Robert Gist

Robert Gist (16 June 1924 in Miami, Florida - 21 May 1998) was an American actor and film director. He was married to actress Agnes Moorehead from 1954 to 1958, although they separated in 1955. They met during the filming of "The Stratton Story" (1949).

Biography

Robert Gist grew up around Chicago stockyards during the Great Depression. Reform school-bound after injuring another boy in a fistfight, Gist instead ended up in Chicago's Hull House, a settlement house where 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). 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.

Filmography

* "Nichols"
* "Vacation Playhouse"
* "Have Gun - Will Travel"
* "Rawhide"
* "The Detectives Starring Robert Taylor"
* "Peter Gunn"
* "The Law and Mr. Jones"
* "The Americans"
* "The Aquanauts
* "Sea Hunt"
* "Pony Express"
* "Hotel de Paree"
* "Perry Mason"
* "Hennesey"
* "General Electric Theater"
* "Zane Grey Theater"
* "Death Valley Days"
* "The Untouchables"
* "The DuPont Show with June Allyson"
* "Hawaiian Eye"
* "Operation Petticoat" (1959)
* "Men Into Space"
* "Alcoa Theatre"
* "The FBI Story"
* "Johnny Ringo"
* "Lock Up"
* "Al Capone" (1959)
* "Black Saddle"
* "Goodyear Theatre"
* "Wolf Larsen" (1958)
* "Gunsmoke"
* "The Naked and the Dead" (1958)
* "Decision"
* "Richard Diamond, Private Detective"
* "Flight"
* "The Walter Winchell File"
* "The Phil Silvers Show"
* "Studio One"
* "Ford Television Theatre"
* "D-Day the Sixth of June" (1956)
* "Ford Star Jubilee"
* "The Band Wagon" (1953)
* "Angel Face" (1952)
* "One Minute to Zero" (1952)
* "Strangers on a Train" (1951)
* "The Jackpot" (1950)
* "I Was a Shoplifter" (1950)
* "A Dangerous Profession" (1949)
* "Oh, You Beautiful Doll" (1949)
* "Scene of the Crime" (1949)
* "Jigsaw" (1949)
* "The Stratton Story" (1949)
* "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947)

Students

* Neville Tranter, Australian actor/puppeteer
* Bernd Ullrich, German artist
* Lenore Robbins [nee Lee] , Australian dancer and choreographer. Contempory dancer who, following a brief but highly successful performance career, has influenced a generation of young dancers through a succession of regional dance schools in Queensland, Australia.

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0321143 Robert Gist at IMDB]