Robert Gist

Born in June 16th, 1924

From Chicago, Illinois, USA

Robert Gist 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 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.

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Robert Gist Movies

An American Dream Poster
August 31, 1966
Della Poster
August 8, 1964
Jack the Giant Killer Poster
June 13, 1962
Blueprint for Robbery Poster
February 1, 1961
Operation Petticoat Poster
December 3, 1959
The FBI Story Poster
September 24, 1959
Al Capone Poster
March 25, 1959
Wolf Larsen Poster
October 26, 1958

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