Gig Young

Gig Young

American actor (1913–1978)

Gig Young was an American actor. He was active in film, television, and theater from the late 1930s through the 1970s, and was initially known for his portrayals of characters with "light-hearted sophistication." He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), with two previous nominations for Come Fill the Cup (1952) and Teacher's Pet (1959).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 46 films (1941–1978) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 7 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1941 Sergeant York Warner Bros Pictures Inc 2:00:00 16mm B&W sound
1941 You're In The Army Now. Lewis Seiler 79 min. B&W
1942 The Male Animal. Elliott Nugent 101 min B&W
1942 The Man who came to dinner William Keighley 112 min B&W
1942 The Man Who Came To Dinner. William Keighley 112 min B&W
1942 They Died With Their Boots On. Raoul Walsh, B. Reeves Eason 140 min B&W
1943 AIR FORCE. warner bros. 5000 16mm B&W sound
1944 Double Indemnity. Billy Wilder 9596 ft. B&W
1945 Love Letters William Dieterle 101 min 16mm B&W
1946 Two Years Before the Mast Paramount News Service 22 16mm B&W sound
1946 Two Years Before The Mast. John Farrow 10 reels B&W
1948 The Three Musketeers. George Sidney 125 min 35mm Color sound
1949 Down Dakota Way. William Witney 67 min. 35mm Color sound
1949 Lust For Gold. S. Sylvan Simon 91 min. 35mm Color sound
1949 Wake Of The Red Witch. Edward Ludwig 106 min 35mm B&W sound
1951 Appointment With Danger. Paramount Pictures Corp. 89 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Come Fill The Cup. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 112 min 35mm B&W sound
1951 Hunt the Man Down George Archainbaud 69 min B&W
1951 Slaughter Trail Irving Allen 78 min Color
1951 Too Young To Kiss. Loew's Inc. 89 min. 35mm B&W sound
1952 Holiday For Sinners. Loew’s Incorporated 72 min. 35mm B&W sound
1953 CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS Bell & Howell Company 10min 16mm B&W Sound
1953 City that never sleeps. Republic Pictures Corp 90 min. 35mm B&W sound
1953 Torch Song. Loew’s Incorporated 89 min. 35mm Color sound
1954 Rear Window Alfred Hitchcock 1:12 16mm Color sound
1955 The Desperate Hours Paramount Pictures Corporation 1:52:00 16mm B&W sound
1955 The Desperate Hours. Paramount Pictures Corp. 112 min 35mm B&W sound
1957 Desk Set. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 103 min 35mm Color sound
1959 Ask Any Girl. Loew’s Inc. & Euterpe Inc. 98 min. 35mm Color sound
1959 The story on page one. Company of Artists Inc. & Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. 4420 35mm B&W sound
1962 KID GALAHAD. Mirisch Co. Inc. 10 reels 35mm Color sound
1962 That Touch Of Mink. Granley Co. Arwin Productions Inc. & Nob Hill Productions Inc. 99 min 35mm Color sound
1963 A Ticklish Affair. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. & Euterpe Inc. 88 min 35mm Color sound
1963 For love or money Michael Gordon 108 min Color
1963 For love or money. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 8 reels 35mm Color sound
1965 Strange Bedfellows Melvin Frank 98 min Color
1967 The shuttered room Seven Arts Productions/Troy-Schenck Productions ; production, Phillip Hazelton ; executive producer, Bernard Schwartz ; screenplay, D.B. Ledrov, Nathaniel Tanchuck ; directed by David Greene. 100 16mm Color sound
1968 COMPANIONS IN NIGHTMARE. Universal City Studios Inc. 100 min 35 mm sound
1969 They Shoot Horses Don't They Sydney Pollack 119 min 16mm Color
1969 They Shoot Horses, Don't They? Sydney Pollack 119 min Color
1970 Lovers And Other Strangers ABC Pictures Corporation 104 min Color sound
1974 Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia Optimus Productions & Estudios Churubusco 112 min Color sound
1974 The Great Ice Rip-Off American Broadcasting Companies, Inc 74 min Color sound
1975 The Hindenburg Universal Pictures 126 min Color sound
1977 Spectre Clive Donner
1978 The Game of Death Bruce Lee, Robert Clouse