Personal Info
Birthday
November 4, 1913
Place of Birth
Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
Known For
Acting
Gig Young
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).
Acting Filmography (89)
No Backdrop
0.0
Elvis: A Life in Music
Movie2026
7.2
Remembering Gene Wilder
Movie2024
10.0
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie2019
8.0
Sam Peckinpah's West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
Movie2004
No Backdrop
6.8
Death In Hollywood
Movie1990
0.0
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Movie1988
7.9
Bruce Lee, the Legend
Movie1984
No Backdrop
7.0
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie1983
6.4
Game of Death
Movie1978
6.0
Spectre
Movie1977
No Backdrop
10.0
Gibbsville
TV Series1976
6.0
Sherlock Holmes in New York
Movie1976
6.3
The Hindenburg
Movie1975
5.8
The Killer Elite
Movie1975
No Backdrop
8.0
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy
Movie1975
No Backdrop
7.5
The Great Ice Rip-Off
Movie1974
5.6
A Black Ribbon for Deborah
Movie1974
7.1
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
Movie1974
7.8
The Neon Ceiling
Movie1971
5.1
Lovers and Other Strangers
Movie1970
7.2
McCloud
TV Series1970
7.6
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Movie1969
No Backdrop
5.3
Companions in Nightmare
Movie1968
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
TV Series1968
6.1
The Shuttered Room
Movie1967
7.7
Hollywood Squares
TV Series1966
6.0
Strange Bedfellows
Movie1965
8.0
Invisible Diplomats
Movie1965
8.0
The Rogues
TV Series1964
No Backdrop
5.0
The Hollywood Palace
TV Series1964
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TV Series1963
5.9
A Ticklish Affair
Movie1963
6.1
For Love or Money
Movie1963
6.0
Five Miles to Midnight
Movie1962
6.1
Kid Galahad
Movie1962
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV Series1962
No Backdrop
6.6
The Merv Griffin Show
TV Series1962
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV Series1962
6.5
That Touch of Mink
Movie1962
5.8
The Mike Douglas Show
TV Series1961
No Backdrop
8.0
The Spiral Staircase
Movie1961
5.1
The Story on Page One
Movie1959
8.5
The Twilight Zone
TV Series1959
6.5
Ask Any Girl
Movie1959
5.9
The Tunnel of Love
Movie1958
6.8
Teacher's Pet
Movie1958
5.4
The James Dean Story
Movie1957
7.0
Desk Set
Movie1957
No Backdrop
0.0
Tony Awards
TV Series1956
7.0
The Desperate Hours
Movie1955
6.0
Young at Heart
Movie1954
3.8
Climax!
TV Series1954
8.3
Rear Window
Movie1954
5.9
Torch Song
Movie1953
5.0
Arena
Movie1953
6.0
City That Never Sleeps
Movie1953
6.2
The Girl Who Had Everything
Movie1953
6.3
Holiday for Sinners
Movie1952
5.9
You for Me
Movie1952
5.1
Too Young to Kiss
Movie1951
7.0
Come Fill the Cup
Movie1951
4.5
Slaughter Trail
Movie1951
No Backdrop
7.2
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV Series1951
6.5
Only the Valiant
Movie1951
7.0
Target Unknown
Movie1951
6.3
Hunt the Man Down
Movie1950
7.0
What's My Line?
TV Series1950
6.0
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV Series1950
6.6
Tell It to the Judge
Movie1949
6.0
Lust for Gold
Movie1949
5.7
Wake of the Red Witch
Movie1948
5.4
Studio One
TV Series1948
6.8
The Three Musketeers
Movie1948
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV Series1948
5.7
The Woman in White
Movie1948
4.8
Escape Me Never
Movie1947
7.1
Old Acquaintance
Movie1943
6.5
Air Force
Movie1943
6.0
Breakdowns of 1942
Movie1942
6.6
The Gay Sisters
Movie1942
7.5
The Mad Martindales
Movie1942
4.5
The Male Animal
Movie1942
4.4
You're in the Army Now
Movie1941
6.7
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie1941
6.9
One Foot in Heaven
Movie1941
5.7
The Tanks Are Coming
Movie1941
7.2
Sergeant York
Movie1941
6.3
Dive Bomber
Movie1941
5.2
Misbehaving Husbands
Movie1940