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