Background
Gilbert, Lou was born on August 1, 1909 in Sycamore, Illinois, United States. Son of Morris and Rose (Chosid) Gitlitz.
Gilbert, Lou was born on August 1, 1909 in Sycamore, Illinois, United States. Son of Morris and Rose (Chosid) Gitlitz.
Educational public schools, Cleveland.
Play House, 1925, Chicago Repertory Group, 1933, Arena Theatre, Washington, District of Columbia, 1967-1968. Broadway appearances have included Beggars Are Coming to Town, 1944, Dream Girl, 1946, Detective Story, 1948-1949, Enemy of the People, 1951, Diary of Ann Frank, 1957-1958, The Great White Hope, 1968, The Egg, 1961, In the Counting House, 1962, Frogs of Spring, 1963, Good Woman Setzuwan (at Lincoln Center), 1970. Time of Your Life (on tour), 1971-1972, The Price (on Tour), 1973, Community of Two (on tour), 1974.
Creation of the World, 1972.
Appeared off-Broadway in Nourish the Beast, 1973. Played in Joe Papp’s Shakespearean Festival in The Tempest and King Lear, 1962, Much Ado about Nothing, 1972, As You Like lieutenant, 1973.
Appearances in various motion pictures included Viva Zapata, 1950, Juliet of the Spirits, 1965, Goldstein, 1964, Across the River, 1959, Requiem for a Heavyweight, 1963, Middle of the Night, 1959, The Great White Hope, Petulia, Marathon Manitoba, 1976, Raid on Entebbe, 1976.
Member Actors Studio.
Married Martha Lou Hawkins, May 5, 1951. Children: Nicholas David, Frances East. Appeared with Cleveland.