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Robert Gist

Robert Gist

Known For Acting
Birthday Oct 01, 1917
Died May 21, 1998 (80)
Birthplace Chicago, Illinois, USA
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 settl ... ement 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.

Known For

Filmography

Jack the Giant Killer

Jack the Giant Killer

1962

as Scottish Captain

Blueprint for Robbery

Blueprint for Robbery

1961

as Chips McGann

Al Capone

Al Capone

1959

as Dion O'Banion

Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat

1959

as Lieutenant Watson

The FBI Story

The FBI Story

1959

as Medicine Salesman

Wolf Larsen

Wolf Larsen

1958

as Matthews

D-Day the Sixth of June

D-Day the Sixth of June

1956

as Dan Stenick

The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon

1953

as Hal

Angel Face

Angel Face

1953

as Miller

One Minute to Zero

One Minute to Zero

1952

as Maj. Carter

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

1951

as Det. Leslie Hennessey

I Was a Shoplifter

I Was a Shoplifter

1950

as Barkie Neff

The Jackpot

The Jackpot

1950

as Pete Spooner

A Dangerous Profession

A Dangerous Profession

1949

as Roy Collins, aka Max Gibney

Jigsaw

Jigsaw

1949

as Tommy Quigley

The Stratton Story

The Stratton Story

1949

as Earnie

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

1949

as P.J. Pontiac

Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

1947

as Department Store Window Dresser (uncredited)

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An American Dream

An American Dream

1966

Director

Della

Della

1964

Director

No data available

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Nichols

as Gulley

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Sep 16, 1971

Gunsmoke

as Rabb Briggs

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Perry Mason

as Deputy D.A. Claude Drumm

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1957

Studio One

as Coley Davis

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Nov 07, 1948

General Electric Theater

as Committee Chairman

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 01, 1953

Rawhide

as Sheriff Ed Stockton

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

as Joe Quincy

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jul 01, 1957

Black Saddle

as Milo Dawes

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 10, 1959

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Casey Hydecker

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 05, 1956

Johnny Ringo

as Kincaid

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1959

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

as Lennie

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 21, 1959

Rawhide

as Harleck

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Gunsmoke

as Rourke

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Gunsmoke

as Cam Speegle

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1955

Rawhide

as Sheriff

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 09, 1959

Hennesey

Episodes: 96

First Aired: Sep 28, 1959

Have Gun, Will Travel

Episodes: 5

First Aired: Sep 14, 1957

Peter Gunn

Episodes: 3

First Aired: Sep 22, 1958

Hawaiian Eye

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 07, 1959

Sea Hunt

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 04, 1958

Men Into Space

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 30, 1959

Matinee Theater

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 31, 1955

The Detectives

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 16, 1959

The Walter Winchell File

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 02, 1957

The Americans

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 23, 1961

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2024 8 11 34 2
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2025 8 2 12 0
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