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Acting

Gig Young

Career: Active from 1941 to 2019, with a break from 1979 to 2018, busiest in 1951 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles: 36
top three billing

Average score: 61/100

Highest rated: Desk Set
87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 42 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Gig Young Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Contemporary Realism
3.3, average 5.4
Coming of Age
1.7, average 3.0
Fantasy
0.6, average 1.7
Uncanny
1.6, average 2.5

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Classic Romantic Comedy 5
Historical Setting 4
Character Study 4
Historical Drama 3
Star-Studded Cast 3
Psychological Thriller 3
Political Intrigue 3
Classic Hollywood 3
Classic Film Noir 2
Romantic Drama 2
Hollywood Golden Age 2
Charming & Wholesome 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

74

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2010s

1 title

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

as Martin Sloan (archive footage)

1980s

1 title

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970s

13 titles · average score 62

Game of Death

48

as Jim Marshall

Spectre

58

as Dr. Ham Hamilton

Gibbsville

TV show · as Ray Whitehead

Sherlock Holmes in New York

54

as Mortimer McGraw

The Killer Elite

51

as Lawrence Weyburn

The Hindenburg

43

as Edward Douglas

The Turning Point of Jim Malloy

as Ray Whitehead

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

76

as Quill

A Black Ribbon for Deborah

as Ofenbauer

The Great Ice Rip-Off

as Harkey Rollins

The Neon Ceiling

77

as Jones

McCloud

71

TV show · as Jack Hefferman

1960s

15 titles · average score 62

They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

79

as Rocky Gravo

The Shuttered Room

59

as Mike Kelton

Strange Bedfellows

55

as Richard Bramwell

The Rogues

80

TV show · as Tony Fleming

A Ticklish Affair

55

as Key Weedon

For Love or Money

61

as Sonny Smith

That Touch of Mink

72

as Roger

Kid Galahad

54

as Willy Grogan

Five Miles to Midnight

44

as David Barnes

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

54

TV show · as Duke Marsden

The Spiral Staircase

as Stephen Warren

as Leon Dolga

1950s

25 titles · average score 63

Ask Any Girl

65

as Evan Doughton

The Story on Page One

59

as Larry Ellis

Teacher's Pet

79

as Dr. Hugo Pine

The Tunnel of Love

46

as Dick Pepper

Desk Set

87

as Mike Cutler

The Desperate Hours

81

as Chuck Wright

Young at Heart

78

as Alex Burke

City That Never Sleeps

54

as Johnny Kelly

Torch Song

52

as Cliff Willard

Too Young to Kiss

48

as John Tirsen

Slaughter Trail

36

as Ike Vaughn aka Murray

Hunt the Man Down

59

as Paul Bennett

1940s

19 titles · average score 63

Lust for Gold

65

as Pete Thomas

Tell It to the Judge

54

as Alexander Darvac

Wake of the Red Witch

59

as Samuel 'Sam' Rosen

The Three Musketeers

72

as Porthos

The Woman in White

61

as Walter Hartright

Studio One

65

TV show · as Philip Adams / Alan Fredericks

Escape Me Never

47

as Caryl Dubrok

Air Force

75

as Co-Pilot

Old Acquaintance

74

as Rudd Kendall

The Gay Sisters

59

as Gig Young

The Tanks Are Coming

56

as Jim Allen

Sergeant York

79

as Marching Soldier (uncredited)