Lauren Edwin Gilbert"New York, New York City, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WCQL-G2N2 : Thu Mar 07 12:35:56 UTC 2024), Entry for Lauren Edwin Gilbert and Unemployed, 16 Oct 1940.University of Michigan Register 1933-1934. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan. p. 105. (April 8, 1911 – February 6, 1998) was an American actor, perhaps best known for his continuing roles on the soap operas Love of Life and The Edge of Night, portraying, respectively, the smitten Tom Craythorne and villainous Harry Lane."'Love of Life' Actor Aspired to Be Doctor". The Atlanta Journal. June 7, 1958. p. 12.Nora Applegate (September 6, 1956). "Bread and Butter Sure From TV, Says Actor". Mount Vernon Argus. September 6, 1956. p. 5. He also co-starred with Gene Kelly and Jocelyn Brando in the 1945 U. S. Navy-produced short subject Combat Fatigue Irritability.Hess, Earl; Dabholkar, Pratibha A. (2020). Gene Kelly: The Making of a Creative Legend. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas Press. p. 155. .

Early life and career Born in Fairbury, Nebraska and raised in Kearney and Lincoln,"United States, Census, 1920", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCVD-3G4 : Sun Jul 21 03:49:48 UTC 2024), Entry for Marvin Gilbert and Emma Gilbert, 1920."United States, Census, 1930", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQ2M-XYT : Sun Mar 10 16:50:04 UTC 2024), Entry for Marvin E Gilbert and Emma C Gilbert, 1930. Gilbert was the son of Rev. and Mrs. Marvin E. Gilbert."Today's Guest Editor, Dr. Marvin E. Gilbert; Dr. Gilbert's Church Work Is Widespread". The Omaha Evening Bee-News. June 6, 1936. p. 4. Having entered Nebraska Wesleyan University at age 15, Gilbert graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1930, and later earned his MA from the University of Michigan. In the interim, he was employed for three years as an announcer at radio station KFAB in Omaha."Activities of Week on Campuses of Nebraska Colleges and Schools: Wesleyan Notes". The Lincoln Star.

Entering the U.S. Navy in October 1943, Gilbert was one of many Hollywood enlistees assigned to help in the production of Navy-produced films, in his case usually as a narrator."Old Friends With New Family Return to Valley Players". Holyoke Transcript Telegram. June 22, 1945. p. 14. But the best known of these projects—at least since its release to the general public in 2013—is Combat Fatigue Irritability (1945), starring Gene Kelly as Bob Lucas, a traumatized Navy fireman, Jocelyn Brando as his fiancée Sue, and Gilbert as Dr. Bush, the psychiatric officer assigned to treat him.National Library of Medicine (2013). "Combat Fatigue Irritability (US Navy, 1945)". YouTube.

In October 1949, a Kraft Television Theater episode entitled "To Dream Again" afforded Gilbert, by then an actor well versed in the works of Shakespeare,"Artist Al Capp to Present Kigmy on Telecast". The Buffalo News. October 26, 1949. p. 8. the rare opportunity to portray the Bard himself, seen here "return[ing] to England as a wise and worldly gentleman, sufficiently human to fall in love." Gilbert costars with Janet De Gore.Stretch, Bud (October 26, 1949). "Air Waves". Camden Courier-Post. p. 24.

The summer of 1952 featured two TV collaborations with Grace Kelly, first on the Philco Playhouse episode, "Leaves Out of a Book," starring Gilbert and Claudia Morgan, and then, co-starring with Kelly in Kraft Television Theatre's presentation of the George S. Kaufman/Leueen MacGrath play, The Small Hours,Gianakos, Larry James (1980). Television Drama Series Programming : A Comprehensive Chronicle, 1947-1959. Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. pp. 128, 129, 131, 173, 179, 239. detailing the last-minute salvation of a seemingly crumbling marriage.

In September 1960, Gilbert's brief return to the stage accompanied that of costar Joan Fontaine in the Paper Mill Playhouse revival of Rachel Crothers' Susan and God, with Gilbert cast as Susan's disconcerted, "driven to drink" spouse, who attempts to get—and stay—on board the wagon in hopes of rekindling their long dormant relationship."Joan Fontaine Next at Mill". The Millburn and Short Hills Item. September 1, 1960. p. 17.Guenther, Mary (March 9, 1939). "'Susan and God' Provides Pleasing Entertainment". Evansville Courier and Press. p. 11.Kalter, Robert (September 6, 1960). "Joan Fontaine Fine in 'Susan and God'". The Newark Star-Ledger. p. 22. Later that month, it was reported that Gilbert had been signed for the role of Mr. Shelton in the Warner Brothers film, Girl of the Night, adapted from Dr. Harold Greenwald's psychoanalytic study, The Call Girl.

Personal life Beginning on December 29, 1940, in a ceremony conducted by his father, and continuing until her death in 1994, Gilbert was married to actress Jackson Perkins,United Press (December 27, 1940). "Lauren Gilbert to Wed Miss Perkins, Actress". Washington Times-Herald. p. 3."California, Death Index, 1940-1997", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPSV-DDJ : 26 November 2014), Jackson Gilbert, 03 Jan 1994; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. whose onstage collaboration with her future husband extended at least as far back as 1934."Lauren Gilbert and Jackson Perkins". The San Francisco Examiner. December 18, 1935. p. 18."To Present Shakespeare Plays at Local School". The Grand Rapids Press. October 31, 1934. p. 7. Their union produced three children, a son and two daughters.

Gilbert died on February 6, 1998, at age 86, in Los Angeles."United States, Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JP4L-Q6G : 7 January 2021), Lauren E Gilbert, 06 Feb 1998; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

Works

Films Film Year Title Role Notes 1945 Combat Fatigue Irritability Dr. Bush 1948 Close-Up Miller 1960 From the Terrace Charles Frolick Girl of the Night Mr. Shelton 1961 X-15 Colonel Jessup 1963 Hootenanny Hoot Howard Stauton 1964 The Unsinkable Molly Brown Mr. Fitzgerald 1966 The Fortune Cookie Kinkaid 1973 Westworld Supervisor

Plays Plays Year Play Role Theater Notes 1938 Save Me the Waltz Prince Paul Martin Beck Theatre February 28, 1938 - March 1938 1939 Hamlet Francisco, Rosencrantz 44th Street Theatre December 4, 1939 - January 6, 19401940 King Richard II Duke of Aumerle St. James Theatre April 1, 1940 – April 27, 1940 Twelfth Night Orsino (Replacement) St. James Theatre November 19, 1940 – Mar 8, 1941 Cue for Passion Herbert Lee Phillips Royale Theatre December 19, 1940 – December 28, 1940 1942 Without Love Paul Carrel (Replacement) St. James Theatre November 10, 1942 – February 13, 19431946 Flamingo Road Fielding Carlisle Belasco Theatre March 19, 1946 – March 23, 1946 1947 Street Scene Steve Sankey Adelphi Theatre Jan 9, 1947 – May 17, 19471948 The Vigil Joseph of Arimathea Royale Theatre May 21, 1948 – May 29, 1948 A Story for Strangers Dunbar Stote Royale Theatre September 21, 1948 – September 25, 1948 1960 Roman Candle Senator John Winston Cort Theatre February 3, 1960 – February 6, 1960

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