Gig Young
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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).
Known for
Credits
Rear Window (1954)
as Jeff's Editor (voice) (uncredited)
Game of Death (1978)
as Jim Marshall
The Three Musketeers (1948)
as Porthos
Sergeant York (1941)
as Marching Soldier (uncredited)
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
as Rocky Gravo
Bruce Lee, the Legend (1984)
as Self
Only the Valiant (1951)
as Lt. William Holloway
The Killer Elite (1975)
as Lawrence Weyburn
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Lt. Roberts (uncredited)
That Touch of Mink (1962)
as Roger
The Desperate Hours (1955)
as Chuck Wright
The Hindenburg (1975)
as Edward Douglas
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
as Quill
A Ticklish Affair (1963)
as Key Weedon
Escape Me Never (1947)
as Caryl Dubrok
Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
as David Barnes
Young at Heart (1954)
as Alex Burke
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
as Samuel 'Sam' Rosen
Dive Bomber (1941)
as Abbott - Guinea Pig 2 Experiment 32 (uncredited)
Breakdowns of 1942 (1942)
as Self
Ninotchka (1960)
as Leon Dolga
Ask Any Girl (1959)
as Evan Doughton
Desk Set (1957)
as Mike Cutler
Kid Galahad (1962)
as Willy Grogan
The Male Animal (1942)
as Student (uncredited)
The Shuttered Room (1967)
as Mike Kelton
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
as Dick Pepper
Teacher's Pet (1958)
as Dr. Hugo Pine
For Love or Money (1963)
as Sonny Smith
The Great Ice Rip-Off (1974)
as Harkey Rollins
Air Force (1943)
as Co-Pilot
You're in the Army Now (1941)
as Soldier
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
as Self (archive photo/footage)
Hunt the Man Down (1950)
as Paul Bennett
Lust for Gold (1949)
as Pete Thomas
Old Acquaintance (1943)
as Rudd Kendall
Elvis: A Life in Music (2026)
as Self (archive footage)
Strange Bedfellows (1965)
as Richard Bramwell
The Story on Page One (1959)
as Larry Ellis
Arena (1953)
as Hob Danvers
Torch Song (1953)
as Cliff Willard
City That Never Sleeps (1953)
as Johnny Kelly
Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
as Mortimer McGraw
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
as Hal Henderson
The James Dean Story (1957)
as Self
The Gay Sisters (1942)
as Gig Young
The Girl Who Had Everything (1953)
as Vance Court
A Black Ribbon for Deborah (1974)
as Ofenbauer
Holiday for Sinners (1952)
as Jason Kent
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as First Groom Asking for Dog Licence (uncredited)
Come Fill the Cup (1951)
as Boyd Copeland
Too Young to Kiss (1951)
as John Tirsen
Slaughter Trail (1951)
as Ike Vaughn aka Murray
The Tanks Are Coming (1941)
as Jim Allen
Death In Hollywood (1990)
Actor
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
as Martin Sloan (archive footage)
Companions in Nightmare (1968)
as Eric Nicholson
The Woman in White (1948)
as Walter Hartright
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
Invisible Diplomats (1965)
as Brad
Tell It to the Judge (1949)
as Alexander Darvac
Target Unknown (1951)
as Capt. Reiner
The Neon Ceiling (1971)
as Jones
The Spiral Staircase (1961)
as Stephen Warren
Misbehaving Husbands (1940)
as Floor Walker (as Byron Barr)
You for Me (1952)
as Dr. Jeff Chadwick
The Mad Martindales (1942)
as Peter Varney (as Byron Barr)
Spectre (1977)
as Dr. Ham Hamilton
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975)
as Ray Whitehead