Gus Schilling

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-06-20 (49 years old)

Deathday

1957-06-16

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Gus Schilling

Biography

August "Gus" Schilling (June 20, 1908 - June 16, 1957) was an American actor. August "Gus" Schilling (June 20, 1908 – June 16, 1957) was an American film actor who started in burlesque comedy and usually played nervous comic roles, often unbilled. A friend of Orson Welles, he appeared in five of the director's films — Citizen Kane (first screen performance), The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai, Macbeth and Touch of Evil (final performance, released posthumously). Born in New York City, Schilling had a rubber face and flustered gestures which made him a natural comedian and he began his career understudying comedy stars Bert La...

Acting

1941

1947

1950

Hit Parade of 1951

as Studio Guide

1950

Our Very Own

as Frank

1942

Broadway

as Joe

1952

One Big Affair

as Mr. Rush

1947

Calendar Girl

as Eddie Gaskin

1945

It's a Pleasure

as Bill Evans

1951

Gasoline Alley

as Joe Allen

1956

Bigger Than Life

as Druggist (uncredited)

1942

There's One Born Every Minute

as Professor Asa Quisenberry

1947

Wedding Belle

as Gus Schilling

1946

Hot Water

as Gus

1948

Two Nuts in a Rut

as Gus Schilling, Lane's assistant

1949

Flung by a Fling

as Capt. Gus Schilling

1949

1946

Ain't Love Cuckoo?

as Gus Schilling

1941

Lucky Devils

as Aloysius Grimshaw

1946

Dangerous Business

as Alexander Pough

1948

Angel on the Amazon

as Dean Hartley

1942

The Magnificent Ambersons

as Drug Clerk (uncredited)

1955

Rebel Without a Cause

as Attendant (uncredited)

1958

Touch of Evil

as Eddie Farnham (uncredited)

1944

1943

Larceny with Music

as Austin J. Caldwell

1955

Run for Cover

as Doc Ridgeway

1940

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

as Orderly Cleaning Window

1940

Pop Always Pays

as City Dump Watchman

1943

Chatterbox

as Gillie

1943

Hers to Hold

as Rosey Blake

1940

Mexican Spitfire Out West

as Hotel Desk Clark

1943

Lady Bodyguard

as Bughouse Sweeney

1949

Bride for Sale

as Timothy

1954

1942

1948

Macbeth

as A Porter

1951

Honeychile

as Window Washer

1943

Presenting Lily Mars

as Scotty - Stage Manager

1941

1945

See My Lawyer

as J. Ambrose Winkler aka Winky

1945

River Gang

as Dopey Charlie

1941

Hellzapoppin'

as Orchestra Conductor

1941

The Penalty

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

1947

Stork Bites Man

as Hubert Butterfield

1956

Glory

as Joe Page

1947

Training for Trouble

as Gus Schilling

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