Robert Gist
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...
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...
Known For
Strangers on a Train
as Det. Leslie Hennessey
Operation Petticoat
as Lieutenant Watson
The Band Wagon
as Hal
Cast Credits
Jack the Giant Killer
as Scottish Captain
Blueprint for Robbery
as Chips McGann
Operation Petticoat
as Lieutenant Watson
The FBI Story
as Medicine Salesman
Al Capone
as Dion O'Banion
Wolf Larsen
as Matthews
The Naked and the Dead
as Red
D-Day the Sixth of June
as Dan Stenick
The Band Wagon
as Hal
Angel Face
as Miller
One Minute to Zero
as Maj. Carter
Strangers on a Train
as Det. Leslie Hennessey
The Jackpot
as Pete Spooner
Love That Brute
as Police Officer Wilson
I Was a Shoplifter
as Barkie Neff
A Dangerous Profession
as Roy Collins, aka Max Gibney
Scene of the Crime
as P.J. Pontiac
The Stratton Story
as Earnie
Jigsaw
as Tommy Quigley
Miracle on 34th Street
as Window Dresser (uncredited)
Crew Credits
An American Dream
Director
Della
Director