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Robert Gist

Robert Gist

Actor, Director

Born October 1, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died May 21, 1998

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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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Filmography

Actor

68

Type

Year

Nichols TV Series1971Gulley

The David Frost Show Poster

The David Frost Show TV Series1969Self

Vacation Playhouse Poster

Vacation Playhouse TV Series1963Ben Moore

Jack the Giant Killer Poster

Jack the Giant Killer Feature Film1962Scottish Captain

Blueprint for Robbery Poster

Blueprint for Robbery Feature Film1961Chips McGann

The Americans Poster

The Americans TV Series1961Gen. Charles P. Stone

Pony Express Poster

Pony Express TV Series1960Slater

The Aquanauts Poster

The Aquanauts TV Series1960Darrell Willoughby

The Gun of Zangara TV Movie1960Fred 'Caddy' Kroner

The Law and Mr. Jones Poster

The Law and Mr. Jones TV Series1960District Attorney Tom Starkowski

Al Capone Poster

Al Capone Feature Film1959Dion O'Banion

Black Saddle Poster

Black Saddle TV Series1959Milo Dawes

Border Patrol Poster

Border Patrol TV Series1959Gates

Grand Jury Poster

Grand Jury TV Series1959Ben Cole

Hawaiian Eye Poster

Hawaiian Eye TV Series1959Barney Mitchell

Hennesey Poster

Hennesey TV Series1959Dr. Owen King

Hotel de Paree Poster

Hotel de Paree TV Series1959Zack

Johnny Ringo Poster

Johnny Ringo TV Series1959Kincaid

Lock Up TV Series1959Wayne Powell

Men Into Space Poster

Men Into Space TV Series1959Capt. Dan Freer

Operation Petticoat Poster

Operation Petticoat Feature Film1959Lt. Watson

Rawhide TV Series1959Harleck

The Detectives Poster

The Detectives TV Series1959Tully

The DuPont Show with June Allyson Poster

The DuPont Show with June Allyson TV Series1959Lennie

The FBI Story Poster

The FBI Story Feature Film1959Medicine Salesman

The Untouchables Poster

The Untouchables TV Series1959Fred 'Caddy' Croner

Decision Poster

Decision TV Series1958Dawes

Flight TV Series1958

Peter Gunn Poster

Peter Gunn TV Series1958Cesar Carlyle

Sea Hunt Poster

Sea Hunt TV Series1958Captain Olsen

The Naked and the Dead Poster

The Naked and the Dead Feature Film1958Red

Wolf Larsen Poster

Wolf Larsen Feature Film1958Matthews

Alcoa Theatre Poster

Alcoa Theatre TV Series1957Walter Parker

Goodyear Theatre Poster

Goodyear Theatre TV Series1957Ben Moore

Have Gun - Will Travel Poster

Have Gun - Will Travel TV Series1957Ben Tyler

Man Without a Gun Poster

Man Without a Gun TV Series1957Caleb Hull

Perry Mason Poster

Perry Mason TV Series1957Deputy D.A. Claude Drumm

Richard Diamond, Private Detective Poster

Richard Diamond, Private Detective TV Series1957Joe Quincy

Tales of Wells Fargo Poster

Tales of Wells Fargo TV Series1957Stanley

The Silent Service Poster

The Silent Service TV Series1957Cmdr. Howard 'Red' MacDonald

The Walter Winchell File Poster

The Walter Winchell File TV Series1957Lawton

Tombstone Territory Poster

Tombstone Territory TV Series1957Lafe Jackson

D-Day the Sixth of June Poster

D-Day the Sixth of June Feature Film1956Dan Stenick

Playhouse 90 Poster

Playhouse 90 TV Series19561 episode, 1959

Zane Grey Theatre Poster

Zane Grey Theatre TV Series1956Casey Hydecker

Ford Star Jubilee Poster

Ford Star Jubilee TV Series1955Lt. Thomas Keefer

Gunsmoke Poster

Gunsmoke TV Series1955Cam Speegle

Matinee Theatre Poster

Matinee Theatre TV Series1955

The Phil Silvers Show Poster

The Phil Silvers Show TV Series1955Red Thompson

General Electric Theater Poster

General Electric Theater TV Series1953Committee Chairman

The Band Wagon Poster

The Band Wagon Feature Film1953Hal Benton

Angel Face Poster

Angel Face Feature Film1952Miller

Death Valley Days Poster

Death Valley Days TV Series1952Aaron Taggert

One Minute to Zero Poster

One Minute to Zero Feature Film1952Maj. Carter

The Ford Television Theatre Poster

The Ford Television Theatre TV Series1952Rev. Wilkerson

Strangers on a Train Poster

Strangers on a Train Feature Film1951Det. Leslie Hennessey

Big Town Poster

Big Town TV Series19501 episode, 1956

I Was a Shoplifter Poster

I Was a Shoplifter Feature Film1950Barkie Neff

Love That Brute Poster

Love That Brute Feature Film1950Rookie Police Officer Wilson

The Jackpot Poster

The Jackpot Feature Film1950Pete Spooner

Wabash Avenue Poster

Wabash Avenue Feature Film1950Sailor

A Dangerous Profession Poster

A Dangerous Profession Feature Film1949Roy Collins - aka Max Gibney

Jigsaw Feature Film1949Tommy Quigley

Oh, You Beautiful Doll Poster

Oh, You Beautiful Doll Feature Film1949Musician

Scene of the Crime Poster

Scene of the Crime Feature Film1949Pontiac

The Stratton Story Poster

The Stratton Story Feature Film1949Earnie

Studio One Poster

Studio One TV Series1948Coley Davis

Miracle on 34th Street Poster

Miracle on 34th Street Feature Film1947Department Store Window Dresser

Director

39

Type

Year

Hell Town Poster

Hell Town TV Series1985

Strike Force Poster

Strike Force TV Series1981

Hawaii Five-O Poster

Hawaii Five-O TV Series1968

It Takes a Thief Poster

It Takes a Thief TV Series1968

The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Poster

The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn TV Series1968

Dundee and the Culhane Poster

Dundee and the Culhane TV Series1967

N.Y.P.D. Poster

N.Y.P.D. TV Series1967

The Danny Thomas Hour Poster

The Danny Thomas Hour TV Series1967

The High Chaparral Poster

The High Chaparral TV Series1967

An American Dream Poster

An American Dream Feature Film1966

Mission: Impossible Poster

Mission: Impossible TV Series1966

Star Trek Poster

Star Trek TV Series1966

The Sheriff TV Movie1966

Della Feature Film1965

Laredo TV Series1965

The Long, Hot Summer Poster

The Long, Hot Summer TV Series1965

The Trials of O'Brien Poster

The Trials of O'Brien TV Series1965

12 O'Clock High Poster

12 O'Clock High TV Series1964

Profiles in Courage Poster

Profiles in Courage TV Series1964

Slattery's People Poster

Slattery's People TV Series1964

The Reporter Poster

The Reporter TV Series1964

The Fugitive Poster

The Fugitive TV Series1963

The Great Adventure Poster

The Great Adventure TV Series1963

The Lieutenant Poster

The Lieutenant TV Series1963

The Richard Boone Show Poster

The Richard Boone Show TV Series1963

The Wall to Wall War TV Movie1963

Empire TV Series1962

The Doctors and the Nurses Poster

The Doctors and the Nurses TV Series1962

The Eleventh Hour Poster

The Eleventh Hour TV Series1962

The Virginian Poster

The Virginian TV Series1962

Cain's Hundred Poster

Cain's Hundred TV Series1961

Dr. Kildare Poster

Dr. Kildare TV Series1961

Frontier Circus Poster

Frontier Circus TV Series1961

The Dick Powell Theatre Poster

The Dick Powell Theatre TV Series1961

Route 66 Poster

Route 66 TV Series1960

The Twilight Zone Poster

The Twilight Zone TV Series1959

The Untouchables Poster

The Untouchables TV Series1959

Naked City Poster

Naked City TV Series1958

Peter Gunn Poster

Peter Gunn TV Series1958

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