Gig Young

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-11-04 (65 years old)

Deathday

1978-10-19

Place of Birth

Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

Gig Young

Biography

Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come Fill the Cup (1952) and Teacher's Pet (1959), before winning for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gig Young, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

2019

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

as Martin Sloan (archive footage)

1942

The Male Animal

as Student (uncredited)

1957

Desk Set

as Mike Cutler

1975

The Killer Elite

as Lawrence Weyburn

1976

Sherlock Holmes in New York

as Mortimer McGrew

1941

1962

1978

Game of Death

as Jim Marshall

1953

City That Never Sleeps

as Johnny Kelly

1948

Wake of the Red Witch

as Samuel 'Sam' Rosen

1948

1970

1948

The Woman in White

as Walter Hartright

1954

Young at Heart

as Alex Burke

1958

Teacher's Pet

as Dr. Hugo Pine

1943

Air Force

as Co-Pilot

1958

The Tunnel of Love

as Dick Pepper

1950

Hunt the Man Down

as Paul Bennett

1975

The Hindenburg

as Edward Douglas

1959

The Story on Page One

as Larry Ellis

1955

The Desperate Hours

as Chuck Wright

1965

Strange Bedfellows

as Richard Bramwell

1962

Kid Galahad

as Willy Grogan

1953

1943

Old Acquaintance

as Rudd Kendall

1951

Only the Valiant

as Lt. William Holloway

1967

The Shuttered Room

as Mike Kelton

1949

Lust for Gold

as Pete Thomas

1959

Ask Any Girl

as Evan Doughton

1942

The Gay Sisters

as Gig Young

1951

Too Young to Kiss

as John Tirsen

1947

Escape Me Never

as Caryl Dubrok

1963

A Ticklish Affair

as Key Weedon

1953

Arena

as Hob Danvers

1951

Come Fill the Cup

as Boyd Copeland

1951

Slaughter Trail

as Ike Vaughn aka Murray

1953

Torch Song

as Cliff Willard

1961

The Spiral Staircase

as Stephen Warren

1952

Holiday for Sinners

as Jason Kent

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1974

The Great Ice Rip-Off

as Harkey Rollins

1949

Tell It to the Judge

as Alexander Darvac

1952

You for Me

as Dr. Jeff Chadwick

1951

Target Unknown

as Capt. Reiner

1963

For Love or Money

as Sonny Smith

1954

Rear Window

as Jeff's Editor (voice) (uncredited)

1971

1962

Five Miles to Midnight

as David Barnes

1977

Spectre

as Dr. Ham Hamilton

1968

Companions in Nightmare

as Eric Nicholson

1941

Sergeant York

as Marching Soldier (uncredited)

1940

Misbehaving Husbands

as Floor Walker (as Byron Barr)

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as Lt. Roberts (uncredited)

1941

Dive Bomber

as Abbott - Guinea Pig 2 Experiment 32 (uncredited)

1942

The Mad Martindales

as Peter Varney (as Byron Barr)

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as First Groom Asking for Dog Licence (uncredited)

1990

Death In Hollywood

as (archive footage)

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