August "Gus" Schilling (June 20, 1908 - June 16, 1957) was an American actor.
August "Gus" Schilling (June 20, 1908 - June 16, 1957) was an American actor.
August "Gus" Schilling (June 20, 1908 – June 16, 1957) was an American film actor who started in burlesque comedy and usually played nervous comic roles, often unbilled. A friend of Orson Welles, he appeared in five of the director's films — Citizen Kane (first screen performance), The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai, Macbeth and Touch of Evil (final performance, released posthumously).
Born in New York City, Schilling had a rubber face and flustered gestures which made him a natural comedian and he began his career understudying comedy stars Bert Lahr and Joe Penner on Broadway. He soon became a favorite among burlesque comedians, who welcomed him into the burlesque profession. Schilling was in a relationship with burlesque star Betty Rowland and the couple toured in the Minsky burlesque troupe.
Orson Welles saw Schilling in New York and followed him to Florida. There Welles hired Schilling to appear in a stage production featuring several Shakespearean scenes. "I learned my part by taking the script to Welles and having him translate the lines to everyday English," Schilling recalled in 1939. Welles promised Schilling a part in Welles's first motion picture, and kept his promise: Schilling is featured in Citizen Kane (1941). This established Schilling in Hollywood movies as a "nervous" comedian (he plays a jittery symphony conductor in Olsen and Johnson's Hellzapoppin', for example). He also co-starred with character comedian Richard Lane in a series of 11 comedy shorts for Columbia Pictures; the series ran from 1945 to 1950.
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Filmography (Movies)
Touch of Evil
Character:Eddie Farnham (uncredited)
Release Date:30/03/1958
Bigger Than Life
Character:Druggist (uncredited)
Release Date:20/11/1956
Glory
Character:Joe Page
Release Date:11/01/1956
Rebel Without a Cause
Character:Attendant (uncredited)
Release Date:27/10/1955
Run for Cover
Character:Doc Ridgeway
Release Date:29/04/1955
Executive Suite
Character:Newsstand Vendor (uncredited)
Release Date:30/04/1954
She Couldn't Say No
Character:Ed Gruman
Release Date:15/02/1954
One Big Affair
Character:Mr. Rush
Release Date:22/02/1952
On Dangerous Ground
Character:Lucky
Release Date:13/12/1951
Honeychile
Character:Window Washer
Release Date:20/10/1951
Gasoline Alley
Character:Joe Allen
Release Date:02/01/1951
Hit Parade of 1951
Character:Studio Guide
Release Date:15/10/1950
Our Very Own
Character:Frank
Release Date:27/07/1950
Bride for Sale
Character:Timothy
Release Date:12/11/1949
Flung by a Fling
Character:Capt. Gus Schilling
Release Date:12/05/1949
He's in Again
Character:Gus
Release Date:13/01/1949
Angel on the Amazon
Character:Dean Hartley
Release Date:01/11/1948
The Return of October
Character:Benny
Release Date:26/10/1948
Macbeth
Character:A Porter
Release Date:01/10/1948
Pardon My Lamb Chop
Character:Gus
Release Date:10/06/1948
Two Nuts in a Rut
Character:Gus Schilling, Lane's assistant
Release Date:10/02/1948
The Lady from Shanghai
Character:Goldfish
Release Date:24/12/1947
Wedding Belle
Character:Gus Schilling
Release Date:09/08/1947
Training for Trouble
Character:Gus Schilling
Release Date:03/07/1947
Stork Bites Man
Character:Hubert Butterfield
Release Date:21/06/1947
Calendar Girl
Character:Eddie Gaskin
Release Date:31/01/1947
Pardon My Terror
Character:Gus
Release Date:12/09/1946
Hot Water
Character:Gus
Release Date:25/07/1946
Dangerous Business
Character:Alexander Pough
Release Date:20/06/1946
Ain't Love Cuckoo?
Character:Gus Schilling
Release Date:06/06/1946
High Blood Pleasure
Character:Gus
Release Date:06/12/1945
River Gang
Character:Dopey Charlie
Release Date:21/09/1945
A Thousand and One Nights
Character:Jafar
Release Date:20/07/1945
See My Lawyer
Character:J. Ambrose Winkler aka Winky
Release Date:09/03/1945
It's a Pleasure
Character:Bill Evans
Release Date:03/03/1945
Sing a Jingle
Character:Bucky
Release Date:07/01/1944
Larceny with Music
Character:Austin J. Caldwell
Release Date:10/09/1943
Hers to Hold
Character:Rosey Blake
Release Date:16/07/1943
Presenting Lily Mars
Character:Scotty - Stage Manager
Release Date:29/04/1943
Chatterbox
Character:Gillie
Release Date:27/04/1943
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Character:
Release Date:19/02/1943
Lady Bodyguard
Character:Bughouse Sweeney
Release Date:02/01/1943
You Were Never Lovelier
Character:Fernando
Release Date:19/11/1942
The Magnificent Ambersons
Character:Drug Clerk (uncredited)
Release Date:10/07/1942
There's One Born Every Minute
Character:Professor Asa Quisenberry
Release Date:26/06/1942
Broadway
Character:Joe
Release Date:08/05/1942
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Character:Leo Cobb
Release Date:04/02/1942
Hellzapoppin'
Character:Orchestra Conductor
Release Date:25/12/1941
Appointment for Love
Character:Gus
Release Date:31/10/1941
It Started with Eve
Character:Raven
Release Date:26/09/1941
Ice-Capades
Character:Dave
Release Date:19/08/1941
Citizen Kane
Character:John
Release Date:17/04/1941
The Penalty
Character:Bank Teller (uncredited)
Release Date:13/03/1941
Lucky Devils
Character:Aloysius Grimshaw
Release Date:03/01/1941
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Character:Orderly Cleaning Window
Release Date:29/11/1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Character:Hotel Desk Clark
Release Date:29/10/1940
Pop Always Pays
Character:City Dump Watchman
Release Date:21/06/1940
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