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Gus Schilling
Actor
Born June 20, 1908Died June 16, 1957 (48 years)
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 Lahr and Joe Penner on Broadway. He soon became a favorite among burlesque comedians, who welcomed him into the burlesque profession. Schilling was in a relationship with burlesque star Betty Rowland and the couple toured in the Minsky burlesque troupe.
Orson Welles saw Schilling in New York and followed him to Florida. There Welles hired Schilling to appear in a stage production featuring several Shakespearean scenes. "I learned my part by taking the script to Welles and having him translate the lines to everyday English," Schilling recalled in 1939. Welles promised Schilling a part in Welles's first motion picture, and kept his promise: Schilling is featured in Citizen Kane (1941). This established Schilling in Hollywood movies as a "nervous" comedian (he plays a jittery symphony conductor in Olsen and Johnson's Hellzapoppin', for example). He also co-starred with character comedian Richard Lane in a series of 11 comedy shorts for Columbia Pictures; the series ran from 1945 to 1950.
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 Lahr and Joe Penner on Broadway. He soon became a favorite among burlesque comedians, who welcomed him into the burlesque profession. Schilling was in a relationship with burlesque star Betty Rowland and the couple toured in the Minsky burlesque troupe.
Orson Welles saw Schilling in New York and followed him to Florida. There Welles hired Schilling to appear in a stage production featuring several Shakespearean scenes. "I learned my part by taking the script to Welles and having him translate the lines to everyday English," Schilling recalled in 1939. Welles promised Schilling a part in Welles's first motion picture, and kept his promise: Schilling is featured in Citizen Kane (1941). This established Schilling in Hollywood movies as a "nervous" comedian (he plays a jittery symphony conductor in Olsen and Johnson's Hellzapoppin', for example). He also co-starred with character comedian Richard Lane in a series of 11 comedy shorts for Columbia Pictures; the series ran from 1945 to 1950.
Filmography
| 1958 | Touch of Evil · as Eddie Farnham (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Tombstone Territory (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1956 | Bigger Than Life · as Druggist (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Telephone Time (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1956 | Glory · as Joe Page |
| 1955 | Rebel Without a Cause · as Attendant (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Son of Sinbad · as Jaffir |
| 1955 | Run for Cover · as Doc Ridgeway |
| 1955 | Damon Runyon Theater (TV Series) · as Chesty Chicago |
| 1954 | Climax! (TV Series) · as Pops |
| 1954 | Medic (TV Series) · as Trader Marty |
| 1954 | The Lone Wolf (TV Series) · as Ace Held |
| 1954 | Executive Suite · as Newsstand Vendor |
| 1953 | She Couldn't Say No · as Ed Gruman |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater (TV Series) · as Gus |
| 1952 | Three for Bedroom C · as Train Barber |
| 1952 | One Big Affair · as Mr. Rush |
| 1951 | On Dangerous Ground · as Lucky |
| 1951 | Honeychile · as Window Washer |
| 1951 | The Red Skelton Show (TV Series) · as Bartender |
| 1951 | Gasoline Alley · as Joe Allen |
| 1950 | The Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) · as Gus |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV Series) · as Minor Role |
| 1950 | Our Very Own · as Frank |
| 1949 | Bride for Sale · as Timothy |
| 1949 | He's in Again · as Gus |
| 1948 | Angel on the Amazon · as Dean Hartley |
| 1948 | The Return of October · as Benny |
| 1948 | Macbeth · as A Porter |
| 1947 | The Lady from Shanghai · as Goldfish |
| 1947 | Calendar Girl · as Eddie Gaskin |
| 1945 | A Thousand and One Nights · as Jafar |
| 1945 | See My Lawyer · as J. Ambrose Winkler Aka Winky |
| 1945 | It's a Pleasure · as Bill Evans |
| 1943 | Hers to Hold · as Rosey Blake |
| 1943 | Presenting Lily Mars · as Scotty - Stage Manager |
| 1943 | Chatterbox · as Gillie |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | Lady Bodyguard · as Bughouse Sweeney |
| 1942 | Broadway · as Joe |
| 1942 | You Were Never Lovelier · as Fernando |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Ambersons · as Drug Clerk (uncredited) |
| 1942 | There's One Born Every Minute · as Professor Asa Quisenberry |
| 1942 | Dr. Kildare's Victory · as Leo Cobb |
| 1941 | Hellzapoppin' · as Orchestra Conductor |
| 1941 | Appointment for Love · as Gus |
| 1941 | It Started with Eve · as Raven |
| 1941 | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day · as Leo Cobb - Orderly |
| 1941 | Ice-Capades · as Dave |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane · as John |
| 1941 | The People vs. Dr. Kildare · as Intern At Mike's |
| 1941 | The Flame of New Orleans · as Couturier |
| 1941 | The Penalty · as Bank Teller (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Dr. Kildare's Crisis · as Orderly Cleaning Window |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out West · as Hotel Desk Clark |
| 1940 | Pop Always Pays · as City Dump Watchman |