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.
Known for
Acting42
tvNichols
1971
Gulley
movieJack the Giant Killer
1962
Scottish Captain
movieBlueprint for Robbery
1961
Chips McGann
movieOperation Petticoat
1959
Lieutenant Watson
tvJohnny Ringo
1959
Kincaid
movieThe FBI Story
1959
Medicine Salesman
movieAl Capone
1959
Dion O'Banion
tvBlack Saddle
1959
Milo Dawes
tvRawhide
1959
Sheriff Ed Stockton / Harleck / Sheriff
movieWolf Larsen
1958
Matthews
tvPerry Mason
1957
Deputy D.A. Claude Drumm
tvRichard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
Joe Quincy
tvDick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Casey Hydecker
movieD-Day the Sixth of June
1956
Dan Stenick
tvGunsmoke
1955
Rabb Briggs / Rourke / Cam Speegle
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
Committee Chairman
movieAngel Face
1953
Miller
movieOne Minute to Zero
1952
Maj. Carter
movieStrangers on a Train
1951
Det. Leslie Hennessey
movieThe Jackpot
1950
Pete Spooner
movieLove That Brute
1950
Police Officer Wilson
movieI Was a Shoplifter
1950
Barkie Neff
movieA Dangerous Profession
1949
Roy Collins, aka Max Gibney
movieScene of the Crime
1949
P.J. Pontiac
movieJigsaw
1949
Tommy Quigley
tvStudio One
1948
Coley Davis
movieMiracle on 34th Street
1947
Window Dresser (uncredited)
Directing30
tvHell Town
1985
Director
tvStrike Force
1981
Director
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Director
tvThe Danny Thomas Hour
1967
Director
tvThe High Chaparral
1967
Director
tvDundee and the Culhane
1967
Director
tvN.Y.P.D.
1967
Director
tvMission: Impossible
1966
Director
tvStar Trek
1966
Director
movieAn American Dream
1966
Director
tvThe Trials of O'Brien
1965
Director
tvLaredo
1965
Director
Reporter
1964
Director
tvSlattery's People
1964
Director
tv12 O'Clock High
1964
Director
movieDella
1964
Director
tvThe Great Adventure
1963
Director
tvThe Richard Boone Show
1963
Director
tvThe Fugitive
1963
Director
tvThe Lieutenant
1963
Director
tvThe Eleventh Hour
1962
Director
tvDr. Kildare
1961
Director
tvThe Dick Powell Show
1961
Director
tvCain's Hundred
1961
Director
tvRoute 66
1960
Director
tvThe Twilight Zone
1959
Director
tvNaked City
1958
Director
tvPeter Gunn
1958
Director