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Gig Young

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American actor (1913-1978)

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Gig Young was an American actor. " He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), with two previous nominations for Come Fill the Cup (1952) and Teacher's Pet (1959).

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Filmography 40

Game of Death1978 · ★ 6.4
Rear Window1954 · ★ 8.3
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?1969 · ★ 7.6
Sergeant York1941 · ★ 7.2
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia1974 · ★ 7.1
The Three Musketeers1948 · ★ 6.8
That Touch of Mink1962 · ★ 6.5
The Hindenburg1975 · ★ 6.3
The Desperate Hours1955 · ★ 7.0
The Killer Elite1975 · ★ 5.8
Bruce Lee, the Legend1984 · ★ 7.9
Desk Set1957 · ★ 7.0
They Died with Their Boots On1941 · ★ 6.7
Teacher's Pet1958 · ★ 6.8
Only the Valiant1951
Kid Galahad1962 · ★ 6.1
Air Force1943 · ★ 6.5
Wake of the Red Witch1948
Young at Heart1954
Dive Bomber1941
Sherlock Holmes in New York1976
The Shuttered Room1967
Old Acquaintance1943
Torch Song1953
City That Never Sleeps1953
Lust for Gold1949
The James Dean Story1957
Five Miles to Midnight1962
Lovers and Other Strangers1970
Strange Bedfellows1965
The Tunnel of Love1958
The Woman in White1948
One Foot in Heaven1941
Hunt the Man Down1950
Arena1953
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade2004
Spectre1977
Ask Any Girl1959
Escape Me Never1947
The Male Animal1942

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Television 20

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson1962
The Mike Douglas Show1961
The Twilight Zone1959
Robert Montgomery Presents1950
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962
The Merv Griffin Show1962
Tony Awards1956
Climax!1954
What's My Line?1950
Studio One1948
The Dick Cavett Show1968
The Ed Sullivan Show1948
McCloud1970
Kraft Suspense Theatre1963
Lux Video Theatre1950
The Rogues1964
The Hollywood Palace1964
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars1951
Gibbsville1976
Conflict1956

Awards 2

1970Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

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About this person

Gig Young was an American actor. He was active in film, television, and theatre from the late 1930's through the 1970's, and was initially known for his portrayals of characters with "light-hearted sophistication." He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), with two previous nominations for Come Fill the Cup (1952) and Teacher's Pet (1959).

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Country
United States
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1913 to 1978 · aged 64
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30 languages

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