Gibb McLaughlin
George McLoughlin, known professionally as Gibb McLaughlin, was an English film and stage actor.
Early days
McLaughlin was born in Sunderland, County Durham, England in 1879. For about 10 years he was a salesman in Kingston-upon-Hull where he sang in the Holy Trinity Church choir. He joined the Hull Amateur Operatic Society and played the part of Koko in The Mikado. After that he appeared with Anne Croft in concerts and they had a turn to themselves on the stage of the Palace Theatre. He performed as a comedian and monologist in music halls. In 1915, McLaughlin married Eleanor Morton, youngest daughter of William Morton, formerly manager of the Egyptian Hall, London and the Greenwich Theatre.
Film work
He appeared in 118 films between 1921 and 1959. He was known for The Lavender Hill Mob, Oliver Twist and Hobson's Choice. He had a rare leading role as the sleuth J. G. Reeder in Edgar Wallace's Mr Reeder in Room 13, released in the U.S. as Mystery of Room 13. A skeletal, lugubrious, latterly prune-faced, character actor, he was popular on screen as a master of disguise, which allowed him to slip into just about any ethnic part or Dickensian role.
Partial filmography
The Road to London - The CountThe Pointing Finger - The MonkThe Bohemian Girl - Captain FlorensteinThree to One Against - ClericConstant Hot Water - Eardley AdamsThe Kensington Mystery Odd Tricks The Only Way - BarsadSomebody's Darling Nell Gwyn - Duke of YorkLondon - Ah KwangThe House of Marney - EzraMadame Pompadour - Comte MaurepasThe Arcadians - Peter DoodyPoppies of Flanders - Shorty BillThe White Sheik - JockThe Farmer's Wife - Henry CoakerNot Quite a Lady - The VicarThe Price of Divorce - The ValetGlorious Youth The Silent House - Chang FuPower Over Men - Alexandre BillotKitty - The ElectricianSuch Is the Law - Valet - from 'The Price of Divorce' The W Plan - Pvt. McTavishThe Woman from China - Chung-LiThe Nipper - Bill HenshawThe School for Scandal - WilliamThird Time Lucky - Unidentified RoleSally in Our Alley - Jim SearsJealousy - Littleton PardmorePotiphar's Wife - Chauffeur Detective Lloyd - Abdul - and EgyptianGoodnight, Vienna - Max's OrderlyThe First Mrs. Fraser - ButlerCongress Dances - BibikoffWhite Face - Sgt. ElkThe Love Contract - HodgeMoney Means Nothing - Augustus BethersydeWhere Is This Lady? - Dr. SchillingThe Mistress of Atlantis - Count VelovskyThe Temperance Fete - Mr. HeartyKing of the Ritz - Baron PopovBitter Sweet - The FootmanNo Funny Business - FloreyThe Private Life of Henry VIII - The French ExecutionerFriday the Thirteenth - FloristThe Thirteenth Candle - Captain BlytheHigh Finance - Sir Grant RayburnBritannia of Billingsgate - WesterbrookSwinging the Lead - Inigo LarsenThe Rise of Catherine the Great - BestujhevThe Queen's Affair - General KorenskyDick Turpin - Governor of NewgateChu Chin Chow - The Caliph's VizierThe Church Mouse - Thomas Stubbings, CashierBlossom Time - BauernfeldLittle Friend - ThompsonThere Goes Susie - Advertising ManagerJew Süss - Pancorgo The Iron Duke - TalleyrandThe Old Curiosity Shop - Sampson BrassThe Scarlet Pimpernel - The BarberThe Dictator Drake of England - Don EnriquezMe and Marlborough - Old Soldier Bulldog Jack - DennyThe Loves of Madame Dubarry - De BrissacHyde Park Corner - Sir Arthur GannettTwo's Company - ToombsBroken Blossoms - Evil EyeWhere There's a Will - Martin, The ButlerJuggernaut - JacquesIrish for Luck - ThadyTwo's Company All In - Rev. CuppleditchYou Live and Learn - Mons. DuvalMr. Reeder in Room 13 - Mr. J.G. ReederBreak the News - The SuperintendentAlmost a Gentleman - Bartholomew Quist13 Men and a Gun - Col. VlatinHold My Hand - Bank ManagerHey! Hey! USA - Ship's StewardInspector Hornleigh - Alfred Cooper, Pheasant Inn PorterCome On George! - Dr. MacGregorConfidential Lady - SheriffSpy for a Day - Col. LudwigThat's the Ticket - The CountFreedom Radio - Dr. WeinerSpellbound Penn of Pennsylvania - Indian ChiefThe First of the Few - Sir Ian MacLaren The Young Mr. Pitt - George Selwyn Much Too Shy - Rev. SheepshanksTomorrow We Live - DupontMy Learned Friend - ButlerChampagne Charlie - Doctor at Duel Give Us the Moon - MarcelCaesar and Cleopatra - High Priest No Orchids for Miss Blandish - Butler Oliver Twist - Mr. SowerberryOnce Upon a Dream - Mr. Pontefact IThe Queen of Spades - Bird sellerNight and the City - Googin the Forger The Black Rose - WilderkinThe Lavender Hill Mob - GodwinThe House in the Square - Jacob The Card - EmeryThe Pickwick Papers - ForemanTop Secret - SchoolmasterThe Man Who Watched Trains Go By - Julius de Koster, SrGrand National Night - MortonThe Million Pound Note - Sir William Collinge Hobson's Choice - TudsburyThe Brain Machine - Mr. Spencer SimonThe Deep Blue Sea - ClerkThe Man Who Never Was - Club PorterWho Done It? - ScientistSea Wife - Club PorterThe Naked Truth - Old Man in TV Show Audience Too Many Crooks - Vicar