Robert Gist

Works
Actor (6),
Birthday
1917-10-01

Robert Gist - known for his work in such projectsAdvice for working with the Map of emotions: «Strangers on a Train» (1951), «Miracle on 34th Street» (1947), «Operation Petticoat» (1959), «The Band Wagon» (1953), «Jack the Giant Killer» (1962),

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.

The most significant works of Robert Gist

Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Character: Det. Leslie Hennessey
Operation Petticoat
Operation Petticoat (1959)
Character: Lieutenant Watson
Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Character: Department Store Window Dresser (uncredited)
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
Character: Scottish Captain
The Band Wagon (1953)
Character: Hal
Al Capone (1959)
Character: Dion O'Banion


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