grable RKO short subjects that was released by Astor Pictures.

Filmography (as per AFI's database) Year Title Role Notes 1926 Pals in Paradise Production manager 1927 Jewels of Desire Production manager 1930 Swing High Assistant Director 1931 Assistant Director 1932 Assistant Director 1933 Flying Down to Rio Assistant Director, Unit Manager 1936 Mary of Scotland Unit Manager 1938 Producer 1938 Border G-Man Producer 1938 Gun Law Producer 1938 Painted Desert Producer 1938 Lawless Valley Producer 1939 Producer 1939 Producer 1939 Arizona Legion Producer 1939 Racketeers of the Range Producer 1939 Producer 1939 Timber Stampede Producer 1939 Trouble in Sundown Producer 1940 Bullet Code Producer 1940 Producer 1940 Pop Always Pays Producer 1940 Prairie Law Producer 1940 Wagon Train Producer 1940 Legion of the Lawless Producer 1940 Triple Justice Producer 1940 Stage to Chino Producer 1941 Along the Rio Grande Producer 1941 Producer 1941 Come on Danger Producer 1941 Cyclone on Horseback Producer 1941 Dude Cowboy Producer 1941 Robbers of the Range Producer 1941 Thundering Hoofs Producer 1941 Six-Gun Gold Producer, screenplay 1942 Army Surgeon Producer 1942 Bandit Ranger Producer 1942 Land of the Open Range Producer 1942 Mexican Spitfire's Elephant Producer 1942 Pirates of the Prairie Producer 1942 Riding the Wind Producer 1942 Red River Robin Hood Producer 1943 Fighting Frontier Producer 1943 Ladies' Day Producer 1943 Mexican Spitfire's Blessed Event Producer 1943 Petticoat Larceny Producer 1943 Rookies in Burma Producer 1943 Sagebrush Law Producer 1943 Producer 1943 Producer 1946 Hollywood Bound Associate Producer