Robert Gist
Attore, Regista
1 ottobre 1917 — 21 maggio 1998 (80 anni)
Robert Marion Gist (October 1, 1917 – May 21, 1998) was an American actor and film director. Gist was reared around the stockyards of Chicago, Illinois, during the Great Depression. Reform school-bound after injuring another boy in a fistfight, Gist instead ended up at Chicago's Hull House, a settlement house originally established by social worker Jane Addams. There he first became interested in acting.
Work in Chicago radio was followed by stage acting roles in Chicago and on Broadway (in the long-running Harvey with Josephine Hull).[citation needed] While acting in Harvey, he made his motion picture debut in 20th Century-Fox's Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Gist was also seen on Broadway in director Charles Laughton's The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1954) with Henry Fonda and John Hodiak.
While shooting Operation Petticoat (1959), Gist told director Blake Edwards that he was interested in directing. Edwards later hired Gist to helm episodes of the TV series Peter Gunn. Gist also directed episodes of TV shows Naked City, The Twilight Zone, Route 66 and many others.
Work in Chicago radio was followed by stage acting roles in Chicago and on Broadway (in the long-running Harvey with Josephine Hull).[citation needed] While acting in Harvey, he made his motion picture debut in 20th Century-Fox's Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Gist was also seen on Broadway in director Charles Laughton's The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1954) with Henry Fonda and John Hodiak.
While shooting Operation Petticoat (1959), Gist told director Blake Edwards that he was interested in directing. Edwards later hired Gist to helm episodes of the TV series Peter Gunn. Gist also directed episodes of TV shows Naked City, The Twilight Zone, Route 66 and many others.
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Filmography
| 1971 | Nichols · as Gulley |
| 1962 | Jack the Giant Killer · as Scottish CaptainSu Plex |
| 1961 | Blueprint for Robbery · as Chips Mcgann |
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| 1960 | The Law and Mr. Jones · as District Attorney Tom Starkowski |
| 1960 | The Aquanauts · as Darrell Willoughby |
| 1959 | Pony Express · as Slater |
| 1959 | Operation Petticoat · as Lieutenant Watson |
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| 1959 | Hotel de Paree · as Zack |
| 1959 | The FBI Story · as Medicine Salesman |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo · as Kincaid |
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| 1959 | Lock-Up · as Wayne Powell |
| 1959 | The June Allyson Show · as Lennie |
| 1959 | Al Capone · as Dion O'banion |
| 1959 | The Untouchables · as Fred 'caddy' Croner |
| 1959 | Black Saddle · as Milo Dawes |
| 1959 | Rawhide · as Sheriff Ed Stockton |
| 1958 | Flight · as Capt. John Gates |
| 1958 | The Naked and the Dead · as Red |
| 1958 | Wolf Larsen · as Matthews |
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| 1957 | Tombstone Territory · as Lafe Jackson |
| 1957 | Alcoa Theatre · as Walter Parker |
| 1957 | Goodyear Theatre · as Ben Moore |
| 1957 | Perry Mason · as Deputy D.a. Claude Drumm |
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| 1957 | The Silent Service · as Cmdr. Howard 'red' Macdonald |
| 1957 | Tales of Wells Fargo · as Stanley |
| 1956 | Richard Diamond, Private Detective · as Joe Quincy |
| 1956 | Zane Grey Theatre · as Casey Hydecker |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 · as Cast |
| 1956 | D-Day the Sixth of June · as Dan Stenick |
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| 1955 | Ford Star Jubilee · as Lt. Thomas Keefer |
| 1955 | The Phil Silvers Show · as Red Thompson |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke · as Rabb Briggs |
| 1953 | The Band Wagon · as Hal |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater · as Committee Chairman |
| 1952 | Angel Face · as Miller |
| 1952 | Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre · as Rev. Wilkerson |
| 1952 | One Minute to Zero · as Maj. Carter |
| 1952 | Death Valley Days · as Aaron TaggertSu Plex |
| 1951 | Strangers on a Train · as Det. Leslie Hennessey |
| 1950 | The Jackpot · as Pete Spooner |
| 1950 | Ashley Banjo’s Big Town Dance · as Lloyd Barker |
| 1950 | Love That Brute · as Police Officer Wilson |
| 1950 | Wabash Avenue · as Sailor |
| 1950 | I Was a Shoplifter · as Barkie Neff |
| 1949 | Scene of the Crime · as P.j. Pontiac |
| 1949 | A Dangerous Profession · as Roy Collins, Aka Max Gibney |
| 1949 | Oh, You Beautiful Doll · as Musician |
| 1949 | The Stratton Story · as Earnie |
| 1949 | Jigsaw · as Tommy QuigleySu Plex |
| 1948 | Studio One · as Coley Davis |
| 1947 | Miracle on 34th Street · as Window Dresser (uncredited) |
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| 1960 | Route 66Su Plex |
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