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Gig Young

Highest Rated:: 100% One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Lowest Rated:: 40% The Hindenburg (1975)

Birthday:: Nov 4, 1913
Birthplace:: St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA
Bio:: Gig Young started his movie career billed under his birth name, Byron Barr. He made his debut in You're in the Army Now (1941). The following year, he played in The Gay Sisters playing a larger supporting role, a character called Gig Young. While he would he would still continue going by Byron Barr…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Range of Movie T-meters: 40% - 100%

Number of Movies: 52

Box Office Since 2001: $4.0M

Year	Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office
1978	75%	Game of Death	Jim Marshall	--
1976		Sherlock Holmes in New York	Mortimer McGrew	--
1975	60%	The Killer Elite	Weyburn	--
1975	40%	The Hindenburg	Douglas	--
1974	83%	Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia	Quill	--
1970		Lovers and Other Strangers	Hal	--
1969	83%	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?	Rocky	--
1967		The Shuttered Room (Blood Island)	Mike Kelton	--
1965		Strange Bedfellows	Richard Bramwell	--
1963		A Ticklish Affair	Cmdr. Key Weedon	--
1962		Le Couteau dans la plaie (Five Miles to Midnight)	David Barnes	--
1962	78%	That Touch of Mink	Roger	--
1962		Kid Galahad	Willy Grogan	--
1959		The Story on Page One	Larry Ellis	--
1959		Ask Any Girl	Evan Doughton	--
1958	80%	Teacher's Pet	Dr. Hugo Pine	--
1958		The Tunnel of Love	Dick Pepper	--
1957	100%	Desk Set	Mike Cutler	--
1955	80%	The Desperate Hours	Chuck	--
1954	83%	Young at Heart	Alex Burke	$4.0M
1953		Torch Song	Director Cliff Willard	--
1953		Girl Who Had Everything	Vance Court	--
1953		Arena	Bob Danvers	--
1953		City That Never Sleeps	Johnny Kelly	--
1951		Slaughter Trail	Vaughn	--
1951		Come Fill the Cup	Boyd Copeland	--
1951		Too Young to Kiss	John Tirsen	--
1950		Only the Valiant	Lt. William Holloway	--
1950		Hunt the Man Down	Paul Bennett	--
1949		Tell It to the Judge	Alexander Darvac	--
1949		The File on Thelma Jordon	McCarty	--
1949		Lust for Gold	Pete Thomas	--
1949		Down Dakota Way	Steve Paxton	--
1949		Wake of the Red Witch	Sam Rosen	--
1948		Pitfall	Bill Smiley	--
1948		The Woman in White	Walter Hartright	--
1948	71%	The Three Musketeers	Porthos	--
1947		Big Town After Dark	Vance Crane	--
1947		Escape Me Never	Caryl Dubrok	--
1947		Seven Were Saved	Lt. Martin Pinkert	--
1946		They Made Me a Killer	Steve Reynolds	--
1945		Love Letters	Derek Quinton	--
1943	88%	Air Force	Lt. Xavier Bill Williams	--
1943		Old Acquaintance	Rudd Kendall	--
1942		Captains of the Clouds	Student Pilot	--
1941	100%	One Foot in Heaven	Groom	--
1941	83%	Sergeant York	Soldier	--
1941	82%	They Died with Their Boots On	Lt. Roberts	--
1941		Dive Bomber	Pilot	--
1941		The Tanks Are Coming	Actor	--
1941		Misbehaving Husbands	Floor Walker	--
1941	80%	The Man Who Came to Dinner	Bit Part	--

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Quotes from Gig Young's Characters

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1. D'Artagnan: Porthos, when did a wound ever come between you and a fight?
2. Porthos: [lying on his stomach] Well, unfortunately the position of this one comes between me and my horse.
From The Three Musketeers. Submitted by Francis L (3 months ago)

1. Rocky: I may not know a winner when I see one, but I sure as hell can spot a loser.
From They Shoot Horses, Don't They?. Submitted by Kate S (13 months ago)