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  • BIRTH 01/10/1917
  • DEATH 21/05/1998
  • Country United States
  • SHOWS 4
  • MOVIES 11
  • DIRECTOR 14

Robert Gist

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.

Robert Gist

Shows (4)

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
Cam Speegle / Rabb Briggs / Rourke
Rawhide
Rawhide
Harleck / Sheriff / Sheriff Ed Stockton
Perry Mason
Perry Mason
Deputy D.A. Claude Drumm
General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater
Committee Chairman

Movies (11)

Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train
Det. Leslie Hennessey
Operation Petticoat
Operation Petticoat
Lieutenant Watson
The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon
Hal
Al Capone
Al Capone
Dion O'Banion
The Jackpot
The Jackpot
Pete Spooner
D-Day the Sixth of June
D-Day the Sixth of June
Dan Stenick
Jack the Giant Killer
Jack the Giant Killer
Scottish Captain
The FBI Story
The FBI Story
Medicine Salesman
Angel Face
Angel Face
Miller
The Naked and the Dead
The Naked and the Dead
Red
Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime
P.J. Pontiac

Director (14)

Star Trek
Star Trek
(1 episode)
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
(1 episode)
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
(1 episode)
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
(1 episode)
The High Chaparral
The High Chaparral
(1 episode)
The Eleventh Hour
The Eleventh Hour
(3 episodes)
The Reporter
The Reporter
(1 episode)
The Danny Thomas Hour
The Danny Thomas Hour
(2 episodes)
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
(1 episode)
Route 66
Route 66
(3 episodes)
Twelve O'Clock High
Twelve O'Clock High
(2 episodes)
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1 episode)
Dr. Kildare
Dr. Kildare
(2 episodes)
Laredo
Laredo
(1 episode)