Gig Young

Actor

Born: November 4, 1913
Died: October 19, 1978 (age 64)
From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA

Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come Fill the Cup (1952) and Teacher's Pet (1959), before winning for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969).

Filmography (71)

Elvis: A Life in Music (2026)
Self (archive footage)
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
Self (archive photo/footage)
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration (2019)
Martin Sloan (archive footage)
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade (2004)
Self (archive footage)
Death In Hollywood (1990)
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Bruce Lee, the Legend (1984)
Self
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Game of Death (1978)
Jim Marshall
Spectre (1977)
Dr. Ham Hamilton
Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976)
Mortimer McGraw
The Hindenburg (1975)
Edward Douglas
The Killer Elite (1975)
Lawrence Weyburn
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975)
Ray Whitehead
The Great Ice Rip-Off (1974)
Harkey Rollins
A Black Ribbon for Deborah (1974)
Ofenbauer
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Quill
The Neon Ceiling (1971)
Jones
Lovers and Other Strangers (1970)
Hal Henderson
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
Rocky Gravo
Companions in Nightmare (1968)
Eric Nicholson
The Shuttered Room (1967)
Mike Kelton
Strange Bedfellows (1965)
Richard Bramwell
Invisible Diplomats (1965)
Brad
A Ticklish Affair (1963)
Key Weedon
For Love or Money (1963)
Sonny Smith
Five Miles to Midnight (1962)
David Barnes
Kid Galahad (1962)
Willy Grogan
That Touch of Mink (1962)
Roger
The Spiral Staircase (1961)
Stephen Warren