Robert Gist
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.
Strangers on a Train
as Det. Leslie HennesseyTwo strangers meet on a train. They’ve never met before. Both of whom have someone they’d like...
Movie pageMiracle on 34th Street
as Department Store Window Dresser (uncredited)Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow...
Movie pageJack the Giant Killer
as Scottish CaptainThe terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king...
Movie pageOperation Petticoat
as Lieutenant WatsonA World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive...
Movie pageThe Band Wagon
as HalA Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Movie pageThe FBI Story
as Medicine SalesmanA dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and...
Movie pageAngel Face
as MillerAn ambulance driver gets involved with a rich girl that might have a darker side.
Movie pageA Dangerous Profession
as Roy Collins, aka Max GibneyA cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation.
Movie pageOne Minute to Zero
as Maj. CarterAn idealistic United Nations official learns the harrowing truth about war when she falls in...
Movie pageAl Capone
as Dion O'BanionIn this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of...
Movie pageD-Day the Sixth of June
as Dan StenickEn route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their...
Movie pageThe Stratton Story
as EarnieStar major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes...
Movie pageScene of the Crime
as P.J. PontiacA cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked...
Movie pageThe Naked and the Dead
as RedFighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing...
Movie pageThe Jackpot
as Pete SpoonerBill Lawrence wins a bevy or prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them all in...
Movie pageJigsaw
as Tommy QuigleyNew York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy is working hard on investigation about a...
Movie pageWolf Larsen
as MatthewsA mean-spirited ship captain keeps his crew under his autocratic thumb while indulging his more...
Movie pageBlueprint for Robbery
as Chips McGannA gang of career criminals plots the robbery of an armored car company's headquarters. Although...
Movie pageI Was a Shoplifter
as Barkie NeffA police detective uses any means possible to trap a gang of shoplifters.
Movie pageHave Gun, Will Travel
as uncreditedHave Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...
TV Show pagePerry Mason
as Deputy D.A. Claude DrummThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
TV Show pageDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Casey HydeckerDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...
TV Show pageRichard Diamond, Private Detective
as Joe QuincyRichard Diamond, Private Detective is an American detective drama which aired on radio from 1949...
TV Show pageMen into Space
as uncreditedMen Into Space is an American science-fiction television series broadcast from September 30,...
TV Show pageThe Walter Winchell File
as uncreditedThe Walter Winchell File is the title of a television crime drama series that initially aired...
TV Show pageStudio One
as Coley DavisAn American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...
TV Show pageMatinee Theater
as uncreditedMatinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...
TV Show pagePeter Gunn
as uncreditedPeter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and...
TV Show pageHawaiian Eye
as uncreditedPrivate Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they...
TV Show pageSea Hunt
as uncreditedSea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961...
TV Show pageThe Detectives
as uncreditedThe Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons,...
TV Show pageRawhide
as Sheriff Ed StocktonThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...
TV Show pageRawhide
as HarleckThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...
TV Show pageRawhide
as SheriffThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...
TV Show pageBlack Saddle
as Milo DawesBlack Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44...
TV Show pageJohnny Ringo
as KincaidJohnny Ringo is an American Western television series starring Don Durant that aired on CBS from...
TV Show pageHennesey
as uncreditedHennesey is an American military sitcom/drama television series with Jackie Cooper in the title...
TV Show pageNichols
as GulleyNichols is an American Western television series starring James Garner broadcast in the United...
TV Show pageGunsmoke
as Rabb BriggsGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
TV Show pageGunsmoke
as RourkeGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
TV Show pageGunsmoke
as Cam SpeegleGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
TV Show pageThe Americans
as uncreditedThe Americans is a 17-episode American drama television series that aired on NBC from January to...
TV Show pageGeneral Electric Theater
as Committee ChairmanGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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