Robert Gist
Acting
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.
Miracle on 34th Street
as Window Dresser (uncredited)
Age 29 (now 80)
A Dangerous Profession
as Roy Collins, aka Max Gibney
Age 32 (now 80)
A Dangerous Profession
as Roy Collins, aka Max Gibney
Age 32 (now 80)
Miracle on 34th Street
as Window Dresser (uncredited)
Age 29 (now 80)
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Director
Age 50 (now 80)
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Lennie
Age 41 (now 80)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
as Joe Quincy
Age 39 (now 80)
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Casey Hydecker
Age 39 (now 80)
General Electric Theater
as Committee Chairman
Age 35 (now 80)
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Also Known As
Robert Marion Gist
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