Portrait of Robert Gist

Acting

Robert Gist

Career

Active from 1953 to 1985, with a break from 1970 to 1980, with up to 4 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score67/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone
GoodWatch score91/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 46 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Gist Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Cringe Humor
    0.6, average 2.2
  • Contemporary Realism
    3.9, average 5.4
  • Dark Humor
    1.4, average 2.8
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.8, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 4
  • Social Commentary 4
  • Character-Driven Narrative 3
  • 1960s Television 3
  • Iconic Jazz Score 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Classic Anthology Series 2
  • Golden Age Television 2
  • Episodic Drama 2
  • Military Drama 2
  • Ensemble Cast 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

43
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title ยท average score 70
Nichols
Nichols (1971)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Gulley

1960s

5 titles ยท average score 57
An American Dream
An American Dream (1966)
GoodWatch score 39

Director

Della
Della (1964)
GoodWatch score 63

Director

Jack the Giant Killer
Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
GoodWatch score 70

as Scottish Captain

Blueprint for Robbery
Blueprint for Robbery (1961)

as Chips McGann

The Americans
The Americans (1961)

TV show

1950s

31 titles ยท average score 69
Al Capone
Al Capone (1959)
GoodWatch score 63

as Dion O'Banion

Rawhide
Rawhide (1959)
GoodWatch score 50

TV show ยท as Sheriff Ed Stockton / Harleck

Hawaiian Eye
Hawaiian Eye (1959)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show

Peter Gunn
Peter Gunn (1958)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท Director

Sea Hunt
Sea Hunt (1958)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show

Perry Mason
Perry Mason (1957)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Deputy D.A. Claude Drumm

Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show

D-Day the Sixth of June
D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
GoodWatch score 49

as Dan Stenick

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Casey Hydecker

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke (1955)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Rabb Briggs / Rourke

The Band Wagon
The Band Wagon (1953)
GoodWatch score 84

as Hal

Strangers on a Train
Strangers on a Train (1951)
GoodWatch score 87

as Leslie Hennessey

1940s

6 titles ยท average score 65
A Dangerous Profession
A Dangerous Profession (1949)
GoodWatch score 47

as Roy Collins, aka Max Gibney

The Stratton Story
The Stratton Story (1949)
GoodWatch score 80

as Earnie

Scene of the Crime
Scene of the Crime (1949)
GoodWatch score 59

as P.J. Pontiac

Jigsaw
Jigsaw (1949)
GoodWatch score 53

as Tommy Quigley

Studio One
Studio One (1948)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as Coley Davis

Miracle on 34th Street
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
GoodWatch score 85

as Window Dresser (uncredited)