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Robert Gist

Robert Gist

Birthday: 1924-06-16 | Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1962
Jack the Giant Killer

as    Scottish Captain

1959
Al Capone

as    Dion O'Banion

1959
Operation Petticoat

as    Lieutenant Watson

1956
D-Day the Sixth of June

as    Dan Stenick

1953
The Band Wagon

as    Hal

1953
Angel Face

as    Miller

1950
I Was a Shoplifter

as    Barkie Neff

1949
The Stratton Story

as    Earnie