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.
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 (Movies)
Jack the Giant Killer
Character:Scottish Captain
Release Date:18/05/1962
Blueprint for Robbery
Character:Chips McGann
Release Date:01/02/1961
Operation Petticoat
Character:Lieutenant Watson
Release Date:05/12/1959
The FBI Story
Character:Medicine Salesman
Release Date:01/10/1959
Al Capone
Character:Dion O'Banion
Release Date:25/03/1959
Wolf Larsen
Character:Matthews
Release Date:26/10/1958
The Naked and the Dead
Character:Red
Release Date:06/08/1958
D-Day the Sixth of June
Character:Dan Stenick
Release Date:29/05/1956
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1955
The Band Wagon
Character:Hal
Release Date:07/08/1953
Angel Face
Character:Miller
Release Date:02/01/1953
One Minute to Zero
Character:Maj. Carter
Release Date:19/09/1952
Strangers on a Train
Character:Det. Leslie Hennessey
Release Date:27/06/1951
The Jackpot
Character:Pete Spooner
Release Date:01/11/1950
I Was a Shoplifter
Character:Barkie Neff
Release Date:13/05/1950
A Dangerous Profession
Character:Roy Collins, aka Max Gibney
Release Date:10/12/1949
Scene of the Crime
Character:P.J. Pontiac
Release Date:28/07/1949
The Stratton Story
Character:Earnie
Release Date:12/05/1949
Jigsaw
Character:Tommy Quigley
Release Date:11/03/1949
Miracle on 34th Street
Character:Department Store Window Dresser (uncredited)
Release Date:04/06/1947
Television Appearances
Nichols
Character:Gulley
The Americans
Character:
The Detectives
Character:
Hawaiian Eye
Character:
Johnny Ringo
Character:Kincaid
Men Into Space
Character:
Hennesey
Character:
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Character:Lennie
Black Saddle
Character:Milo Dawes
Rawhide
Character:Sheriff Ed Stockton
Rawhide
Character:Harleck
Rawhide
Character:Sheriff
Peter Gunn
Character:
Sea Hunt
Character:
The Walter Winchell File
Character:
Perry Mason
Character:Deputy D.A. Claude Drumm
Have Gun, Will Travel
Character:
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Character:Joe Quincy
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Casey Hydecker
Matinee Theater
Character:
Gunsmoke
Character:Rabb Briggs
Gunsmoke
Character:Rourke
Gunsmoke
Character:Cam Speegle
General Electric Theater
Character:Committee Chairman
Studio One
Character:Coley Davis
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