Gus Schilling actor
- Total known movies 56
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 directors 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 Welless 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 Johnsons 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.
John
Movie 1941
Goldfish
Movie 1947
Studio Guide
Movie 1950
Lucky
Movie 1951
Raven
Movie 1941
Fernando
Movie 1942
Movie 1943
Frank
Movie 1950
Joe
Movie 1942
Mr. Rush
Movie 1952
Eddie Gaskin
Movie 1947
Bill Evans
Movie 1945
Joe Allen
Movie 1951
Druggist (uncredited)
Movie 1956
Professor Asa Quisenberry
Movie 1942
Gus
Movie 1941
Gus
Movie 1946
Gus Schilling
Movie 1947
Gus
Movie 1948
Gus Schilling, Lane's assistant
Movie 1948
Capt. Gus Schilling
Movie 1949
Gus
Movie 1949
Gus Schilling
Movie 1946
Aloysius Grimshaw
Movie 1941
Alexander Pough
Movie 1946
Dean Hartley
Movie 1948
Drug Clerk (uncredited)
Movie 1942
Attendant (uncredited)
Movie 1955
Eddie Farnham (uncredited)
Movie 1958
Bucky
Movie 1944
Austin J. Caldwell
Movie 1943
Orderly Cleaning Window
Movie 1940
City Dump Watchman
Movie 1940
Gillie
Movie 1943
Rosey Blake
Movie 1943
Gus
Movie 1946
Hotel Desk Clark
Movie 1940
Jafar
Movie 1945
Bughouse Sweeney
Movie 1943
Timothy
Movie 1949
Ed Gruman
Movie 1954
A Porter
Movie 1948
Leo Cobb
Movie 1942
Benny
Movie 1948
Window Washer
Movie 1951
Scotty - Stage Manager
Movie 1943
Dave
Movie 1941
J. Ambrose Winkler aka Winky
Movie 1945
Dopey Charlie
Movie 1945
Orchestra Conductor
Movie 1941
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Movie 1941
Hubert Butterfield
Movie 1947
Joe Page
Movie 1956
Gus
Movie 1945
Gus Schilling
Movie 1947
