Gig Young

Gig Young Headshot

Actor

Birth Date: November 4, 1913

Death Date: October 19, 1978

Birth Place: St. Cloud, Minnesota

Spouses: Elizabeth Montgomery

Amiable supporting player and occasional lead who broke into film in the early 1940s. Young appeared in several bit parts under his given name, Byron Barr, and the pseudonym, Bryant Fleming, before adopting the name of his character in the 1942 feature, "The Gay Sisters." While he proved capable in several dramatic parts (notably as the sleazy emcee in the haunting "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" which brought him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar), Young seemed destined to play debonair cads and slightly inebriated playboys who never win the female lead in the end in sophisticated light comedies such as "Desk Set" (1957), "Teacher's Pet" (1958) and "That Touch of Mink" (1962).

Young's third and fifth wives were actresses Elizabeth Montgomery and Kim Schmidt; he allegedly shot the latter three weeks into the marriage before turning the gun on himself.

Credits

Game of Death

Actor
Jim Marshall
Movie
1979

Spectre

Actor
Dr. Ham Hamilton
Movie
1977

Gibbsville

Actor
Ray Whitehead
Show
1976

Sherlock Holmes in New York

Actor
Mortimer McGrew
Movie
1976

The Hindenburg

Actor
Edward Douglas
Movie
1975

Gibbsville: The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

Actor
Ray Whitehead
Movie
1975

Lives of Ben Franklin: The Ambassador

Actor
Movie
1975

The Killer EliteStream

Actor
Lawrence Weyburn
Movie
1975
60%

Deborah

Actor
Ofenbauer
Movie
1974

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

Actor
Quill
Movie
1974

The Great Ice Rip-Off

Actor
Harkey Rollins
Movie
1974

McCloudStream

Guest Star
Jack Hefferman
Series
1970

Lovers and Other Strangers

Actor
Hal Henderson
Movie
1970

The Neon Ceiling

Actor
Jones
Movie
1970

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

Actor
Rocky
Movie
1969

The Dick Cavett ShowStream

Guest
Talk
1968

Companions in Nightmare

Actor
Eric Nicholson
Movie
1968

The Shuttered Room

Actor
Mike Kelton
Movie
1967

Neobični spoj

Actor
Movie
1965

Strange Bedfellows

Actor
Richard Bramwell
Movie
1965

The Rogues

Actor
Tony Fleming
Show
1964

For Love or Money

Actor
`'Sonny'` John Dayton Smith
Movie
1963

Five Miles to Midnight

Actor
David Barnes
Movie
1963

A Ticklish Affair

Actor
Key Weedon
Movie
1963

Alfred Hitchcock HourStream

Actor
Series
1962

Kid Galahad

Actor
Willy Grogan
Movie
1962
50%

That Touch of MinkStream

Actor
Roger
Movie
1962
78%

Theatre '62

Actor
Show
1961

Ninotchka

Actor
Leon Dolga
Show
1960

The Philadelphia Story

Actor
Dexter Haven
Show
1959

The Twilight ZoneStream

Actor
Martin Sloan
Series
1959
92%

The Story on Page One

Actor
Larry Ellis
Movie
1959

Ask Any Girl

Actor
Evan Doughton
Movie
1959

Teacher's Pet

Actor
Dr. Hugo Pine
Movie
1958

The Tunnel of LoveStream

Actor
Dick Pepper
Movie
1958

Desk SetStream

Actor
Mike Cutler
Movie
1957
100%

Conflict

Actor
Show
1956

Casablanca

Host
Show
1955

Warner Brothers Presents

Actor
Show
1955

The Desperate Hours

Actor
Chuck Wright
Movie
1955

Climax!

Actor
Series
1954

Young at HeartStream

Actor
Alex Burke
Movie
1954
90%

Arena

Actor
Hob Danvers
Movie
1953

Cuerpo sin Alma

Actor
Movie
1953

Torch SongStream

Actor
Cliff Willard
Movie
1953

City That Never Sleeps

Actor
Johnny Kelly
Movie
1953

The Girl Who Had Everything

Actor
Vance Court
Movie
1953

La Ciudad Que Nunca Duerme

Actor
Movie
1953

You for Me

Actor
Dr. Jeff Chadwick
Movie
1952

Holiday for Sinners

Actor
Dr. Jason Kent
Movie
1952

Come Fill the Cup

Actor
Boyd Copeland
Movie
1951

Only the Valiant

Actor
Lt. William Holloway
Movie
1951

Target Unknown

Actor
Capt. Reiner
Movie
1951

Slaughter Trail

Actor
Ike Vaughn
Movie
1951

Too Young to Kiss

Actor
John Tirsen
Movie
1951

What's My Line?Stream

Guest
Game Show
1950

Hunt the Man Down

Actor
Paul Bennett
Movie
1950

Lust for Gold

Actor
Pete Thomas
Movie
1949

Tell It to the Judge

Actor
Alexander Darvac
Movie
1949

Wake of the Red Witch

Actor
Samuel "Sam" Rosen
Movie
1948

The Woman in White

Actor
Walter Hartright
Movie
1948

The Three MusketeersStream

Actor
Porthos
Movie
1948
75%

Escape Me Never

Actor
Caryl Dubrok
Movie
1947

Old AcquaintanceStream

Actor
Rudd Kendall
Movie
1943

Air ForceStream

Actor
Co-Pilot
Movie
1943
82%

The Tanks Are Coming

Actor
Jim Allen
Movie
1941