Robert Gist
Born
October 1, 1917
Died
May 21, 1998 (80 years old)
Known For
Acting
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.
Nichols
Gulley · (2 episodes)
1971
Jack the Giant Killer
Scottish Captain
1962
Blueprint for Robbery
Chips McGann
1961
The Americans
(1 episode)
1961
Operation Petticoat
Lieutenant Watson
1959
The Detectives
(1 episode)
1959
Hawaiian Eye
(1 episode)
1959
Johnny Ringo
Kincaid · (1 episode)
1959
The FBI Story
Medicine Salesman
1959
Men Into Space
(1 episode)
1959
Hennesey
(96 episodes)
1959
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Lennie · (1 episode)
1959
Al Capone
Dion O'Banion
1959
Black Saddle
Milo Dawes · (1 episode)
1959
Rawhide
Sheriff Ed Stockton · (1 episode)
1959
Rawhide
Harleck · (1 episode)
1959
Rawhide
Sheriff · (1 episode)
1959
Wolf Larsen
Matthews
1958
Peter Gunn
(3 episodes)
1958
The Naked and the Dead
Red
1958
Sea Hunt
(1 episode)
1958
The Walter Winchell File
(1 episode)
1957
Perry Mason
Deputy D.A. Claude Drumm · (1 episode)
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
(5 episodes)
1957
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
Joe Quincy · (1 episode)
1957
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Casey Hydecker · (1 episode)
1956
D-Day the Sixth of June
Dan Stenick
1956
Matinee Theater
(1 episode)
1955
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1955
Gunsmoke
Rabb Briggs · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Rourke · (1 episode)
1955
Gunsmoke
Cam Speegle · (1 episode)
1955
The Band Wagon
Hal
1953
General Electric Theater
Committee Chairman · (1 episode)
1953
Angel Face
Miller
1953
One Minute to Zero
Maj. Carter
1952
Strangers on a Train
Det. Leslie Hennessey
1951
The Jackpot
Pete Spooner
1950
I Was a Shoplifter
Barkie Neff
1950
A Dangerous Profession
Roy Collins, aka Max Gibney
1949
Scene of the Crime
P.J. Pontiac
1949
The Stratton Story
Earnie
1949
Jigsaw
Tommy Quigley
1949
Studio One
Coley Davis · (1 episode)
1948
Miracle on 34th Street
Department Store Window Dresser (uncredited)
1947