
Gig Young
Department: Acting
Biography
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).
Known For

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019

The Male Animal
1942

Desk Set
1957

The Killer Elite
1975

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
1974

Sherlock Holmes in New York
1976

The Tanks Are Coming
1941

That Touch of Mink
1962

Game of Death
1978

City That Never Sleeps
1953

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
1969

Wake of the Red Witch
1948

The Three Musketeers
1948

Lovers and Other Strangers
1970

The Woman in White
1948

Young at Heart
1954

Teacher's Pet
1958

Air Force
1943

The Tunnel of Love
1958

Hunt the Man Down
1950

The Hindenburg
1975

The Story on Page One
1959

The Desperate Hours
1955

Strange Bedfellows
1965

Kid Galahad
1962

Bruce Lee, the Legend
1984

The Girl Who Had Everything
1953

Old Acquaintance
1943

Only the Valiant
1951

The Shuttered Room
1967

Lust for Gold
1949

Ask Any Girl
1959

The Gay Sisters
1942

Too Young to Kiss
1951

Escape Me Never
1947

A Ticklish Affair
1963

Arena
1953

Come Fill the Cup
1951

Slaughter Trail
1951

Torch Song
1953

The Spiral Staircase
1961

Holiday for Sinners
1952

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

The James Dean Story
1957

The Great Ice Rip-Off
1974

Tell It to the Judge
1949

You for Me
1952

Target Unknown
1951

For Love or Money
1963

Rear Window
1954

The Neon Ceiling
1971

Five Miles to Midnight
1962

Spectre
1977

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
1975

Companions in Nightmare
1968

A Black Ribbon for Deborah
1974

Sergeant York
1941

Misbehaving Husbands
1940

They Died with Their Boots On
1941

Dive Bomber
1941

The Mad Martindales
1942

You're in the Army Now
1941

Breakdowns of 1942
1942

Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
2004

One Foot in Heaven
1941

Invisible Diplomats
1965

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988

Elvis: A Life in Music
2026

Ninotchka
1960

Death In Hollywood
1990

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963

Studio One
1948

The Twilight Zone
1959

The Hollywood Palace
1964

Lux Video Theatre
1950

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

McCloud
1970

Climax!
1954

The Rogues
1964

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

Gibbsville
1976

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

What's My Line?
1950

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962

Conflict
1956

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Tony Awards
1956