Acting

Helen Gilmore

Born January 4, 1862 · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Died November 16, 1936 · aged 74

Helen Gilmore (born Antoinette A. Field, c. 1872 – April 1936) was an American actress of the stage and silent motion pictures from Louisville, Kentucky. She appeared in over 140 films between 1913 and 1932. In approximately 1872, Gilmore was born to Richard Field and Mary Cilia Daniels. In 1894, she toured with comic actor Stuart Robson's company, even substituting, on at least one occasion, for…

Known For

Safety Last!

Safety Last! · 1923

MovieComedyRomance

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

Unfriendly Enemies

Unfriendly Enemies · 1925

Unfriendly Enemies

Finlayson plays an intrepid army cameraman on the battlefield in the world war, and Rowe plays his hapless assistant. Cranking away in no man's land, they take foolish chances and must dodge flying shells, falling down and losing their film repeatedly.

Impulse

Impulse · 1922

Two Scrambled

Two Scrambled · 1918

Roomers in a boarding house break the rules and are caught cooking if their room. A frantic run-in with the landlady ensues.

All Wet

All Wet · 1924

Charley Chase has car trouble.

Sittin' Pretty

Sittin' Pretty · 1924

When Charlie borrows the policeman's uniform of his girl's father and captures a lunatic, his prospective father-in-law dons the uniform just in time to receive the reward of $1,000.

Long Fliv the King

Long Fliv the King · 1926

Long Fliv the King

This offbeat comedy from future Hollywood screwball director McCarey is about a princess who must find a husband in 24 hours or forfeit her throne. She quickly marries a condemned man--but the man is pardoned.

His Wooden Wedding

His Wooden Wedding · 1925

His Wooden Wedding

A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a friend gives him an anonymous note stating that the bride has a wooden leg.

Filmography

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Safety Last!

Safety Last! · 1923

MovieComedyRomance

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

Department Store Customer (uncredited)

Unfriendly Enemies

Unfriendly Enemies · 1925

Unfriendly Enemies

Finlayson plays an intrepid army cameraman on the battlefield in the world war, and Rowe plays his hapless assistant. Cranking away in no man's land, they take foolish chances and must dodge flying shells, falling down and losing their film repeatedly.

Laughing Woman (uncredited)

Impulse

Impulse · 1922

Mrs. Cameron

Two Scrambled

Two Scrambled · 1918

Roomers in a boarding house break the rules and are caught cooking if their room. A frantic run-in with the landlady ensues.

All Wet

All Wet · 1924

Charley Chase has car trouble.

Boarding house landlady (uncredited)

Sittin' Pretty

Sittin' Pretty · 1924

When Charlie borrows the policeman's uniform of his girl's father and captures a lunatic, his prospective father-in-law dons the uniform just in time to receive the reward of $1,000.

Long Fliv the King

Long Fliv the King · 1926

Long Fliv the King

This offbeat comedy from future Hollywood screwball director McCarey is about a princess who must find a husband in 24 hours or forfeit her throne. She quickly marries a condemned man--but the man is pardoned.

Helga's Lady-in-Waiting (uncredited)

His Wooden Wedding

His Wooden Wedding · 1925

His Wooden Wedding

A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a friend gives him an anonymous note stating that the bride has a wooden leg.

(uncredited)

Bungalow Boobs

Bungalow Boobs · 1924

Jimmy Jump brings his bride to a new bungalow home, selected and furnished by him. All the neighbors come to call that first evening. The man next door is a builder who considers the construction of Jimmy's bungalow far below par. To emphasize his point he pulls down pillars, pokes holes in the floor and uproots the plumbing. When the guests depart the new house is a wreck.

The Neighbor Wife

Captain Kidd's Kids

Captain Kidd's Kids · 1919

Captain Kidd's Kids

MovieComedyFantasy

After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasizes that the ship is seized by a band of female pirates.

The Girl's mother

Just Neighbors

Just Neighbors · 1919

Suburban neighbors join together to build a garden shed, but through carelessness, wind up ruining the garden, as well as the laundry, which is drying in the yard.

Old Woman with Packages (uncredited)

The Haunted Honeymoon

The Haunted Honeymoon · 1925

The Haunted Honeymoon

The Haunted Honeymoon is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and Ted Wilde, starring Glenn Tryon and Blanche Mehaffey with Janet Gaynor in one of her first films. One of the first comedies to parody horror films, it was produced by Hal Roach and released by Pathé Exchange.

Bees in His Bonnet

Bees in His Bonnet · 1918

Bees in His Bonnet

Bees in His Bonnet is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It is presumed to be lost.

Never Weaken

Never Weaken · 1921

A young man schemes to drum up business for his girlfriend's employer but after seeing her being intimate with another man, he attempts to commit suicide.

(uncredited)

Just a Minute

Just a Minute · 1924

A car salesman wants to get marreid but has to make one last sell first.

Caroline - the Mayor's Wife

Good Men and True

Good Men and True · 1922

Good Men and True

J. Wesley Pringle and S. S. Thorpe are running against each other for sheriff. Unscrupulous Thorpe has his gang kidnap Pringle to prevent his win but Georgie Hibler, the daughter of Pringle's biggest supporter and her good friend, Fite, whom Pringle had saved from suicide, team up to saves him from the gang. Pringle wins the election and the girl!

Mrs. Fite

Bumping Into Broadway

Bumping Into Broadway · 1919

Bumping Into Broadway

A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just before a police raid.

'Bearcat' the Landlady

Bromo and Juliet

Bromo and Juliet · 1926

Bromo and Juliet

A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare.

Bit Role (uncredited)

Nothing But Trouble

Nothing But Trouble · 1918

Nothing But Trouble

Harold appears as an active young man who gets a job as waiter in a restaurant. Disaster overtakes him and he is hurried off to jail at the close.

Big Red Riding Hood

Big Red Riding Hood · 1925

Big Red Riding Hood

Jimmy Jump is asked by the Swedish Government to translate for educational purposes "Little Red Riding Hood", but he can't afford to buy the book, so he tries reading it at the book shop, something the owner doesn't like. But with a little help by the owner's wife it is not impossible, even when the book is bought by somebody else, put in a car and the car is stolen...

Red Riding Hood

The Cowboy Sheik

The Cowboy Sheik · 1924

The Cowboy Sheik

A shy cowboy is interested in the local school teacher, but must compete with a bully for her attention.

The cook

Follow the Crowd

Follow the Crowd · 1918

Follow the Crowd

A clueless man finds a bomb on the street and keeps throwing it to the crowd around him. The sketch then moves with the clueless nerd getting involved in all sorts of troubles until he accidentally gets into a hideout from a terrorist group that will complicate things for him more than he ever hoped.

A Bashful Bigamist

A Bashful Bigamist · 1920

A Bashful Bigamist

A wife plots to keep her husband at home.

Uncle Oswald's Wife

Bride and Gloom

Bride and Gloom · 1918

Bride and Gloom

A short film starring Harold Lloyd.