The handsome boy next door, Gilbert Blythe, manages to make a lasting impression on Anne Shirley the moment she arrives at the Avonlea schoolhouse. Intelligent and athletic, Gilbert is the object of affection for many of the young Avonlea girls. He makes the mistake of teasing Anne about her red hair, famously giving her the nickname "Carrots".

Although Anne swears never to speak to Gilbert again, she can’t help but find inspiration in the academic rivalry he engages her in, finding a lasting bond with her fierce competitor.

Jonathan reprised the role of Gilbert Blythe as a guest star in the series Road to Avonlea. His additional television credits include the television movie The Waiting Game and the series Slings and Arrows and Earth: Final Conflict, among others. His big screen credits include Café Romeo and The Jeweler's Shop, with Burt Lancaster.

On stage, Crombie's numerous performances at the prestigious Stratford Festival Theatre include the roles of Romeo in Romeo and Juliet, Lucentio in The Taming of the Shrew, Orlando in As You Like It, Bud in Sweet Bird of Youth and Guildenstern in Hamlet.

Recently, Crombie has added two more successes to his stage career with starring roles in; The Oxford Roof Climber’s Rebellion, a play set in Oxford following the Great War and The Drowsy Chaperone, a Toronto grown musical comedy that is a smash on Broadway.

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