Robert Gist

Acting

Robert Gist

Born 1917-10-01 Chicago, Illinois, USA 21 films

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…

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Filmography

21 films
The FBI Story poster

A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist…

The FBI Story

★ 6.2 1959

Al Capone poster

In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Pro…

Al Capone

★ 6.6 1959

Wolf Larsen poster

A mean-spirited ship captain keeps his crew under his autocratic thumb while indulging his more ref…

Wolf Larsen

★ 7.0 1958

Angel Face poster

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremay…

Angel Face

★ 7.1 1953