Gig Young

Deceased · Born: Nov 4, 1913 · Died: Oct 19, 1978

Personal Details

Born Nov 4, 1913 Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

Spouse

Kim Schmidt
( Sep 27, 1978 to Oct 19, 1978 )
Elaine Young
( Sep 18, 1963 to Nov 23, 1966 )
Elizabeth Montgomery
( Dec 28, 1956 to Jan 1, 1963 )
Sophie Rosenstein
( Dec 29, 1950 to Nov 11, 1952 )
Sheila Stapler
( Aug 2, 1940 to Aug 18, 1949 )

Parents

John Barr
Emma Barr

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.

Career

acting

1978

Game of Death as Jim Marshall

1977

Spectre as Dr. Ham Hamilton

1976

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Sherlock Holmes in New York as Mortimer McGrew

Gibbsville as Ray Whitehead

1975

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy as Ray Whitehead

The Killer Elite

The Killer Elite as Lawrence Weyburn

The Hindenburg as Edward Douglas

1974

A Black Ribbon for Deborah

A Black Ribbon for Deborah as Ofenbauer

The Great Ice Rip-Off

The Great Ice Rip-Off as Harkey Rollins

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia as Quill

1971

The Neon Ceiling

The Neon Ceiling as Jones

1970

Lovers and Other Strangers

Lovers and Other Strangers as Hal

1969

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? as Rocky Gravo

1968

Companions in Nightmare

Companions in Nightmare as Eric Nicholson

1967

The Shuttered Room

The Shuttered Room as Mike Kelton

1965

Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows as Richard Bramwell

1964

The Rogues as Tony Fleming

1963

A Ticklish Affair

A Ticklish Affair as Key Weedon

For Love or Money

For Love or Money as Sonny Smith

1962

Kid Galahad as Willy Grogan

That Touch of Mink

That Touch of Mink as Roger

Five Miles to Midnight

Five Miles to Midnight as David Barnes

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Duke Marsden

1959

Ask Any Girl as Evan Doughton

The Story on Page One

The Story on Page One as Larry Ellis

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone as Martin Sloan

1958

Teacher's Pet as Dr. Hugo Pine

The Tunnel of Love

The Tunnel of Love as Dick Pepper

1957

Desk Set as Mike Cutler

Climax! as Edgar Holt

1955

The Desperate Hours

The Desperate Hours as Chuck Wright

1954

Young at Heart as Alex Burke

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

1953

City That Never Sleeps

City That Never Sleeps as Johnny Kelly

Torch Song as Cliff Willard

Arena as Hob Danvers

The Girl Who Had Everything

The Girl Who Had Everything as Vance Court

1952

Holiday for Sinners

Holiday for Sinners as Jason Kent

You for Me as Dr. Jeff Chadwick

1951

Too Young to Kiss

Too Young to Kiss as John Tirsen

Only the Valiant

Only the Valiant as Lt. William Holloway

Target Unknown as Capt. Reiner

Come Fill the Cup

Come Fill the Cup as Boyd Copeland

Slaughter Trail

Slaughter Trail as Ike Vaughn aka Murray

1950

Hunt the Man Down

Hunt the Man Down as Paul Bennett

1949

Tell It to the Judge

Tell It to the Judge as Alexander Darvac

Lust for Gold as Pete Thomas

1948

The Three Musketeers

The Three Musketeers as Porthos

Wake of the Red Witch

Wake of the Red Witch as Samuel 'Sam' Rosen

The Woman in White

The Woman in White as Walter Hartright

1947

Escape Me Never

Escape Me Never as Caryl Dubrok

1943

Air Force as Co-Pilot

Old Acquaintance

Old Acquaintance as Rudd Kendall

1942

The Mad Martindales

The Mad Martindales as Peter Varney (as Byron Barr)

The Gay Sisters

The Gay Sisters as Gig Young

1941

The Tanks Are Coming

The Tanks Are Coming as Jim Allen

1940

Misbehaving Husbands

Misbehaving Husbands as Floor Walker (as Byron Barr)