1. Gilbert Emery Bensley Pottle, known professionally as Gilbert Emery, was an American actor who appeared in over 80 movies from 1921 to his death in 1945.
13 Facts About Gilbert Emery
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Gilbert Emery was a playwright, author of seven Broadway plays from 1921 to 1933.
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Gilbert Emery Bensley Pottle was born June 11,1875, in Naples, New York, to William L and Hariette Pottle.
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Gilbert Emery prepared for college at Naples High School and at the Normal School in Oneonta, New York.
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Gilbert Emery graduated from Amherst College in the class of 1899.
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Gilbert Emery was an instructor in English at Columbia University and a writer.
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Gilbert Emery was later a member of the Paris Peace Conference from 1918 to 1919, and a member of the Interallied Food Commission in 1919.
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Gilbert Emery wrote a number of books in his early years, including Handicapped, The Little Village, and The Little House.
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Gilbert Emery wrote poems and short stories for magazines and several plays.
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Gilbert Emery began his career as a playwright in 1921 with several of his plays produced on Broadway into the 1930's.
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On November 22,1904, Gilbert Emery married Juliet Wilbour Tompkins, a writer, in New York.
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Gilbert Emery died on October 28,1945, in Los Angeles, California and is buried in Rose Ridge Cemetery in Naples, NY.
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From 1921 until his death in 1945, Gilbert Emery acted in at least 88 films, including:.