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person_profile-Robert Gist

Robert Gist Died at age: 80

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Robert Gist

Date of Birth:

Oct 01, 1917

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

May 21, 1998

Biography of

Robert Gist

    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.

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Robert Gist

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Filmography of

Robert Gist

Found 19 Movies in total

Jack the Giant Killer

Scottish Captain ( Actor )

... 1962

Blueprint for Robbery

Chips McGann ( Actor )

... 1961

Operation Petticoat

Lieutenant Watson ( Actor )

... 1959

The FBI Story

Medicine Salesman ( Actor )

... 1959

Al Capone

Dion O'Banion ( Actor )

... 1959

Wolf Larsen

Matthews ( Actor )

... 1958

... 1958

D-Day the Sixth of June

Dan Stenick ( Actor )

... 1956

The Band Wagon

Hal ( Actor )

... 1953

Angel Face

Miller ( Actor )

... 1953

One Minute to Zero

Maj. Carter ( Actor )

... 1952

Strangers on a Train

Det. Leslie Hennessey ( Actor )

... 1951

The Jackpot

Pete Spooner ( Actor )

... 1950

I Was a Shoplifter

Barkie Neff ( Actor )

... 1950

A Dangerous Profession

Roy Collins, aka Max Gibney ( Actor )

... 1949

Scene of the Crime

P.J. Pontiac ( Actor )

... 1949

The Stratton Story

Earnie ( Actor )

... 1949

Jigsaw

Tommy Quigley ( Actor )

... 1949

Miracle on 34th Street

Department Store Window Dresser (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1947