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Gus Schilling
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Gus Schilling
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1908-06-20,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
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 director's 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 Welles's 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 Johnson's 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.

Filmography

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Citizen Kane
1941-04-17

The Lady from Shanghai

7.4

The Lady from Shanghai
1947-12-24

Hit Parade of 1951

6

Hit Parade of 1951
1950-10-15

On Dangerous Ground

6.5

On Dangerous Ground
1951-12-13

It Started with Eve

7.1

It Started with Eve
1941-09-26

You Were Never Lovelier

7.1

You Were Never Lovelier
1942-11-19

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

6.4

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943-02-19

5.7

Our Very Own
1950-07-27

5.5

Broadway
1942-05-08

6

One Big Affair
1952-02-22

5.9

Calendar Girl
1947-01-31

It's a Pleasure

4.7

It's a Pleasure
1945-03-03

5.5

Gasoline Alley
1951-01-02

Bigger Than Life

7.1

Bigger Than Life
1956-11-20

There's One Born Every Minute

7.2

There's One Born Every Minute
1942-06-26

Appointment for Love

5.2

Appointment for Love
1941-10-31

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Hot Water
1946-07-25

0

Wedding Belle
1947-08-09

Two Nuts in a Rut

0

Two Nuts in a Rut
1948-02-10

Pardon My Lamb Chop

0

Pardon My Lamb Chop
1948-06-10

Flung by a Fling

0

Flung by a Fling
1949-05-12

0

He's in Again
1949-01-13

Ain't Love Cuckoo?

0

Ain't Love Cuckoo?
1946-06-06

1

Lucky Devils
1941-01-03

Dangerous Business

0

Dangerous Business
1946-06-20

Angel on the Amazon

4.8

Angel on the Amazon
1948-11-01

The Magnificent Ambersons

7.3

The Magnificent Ambersons
1942-07-10

Rebel Without a Cause

7.519

Rebel Without a Cause
1955-10-27

7.756

Touch of Evil
1958-03-30

0

Sing a Jingle
1944-01-07

Larceny with Music

4

Larceny with Music
1943-09-10

6.7

Run for Cover
1955-04-29

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

6

Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940-11-29

Pop Always Pays

0

Pop Always Pays
1940-06-21

0

Chatterbox
1943-04-27

6.8

Hers to Hold
1943-07-16

Pardon My Terror

0

Pardon My Terror
1946-09-12

Mexican Spitfire Out West

4.6

Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940-10-29

A Thousand and One Nights

5.6

A Thousand and One Nights
1945-07-20

4

Lady Bodyguard
1943-01-02

6

Bride for Sale
1949-11-12

She Couldn't Say No

5.5

She Couldn't Say No
1954-02-15

7.3

Macbeth
1948-10-01

Dr. Kildare's Victory

5.8

Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942-02-04

The Return of October

6.4

The Return of October
1948-10-26

6

Honeychile
1951-10-20

Presenting Lily Mars

6.1

Presenting Lily Mars
1943-04-29

5

Ice-Capades
1941-08-19

6

See My Lawyer
1945-03-09

0

River Gang
1945-09-21

7.1

Hellzapoppin'
1941-12-25

6

The Penalty
1941-03-13

Stork Bites Man

0

Stork Bites Man
1947-06-21

5

Glory
1956-01-11

High Blood Pleasure

0

High Blood Pleasure
1945-12-06

Training for Trouble

0

Training for Trouble
1947-07-03