About Gilbert P. Hamilton
Lived 1890 – 1962 (aged 72). Gilbert P. Hamilton was an American cinematographer, film actor and film director.
Gilbert P. Hamilton (1890–1962) was an American film company executive and director. He worked at Essanay as a cinematographer, headed the St. Louis Motion Picture Company, and then launched the Albuquerque Film Manufacturing Company.
Jack L. Warner described him as a tall sunburned Englishman with walrus mustache and thick accent "like a Kipling character".
As a cinematographer, Hamilton collaborated with playwright and actor Lawrence Lee at Essanay in 1908. His move away from St. Louis Motion Picture Company came after it acquired Frontier Pictures and relocated to Santa Paula, California. Dot Farley followed him to his new studio Albuquerque.
Biography Gilbert P. Hamilton was born in Fort Wadsworth, New York on February 8, 1890 .
He died in New York on May 21, 1962.
Filmography Geronimo's Last Raid (1912) Trapped in a Forest Fire (1913) starring Charlotte Burton Soul Mates (1913) Everywoman's Husband (1918) High Tide (1918) Captain of His Soul (1918), a Triangle Film Corporation production based on Eleanor Talbot Kinkead's magazine story "Shackles" False Ambition (1918), Triangle Film Judith (1918) starring Alma Rubens The Golden Fleece (1918) Open Your Eyes (1919) Coax Me (1919) The Woman of Lies (1919) The Tiger Band (1920) A Soul in Trust starring Belle Bennett Iron and Lavender starring Belle Bennett
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Who was Gilbert P. Hamilton?
American cinematographer (1890–1962)
When was Gilbert P. Hamilton born?
Gilbert P. Hamilton was born on 9 February 1890 in New York City, Fort Wadsworth.
When did Gilbert P. Hamilton die?
Gilbert P. Hamilton died on 22 May 1962 in New York City, New York.
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Gilbert P. Hamilton was a cinematographer, film actor and film director.
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Gilbert P. Hamilton was American.
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