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Robert Gist
Age: 80 (passed away May. 21st, 1998)
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Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Born: Oct. 1st, 1917
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BIOGRAPHY: Robert Gist was a tough kid who grew up around Chicago stockyards during the Depression. Reform school-bound after injuring another boy in a fistfight, Gist instead ended up in Chicago's Hull House, a settlement house where he first became interested in acting. Work in Chicago radio was followed by stage acting roles in Chicago and on Broadway (in the long-running "Harvey" with Josephine Hull). While acting in "Harvey", he made his motion picture debut in New York-shot scenes for 20th Century-Fox's Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Gist was also seen on Broadway in director Charles Laughton's "The Caine Mutiny Court Martial" (1954) with Henry Fonda and John Hodiak. While shooting Operation Petticoat (1959) in Key West, Florida, Gist told director Blake Edwards that he was interested in directing; Edwards later hired Gist to helm episodes of the TV series "Peter Gunn" (1958). Gist has also directed for TV's _"Naked City" (19585)_, "The Twilight Zone" (1959)_, _"Route 66" (1966)_ and many others.
TRIVIA:
- Met actress 'Agnes Moorehead' (qv) during the filming of _The Stratton Story (1949)_ (qv) in 1949. By June of 1949, Agnes separated from 'Jack G. Lee' (qv) and, by January of 1951, newspapers began to list Gist as Agnes' steady companion. According to their divorce papers, they were married on February 14th of 1954 in Yuma, Arizona. They were separated by December of 1954 due to disagreement over property settlement. Gist was 24 years her junior.
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