Gig Young

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Gig Young

Acting November 4, 1913

Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

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 performan…

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.5 1962 TV Show
Rear Window

Rear Window

8.3 1954 Movie
What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

8.5 1959 TV Show
Game of Death

Game of Death

6.4 1978 Movie
The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

6.8 1962 TV Show
The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

7.9 1962 TV Show
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

7.1 1974 Movie
Tony Awards

Tony Awards

1956 TV Show
Robert Montgomery Presents

Robert Montgomery Presents

6.0 1950 TV Show

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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).

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2026
    Elvis: A Life in Music

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2024
    Remembering Gene Wilder

    Movie Self (archive photo/footage)

  3. 2019
    The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

    Movie Martin Sloan (archive footage)

  4. 2004
    Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 1990
    Death In Hollywood

    Movie

  6. 1988
    Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

    Movie (archive footage) (uncredited)

  7. 1984
    Bruce Lee, the Legend

    Movie Self

  8. 1983
    Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

    Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  9. 1978
    Game of Death

    Movie Jim Marshall

  10. 1977
    Spectre

    Movie Dr. Ham Hamilton

  11. 1976
    Gibbsville

    TV show Ray Whitehead

  12. 1976
    Sherlock Holmes in New York

    Movie Mortimer McGraw

  13. 1975
    The Hindenburg

    Movie Edward Douglas

  14. 1975
    The Killer Elite

    Movie Lawrence Weyburn

  15. 1975
    The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

    Movie Ray Whitehead

  16. 1974
    The Great Ice Rip-Off

    Movie Harkey Rollins

More credits
  1. 1974
    A Black Ribbon for Deborah

    Movie Ofenbauer

  2. 1974
    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    Movie Quill

  3. 1971
    The Neon Ceiling

    Movie Jones

  4. 1970
    Lovers and Other Strangers

    Movie Hal Henderson

  5. 1970
    McCloud

    TV show Jack Hefferman

  6. 1969
    They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

    Movie Rocky Gravo

  7. 1968
    Companions in Nightmare

    Movie Eric Nicholson

  8. 1968
    The Dick Cavett Show

    TV show Self - Guest

  9. 1967
    The Shuttered Room

    Movie Mike Kelton

  10. 1966
    Hollywood Squares

    TV show Self

  11. 1965
    Strange Bedfellows

    Movie Richard Bramwell

  12. 1965
    Invisible Diplomats

    Movie Brad

  13. 1964
    The Rogues

    TV show Tony Fleming

  14. 1964
    The Hollywood Palace

    TV show Self

  15. 1963
    Kraft Suspense Theatre

    TV show Hugo Myrich

  16. 1963
    A Ticklish Affair

    Movie Key Weedon

  17. 1963
    For Love or Money

    Movie Sonny Smith

  18. 1962
    Five Miles to Midnight

    Movie David Barnes

  19. 1962
    Kid Galahad

    Movie Willy Grogan

  20. 1962
    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    TV show Self

  21. 1962
    The Merv Griffin Show

    TV show Self

  22. 1962
    The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

    TV show Duke Marsden

  23. 1962
    That Touch of Mink

    Movie Roger

  24. 1961
    The Mike Douglas Show

    TV show Self