Dick Gilbert Jr.

born: 14 June 1919 Denver, Colorado, United States of America

died: 25 February 1982 Inyo County, California, United States of America (age 62)

American child actor, the son of actor Dick Gilbert. His sister was Virginia Gilbert. His World War II draft registration card (16 Oct 1940) gives the now 21-year old Dick Jr.'s statistics as: 5' 11" tall, 148 lb., blue eyes, blonde hair, light complexion. He graduated from Los Angeles City College and served in the army for four years, spending two of them in Alaska. At the time of his 1946 marriage, he is working as an auditor for a Los Angeles insurance company. By 1950, he is divorced and working as a bartender in Lincoln, New Mexico. Dick Jr. is buried next to his father at Goldfield Cemetery in Goldfield, Nevada.

Real name: Richard Antrim Gilbert Height: 5'11" (age 21, Oct. 1940)

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1925 Ask Grandma Boy Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX2Y-8T8 (1920 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7WP-JPM (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9CT-6GG (1940 Census) https://www.fold3.com/document/628797523/ (WWII draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8K4-FF4 (1946 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XKR-GVNH (1950 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGBT-X2M (CA Death Index) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14124643 (Find a Grave) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/700664344/ (Evening Vanguard [Venice, CA], 29 Jun 1946) http://theluckycorner.com/rps/038.html (Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research) This page was last updated on: 13 June 2023