Gig Young

Personal Info

Birthday

November 4, 1913

Day of Death

1978-10-19

(64 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

Also Known As

Byron Elsworth Barr

Byron Barr

Bryant Fleming

Gig

Ronald Reed

Гиг Янг

Gig Young

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.

Known For

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Twilight Zone

Climax!

Studio One

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Rear Window

The Rogues

Filmography

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