Gig Young
Born: 1913-11-04 in Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
Died: 1978-10-19
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2024
- Remembering Gene Wilder as Self (archive photo/footage)
2019
- The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration as Martin Sloan (archive footage)
2005
- James Dean: Forever Young as Self (archive footage)
2004
- Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade as Self (archive footage)
1990
- Death In Hollywood as Self (archive footage)
1988
- Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1984
- Bruce Lee, the Legend as Self
1983
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1978
- Game of Death as Jim Marshall
1977
- Spectre as Dr. Ham Hamilton
1976
- Gibbsville as Ray Whitehead
- Sherlock Holmes in New York as Mortimer McGraw
1975
- The Hindenburg as Edward Douglas
- The Killer Elite as Lawrence Weyburn
- The Turning Point of Jim Malloy as Ray Whitehead
1974
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia as Quill
- The Great Ice Rip-Off as Harkey Rollins
- A Black Ribbon for Deborah as Ofenbauer
1971
- The Neon Ceiling as Jones
1970
- McCloud as Jack Hefferman
- Lovers and Other Strangers as Hal Henderson
1969
- They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Rocky Gravo
1968
- The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest
- Companions in Nightmare as Eric Nicholson
1967
- The Shuttered Room as Mike Kelton
1966
- Hollywood Squares as Self
1965
- Strange Bedfellows as Richard Bramwell
- Invisible Diplomats as Brad
1964
- The Rogues as Tony Fleming
- The Hollywood Palace as Self
1963
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Hugo Myrich
- For Love or Money as Sonny Smith
- A Ticklish Affair as Key Weedon
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Duke Marsden
- That Touch of Mink as Roger
- Kid Galahad as Willy Grogan
- Five Miles to Midnight as David Barnes
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- The Spiral Staircase as Stephen Warren
1960
- Ninotchka as Leon Dolga
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Martin Sloan
- The Story on Page One as Larry Ellis
- Ask Any Girl as Evan Doughton
1958
- The Tunnel of Love as Dick Pepper
- Teacher's Pet as Dr. Hugo Pine
1957
- Desk Set as Mike Cutler
- The James Dean Story as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Presenter
- Conflict as Self - Host
1955
- The Desperate Hours as Chuck Wright
1954
- Climax! as Edgar Holt
- Rear Window as Jeff's Editor (voice) (uncredited)
- Young at Heart as Alex Burke
1953
- City That Never Sleeps as Johnny Kelly
- The Girl Who Had Everything as Vance Court
- Torch Song as Cliff Willard
- Arena as Hob Danvers
1952
- Holiday for Sinners as Jason Kent
- You for Me as Dr. Jeff Chadwick
1951
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Jimmy Sampson
- Only the Valiant as Lt. William Holloway
- Come Fill the Cup as Boyd Copeland
- Too Young to Kiss as John Tirsen
- Target Unknown as Capt. Reiner
- Slaughter Trail as Ike Vaughn aka Murray
1950
- What's My Line? as Self
- Robert Montgomery Presents as Tony Marino
- Lux Video Theatre
- Hunt the Man Down as Paul Bennett
1949
- Tell It to the Judge as Alexander Darvac
- Lust for Gold as Pete Thomas
1948
- Studio One as Philip Adams / Alan Fredericks
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- The Three Musketeers as Porthos
- Wake of the Red Witch as Samuel 'Sam' Rosen
- The Woman in White as Walter Hartright
1947
- Escape Me Never as Caryl Dubrok
1943
- Air Force as Co-Pilot
- Old Acquaintance as Rudd Kendall
1942
- The Gay Sisters as Gig Young
- The Male Animal as Student (uncredited)
- Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
- The Mad Martindales as Peter Varney
1941
- Sergeant York as Marching Soldier (uncredited)
- They Died with Their Boots On as Lt. Roberts (uncredited)
- Dive Bomber as Abbott - Guinea Pig 2 Experiment 32 (uncredited)
- One Foot in Heaven as First Groom Asking for Dog Licence (uncredited)
- You're in the Army Now as Soldier
- The Tanks Are Coming as Jim Allen
1940
- Misbehaving Husbands as Floor Walker