Gus Schilling
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
Dotyk zła
Film • 1958
jako Eddie Farnham (uncredited)
Bigger Than Life
Film • 1956
jako Druggist (uncredited)
Glory
Film • 1956
jako Joe Page
Buntownik bez Powodu
Film • 1955
jako Attendant (uncredited)
Run for Cover
Film • 1955
jako Doc Ridgeway
Executive Suite
Film • 1954
jako Newsstand Vendor (uncredited)
She Couldn't Say No
Film • 1954
jako Ed Gruman
One Big Affair
Film • 1952
jako Mr. Rush
On Dangerous Ground
Film • 1951
jako Lucky
Honeychile
Film • 1951
jako Window Washer
Gasoline Alley
Film • 1951
jako Joe Allen
Hit Parade of 1951
Film • 1950
jako Studio Guide
Our Very Own
Film • 1950
jako Frank
Bride for Sale
Film • 1949
jako Timothy
Flung by a Fling
Film • 1949
jako Capt. Gus Schilling
He's in Again
Film • 1949
jako Gus
Angel on the Amazon
Film • 1948
jako Dean Hartley
The Return of October
Film • 1948
jako Benny
Makbet
Film • 1948
jako A Porter
Pardon My Lamb Chop
Film • 1948
jako Gus
Two Nuts in a Rut
Film • 1948
jako Gus Schilling, Lane's assistant
Dama z Szanghaju
Film • 1947
jako Goldfish
Wedding Belle
Film • 1947
jako Gus Schilling
Training for Trouble
Film • 1947
jako Gus Schilling
Stork Bites Man
Film • 1947
jako Hubert Butterfield
Calendar Girl
Film • 1947
jako Eddie Gaskin
Pardon My Terror
Film • 1946
jako Gus
Hot Water
Film • 1946
jako Gus
Dangerous Business
Film • 1946
jako Alexander Pough
Ain't Love Cuckoo?
Film • 1946
jako Gus Schilling
High Blood Pleasure
Film • 1945
jako Gus
River Gang
Film • 1945
jako Dopey Charlie
A Thousand and One Nights
Film • 1945
jako Jafar
See My Lawyer
Film • 1945
jako J. Ambrose Winkler aka Winky
It's a Pleasure
Film • 1945
jako Bill Evans
Sing a Jingle
Film • 1944
jako Bucky
Larceny with Music
Film • 1943
jako Austin J. Caldwell
Hers to Hold
Film • 1943
jako Rosey Blake
Presenting Lily Mars
Film • 1943
jako Scotty - Stage Manager
Chatterbox
Film • 1943
jako Gillie
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Film • 1943
Lady Bodyguard
Film • 1943
jako Bughouse Sweeney
You Were Never Lovelier
Film • 1942
jako Fernando
Wspaniałość Ambersonów
Film • 1942
jako Drug Clerk (uncredited)
There's One Born Every Minute
Film • 1942
jako Professor Asa Quisenberry
Broadway
Film • 1942
jako Joe
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Film • 1942
jako Leo Cobb
Czyste szaleństwo
Film • 1941
jako Orchestra Conductor
Appointment for Love
Film • 1941
jako Gus
It Started with Eve
Film • 1941
jako Raven
Ice-Capades
Film • 1941
jako Dave
Obywatel Kane
Film • 1941
jako John
The Penalty
Film • 1941
jako Bank Teller (uncredited)
Lucky Devils
Film • 1941
jako Aloysius Grimshaw
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Film • 1940
jako Orderly Cleaning Window
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Film • 1940
jako Hotel Desk Clark
Pop Always Pays
Film • 1940
jako City Dump Watchman