Image: Wikimedia CommonsGus Schilling
American comedian (1908-1957)
- Born June 20, 1908
- 3 movies
Gus Schilling 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, his first screen performance, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Lady from Shanghai, Macbeth and Touch of Evil, his final performance.
Gus Schilling appears in 3 films in The Rerun, from 1947 to 1951. Most of that work is in crime, drama and thriller. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Orson Welles (4).
Known for
- Citizen Kane (1941). His first screen performance, in the first of five films with Orson Welles.
- The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Another of his films with Orson Welles.
- Macbeth (1948). Appeared in Welles’s 1948 Shakespeare adaptation.
- Touch of Evil (1958). His final screen performance, released posthumously.
- On Dangerous Ground (1951). Part of the cast of the 1951 film.
Movies
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Gus Schilling been in?
- Gus Schilling appears in On Dangerous Ground (1951), Macbeth (1948) and The Lady from Shanghai (1947) on The Remote.
- When was Gus Schilling born?
- Gus Schilling was born on 20 June 1908.
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