Gilbert Holmes (actor)

Gilbert "Pee Wee" Holmes
Pictured second from top left
Born	June 15, 1895 Saskatchewan, Canada
Died	August 17, 1936 (aged 41) Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation(s)	Actor, stuntman

Gilbert "Pee Wee" Holmes was a Canadian actor and stunt performer known for his short stature. He appeared in more than 70 Hollywood films between 1920 and 1934, and often co-starred in Tom Mix comedy westerns.

Biography

Gilbert was born in Saskatchewan, Canada, and raised in Miles City, Montana. He reportedly got his start competing in rodeos around the U.S. In the early 1920s, he began appearing in Hollywood westerns. He and the similarly short actor Ben Corbett produced and starred in a series of comedy shorts during that decade that would run before Universal's feature-length westerns. He died on August 17, 1936, in Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography

• The Rustler's Roundup (1933)
• Robbers' Roost (1932)
• Flaming Guns (1932)
• The Fighting Champ (1932)
• Hidden Gold (1932)
• Law of the North (1932)
• The Man from Hell's Edges (1932)
• Lightnin' Smith Returns (1931)
• In Old Cheyenne (1931)
• Trigger Tricks (1930)
• Mountain Justice (1930)
• The Mounted Stranger (1930)
• Sagebrush Politics (1929)
• Sunset Pass (1929)
• The Sky Skidder (1929)
• Burning the Wind (1928)
• The Cloud Dodger (1928)
• Beggars of Life (1928)
• Quick Triggers (1928)
• The Arizona Cyclone (1928)
• Trail Riders (1928)
• Thunder Riders (1928)
• Put 'Em Up (1928)
• The Fearless Rider (1928)
• Galloping Fury (1927)
• One Glorious Scrap (1927)
• The Border Cavalier (1927)
• Hard Fists (1927)
• The Phantom Bullet (1926)
• The Border Sheriff (1926)
• Chip of the Flying U (1926)
• Code of the West (1925)
• The Tenth Woman (1924)
• Ladies to Board (1924)
• The Mask of Lopez (1924)
• The Man Who Won (1923)
• The Buster (1923)
• Ruth of the Rockies (1920)