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Gus Schilling

Oyuncu · 1908 – 1957 · New York City, New York, USA

August "Gus" Schilling (June 20, 1908 - June 16, 1957) was an American actor. August "Gus" Schilling (June 20, 1908 – June 16, 1957) was an American film actor who started in burlesque comedy and usually played nervous comic roles, often unbilled. A friend of Orson Welles, he appeared in five of the director's films — Citizen Kane (first screen performance), The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai, Macbeth and Touch of Evil (final performance, released posthumously). Born in New York City, Schilling had a rubber face and flustered gestures which made him a natural comedian and he began his career understudying comedy stars Bert Lahr and Joe Penner on Broadway. He soon became a favorite among burlesque comedians, who welcomed him into the burlesque profession. Schilling was in a relationship with burlesque star Betty Rowland and the couple toured in the Minsky burlesque troupe. Orson Welles saw Schilling in New York and followed him to Florida. There Welles hired Schilling to appear in a stage production featuring several Shakespearean scenes. "I learned my part by taking the script to Welles and having him translate the lines to everyday English," Schilling recalled in 1939. Welles promised Schilling a part in Welles's first motion picture, and kept his promise: Schilling is featured in Citizen Kane (1941). This established Schilling in Hollywood movies as a "nervous" comedian (he plays a jittery symphony conductor in Olsen and Johnson's Hellzapoppin', for example). He also co-starred with character comedian Richard Lane in a series of 11 comedy shorts for Columbia Pictures; the series ran from 1945 to 1950.

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  • Film7.7

    Touch of Evil

    Bitmeyen Balayı

    1958 · 1.7K votes

  • Film8.0

    Citizen Kane

    Yurttaş Kane

    1941 · 6.2K votes

  • Film7.5

    Rebel Without a Cause

    Asi Gençlik

    1955 · 1.8K votes

  • Film7.3

    The Lady from Shanghai

    Şangaylı Kadın

    1947 · 748 votes

  • Film7.3

    The Magnificent Ambersons

    Muhteşem Ambersonlar

    1942 · 498 votes

  • Film7.3

    Macbeth

    1948 · 188 votes

  • Film6.8

    Run for Cover

    Kanlı intikam

    1955 · 43 votes

  • Film7.0

    Executive Suite

    1954 · 64 votes

  • Film7.1

    You Were Never Lovelier

    1942 · 61 votes

  • Film7.2

    Bigger Than Life

    Tehlikeli Arzular

    1956 · 188 votes

  • Film7.2

    It Started with Eve

    1941 · 33 votes

  • Film7.2

    Hellzapoppin'

    1941 · 115 votes

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    On Dangerous Ground

    Tehlikeli Av

    1951 · 166 votes

  • Film5.7

    She Couldn't Say No

    1954 · 19 votes

  • Film6.2

    Dr. Kildare's Victory

    1942 · 9 votes

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  • Film6.4

    The Return of October

    1948 · 7 votes

  • Film5.1

    Angel on the Amazon

    1948 · 7 votes

  • Film6.7

    Dr. Kildare's Crisis

    1940 · 6 votes

  • Film6.4

    Presenting Lily Mars

    1943 · 14 votes

  • Film5.8

    Appointment for Love

    1941 · 9 votes

  • Film5.2

    It's a Pleasure

    1945 · 4 votes