Gilbert Pratt was born on February 16, 1892 in Providence, Rhode Island, USA as Gilbert Walker Pratt. He was a director and writer, known for Mud and Sand (1922), Are Crooks Dishonest? (1918) and The Non-Stop Kid (1918). He died on December 10, 1954 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Started as a character actor, playing both serious and comic villains on screen. Later turned to directing for Kalem and Hal Roach. During the 1920s he doubled as gag writer, in addition to directing for Al Christie at Vitagraph (1924-25) and Mack Sennett (1926). In the sound era, he worked as a scenarist on dramas, with occasional forays into comedy.
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
A Close Shave
1920/I
Short as Gil Pratt
Dynamite
1920
Short
Knights and Knighties
1920
Short
Throbs and Thrills
1920
Short
Rubes and Robbers
1919
Short
Caves and Coquettes
1919
Short
Vamps and Variety
1919
Short
Zip and Zest
1919
Short
Flips and Flops
1919
Short
Harems and Hookum
1919
Short
Girlies and Grubbers
1919
Short
Damsels and Dandies
1919
Short
Love and Lather
1919
Short
Going! Going! Gone!
1919
Short as Gil Pratt
Wanted - $5,000
1919
Short as Gil Pratt
Bums and Boarders
1918
Short
Farms and Fumbles
1918
Short
Hear 'Em Rave
1918
Short as Gil Pratt
Bees in His Bonnet
1918
Short as Gil Pratt
Two Scrambled
1918
Short as Gil Pratt
That's Him
1918
Short as Gil Pratt
Are Crooks Dishonest?
1918
Short as Gil Pratt
Sic 'Em, Towser
1918
Short as Gil Pratt
The City Slicker
1918
Short as Gil Pratt
The Non-Stop Kid
1918
Short
It's a Wild Life
1918
Short as Gil Pratt
A One Night Stand
1918
Short as Gil Pratt
Beat It
1918
Short as Gil Pratt
Hit Him Again
1918
Short
The Lamb
1918
Short as Gil Pratt
The Tip
1918
Short
The Big Idea
1917
Short
Move On
1917
Short
Pinched
1917
Short
The Young in Heart
1938
director of retakes, uncredited
Boys Will Be Girls
1936
Elmer and Elsie
1934
L'amour guide
1933
Sealskins
1932
Short as Gil Pratt
Hasty Marriage
1931
Short
Camera Shy
1930
Short
His Baby Daze
1929
Short
Going Ga-Ga
1929
Short uncredited
Campus Romeos
1927
Short as Gil Pratt
How High Is Up?
1927
Short as Gil Pratt
What Price Dough
1927
Short as Gil Pratt
Heavy Hikers
1927
Short as Gil Pratt
You're Next
1927
Short as Gil Prat
Smith's Surprise
1927
Short
Old Tin Sides
1927
Short
The Unsocial Three
1927
Short as Gil Pratt
Three Glad Men
1927
Short as Gil Pratt
Smith's Uncle
1926
Short as Gil Pratt
A Harem Knight
1926
Short
Smith's Visitor
1926
Short as Gil Pratt
The Heavy Parade
1926
Short
Fight Night
1926
Short
Hayfoot, Strawfoot?
1926
Short
Whispering Lions
1925
Short as Gil Pratt
Are Parents Pickles?
1925
Short as Gil Pratt
Keep Smiling
1925
as Gilbert W. Pratt
Don't Tell Dad
1925
Short
Love Goofy
1925
Short as Gil Pratt
Sea Legs
1925
Short as Gil Pratt
Court Plaster
1924
Short as Gil Pratt
Grandpa's Girl
1924
Short as Gil Pratt
Cornfed
1924
Short as Gil Pratt
Lonesome
1924
Short as Gil Pratt
Laughing Gas
1924
Short as Gil Pratt
Paris Lights
1924
Short as Gil Pratt
Some Nurse
1924
Short as Gil Pratt
One Dark Night
1923
Short as Gil Pratt
Mark It Paid
1923
Short as Gil Pratt
Three Cheers
1923
Short as Gil Pratt
Simple Sadie
1923
Short as Gil Pratt
The Sleepwalker
1923
Short as Gil Pratt
Rolling Home
1923
Short as Gil Pratt
The Optimist
1923
Short as Gil Pratt
Mud and Sand
1922
Short as Gil Pratt
A Bully Pair
1922
Short
The Egg
1922
Short
All Balled Up
1922
Short
A Studio Rube
1922
Short as Gil Pratt
Gee Whiskers
1922
Short
His Inheritance Taxi
1922
Short
Straight from the Farm
1922
Short
Fool Days
1921
Short as Gil Pratt
Fast and Furious
1921
Short as Gil Pratt
Fresh Air
1921
Short
Squirrel Food
1921
Short
Peaceful Alley
1921
Short
Bride and Gloom
1921
Short
High & Dry
1921
Short as Gil Pratt
In Again, Out Again
1921
Short as Gil Pratt
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Beer Barrel Polecats
1946
Short screenplay - as Gilbert W. Pratt / story - as Gilbert W. Pratt
If a Body Meets a Body
1945
Short story - as Gil Pratt
Yumpin' Yimminy!
1941
Short screenplay - as Gill Pratt / story - as Gill Pratt