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Lewis Gilbert CBE (6 March 1920 – 23 ... His father contracted tuberculosis as a young man and died aged 34, when Gilbert was seven. Gilbert was a child actor in ...
Lewis Gilbert (born Adolphe Louis Dardart; 1862 – 15 March 1925) was a French-born British actor and director of the silent era. [1]Gilbert was born in 1862 in France. [citation needed] He debuted on a music hall stage with his parents, who had a song-and-dance act. [2]
Gilbert Lewis (April 6, 1936 – May 7, 2015) was an American actor who is best known for playing The King of Cartoons in the first season of the 1986 children's show, Pee-wee's Playhouse. Lewis played the King of Cartoons in thirteen episodes before being replaced by actor William Marshall .
Lewis Gilbert Wilson (January 28, 1920 – August 9, 2000) [1] was an American actor. He was most famous for being the first actor to play DC Comics character Batman on screen in the 1943 film serial Batman .
The Adventurers is a 1970 American epic adventure drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Lewis Gilbert. It is based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Harold Robbins . The film stars Bekim Fehmiu , Candice Bergen , Charles Aznavour , Olivia de Havilland , Fernando Rey , Ernest Borgnine , Alan Badel , and Leigh Taylor-Young .
Educating Rita is a 1983 British comedy-drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert with a screenplay by Willy Russell based on his 1980 stage play. The film stars Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams and Maureen Lipman. It won multiple major awards for best actor and best actress and was nominated for three Academy Awards.
It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and is based on the 1953 novel by John Harris, about a North Sea rescue during the Second World War. The musical soundtrack is by composer Malcolm Arnold. The film title is the motto of the Royal Air Force's Air Sea Rescue Service. [3] Gilbert called it "standard fare" but it "did very well." [4]
Friends is a 1971 British-French teen-romance film directed and produced by Lewis Gilbert and written by Gilbert, Vernon Harris and Jack Russell. The soundtrack, with music composed by Elton John and Paul Buckmaster and lyrics written by Bernie Taupin, was released as John's Friends album, and John's recording of the title selection charted when released as a single in the United States.