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

2026

Elvis: A Life in Music as Self (archive footage)

2024

Remembering Gene Wilder as Self (archive photo/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
A Black Ribbon for Deborah as Ofenbauer
The Great Ice Rip-Off as Harkey Rollins

1971

The Neon Ceiling as Jones

1970

McCloud
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

Invisible Diplomats as Brad
Strange Bedfellows as Richard Bramwell

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 Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Duke Marsden
The Merv Griffin Show as Self
Kid Galahad as Willy Grogan
That Touch of Mink as Roger
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
Ask Any Girl as Evan Doughton
The Story on Page One as Larry Ellis

1958

Teacher's Pet as Dr. Hugo Pine
The Tunnel of Love as Dick Pepper

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

Torch Song as Cliff Willard
City That Never Sleeps as Johnny Kelly
Arena as Hob Danvers
The Girl Who Had Everything as Vance Court

1952

You for Me as Dr. Jeff Chadwick
Holiday for Sinners as Jason Kent

1951

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as Jimmy Sampson
Only the Valiant as Lt. William Holloway
Target Unknown as Capt. Reiner
Come Fill the Cup as Boyd Copeland
Too Young to Kiss as John Tirsen
Slaughter Trail as Ike Vaughn aka Murray

1950

Robert Montgomery Presents as Tony Marino
What's My Line? as Self
Lux Video Theatre
Hunt the Man Down as Paul Bennett

1949

Lust for Gold as Pete Thomas
Tell It to the Judge as Alexander Darvac

1948

The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
Studio One as Philip Adams / Alan Fredericks
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

Breakdowns of 1942 as Self
The Male Animal as Student (uncredited)
The Gay Sisters as Gig Young
The Mad Martindales as Peter Varney (as Byron Barr)

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)
The Tanks Are Coming as Jim Allen
You're in the Army Now as Soldier

1940

Misbehaving Husbands as Floor Walker (as Byron Barr)