Bert Gilroy


Bert Gilroy was an American film producer of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Arizona in 1899, he began his Hollywood career behind the scenes on the 1926 silent film Pals in Paradise. In 1934, he began producing by overseeing short films for RKO Radio Pictures with Bandits and Ballads, a musical short. After four years of producing shorts, he would be given a chance at producing a full-length feature at RKO, with the western film, Gun Law. Later that year he would produce Painted Desert, a remake of the 1931 film The Painted Desert for which he was the assistant director, and was memorable as containing the first speaking role for Clark Gable. During the decade he was active, he would produce over 150 short and feature films. His feature films would overwhelmingly consist of westerns, many of which would star RKO's leading western star of the 1930s, Tim Holt. Gilroy spent almost his entire career at RKO studios, after its creation in 1929. His last credited film on which he was an associate producer on in 1946, Hollywood Bound was a compilation of three 1930s Betty Grable RKO short subjects
that was released by Astor Pictures.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1926Pals in ParadiseProduction manager
1927Jewels of DesireProduction manager
1930Swing HighAssistant Director
1931'Assistant Director
1932'Assistant Director
1933Flying Down to RioAssistant Director, Unit Manager
1936Mary of ScotlandUnit Manager
1938'Producer
1938Border G-ManProducer
1938Gun LawProducer
1938Painted DesertProducer
1938Lawless ValleyProducer
1939'Producer
1939'Producer
1939Arizona LegionProducer
1939Racketeers of the RangeProducer
1939'Producer
1939Timber StampedeProducer
1939Trouble in SundownProducer
1940Bullet CodeProducer
1940'Producer
1940Pop Always PaysProducer
1940Prairie LawProducer
1940Wagon TrainProducer
1940Legion of the LawlessProducer
1940Triple JusticeProducer
1940Stage to ChinoProducer
1941Along the Rio GrandeProducer
1941'Producer
1941Come on DangerProducer
1941Cyclone on HorsebackProducer
1941Dude CowboyProducer
1941Robbers of the RangeProducer
1941Thundering HoofsProducer
1941Six-Gun GoldProducer, screenplay
1942Army SurgeonProducer
1942Bandit RangerProducer
1942Land of the Open RangeProducer
1942Mexican Spitfire's ElephantProducer
1942Pirates of the PrairieProducer
1942Riding the WindProducer
1942Red River Robin HoodProducer
1943Fighting FrontierProducer
1943Ladies' DayProducer
1943Mexican Spitfire's Blessed EventProducer
1943Petticoat LarcenyProducer
1943Rookies in BurmaProducer
1943Sagebrush LawProducer
1943'Producer
1943'Producer
1946Hollywood BoundAssociate Producer