Gus Schilling
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 20, 1908
- Died
- June 16, 1957 (aged 48)
- Birthplace
- New York City, New York, USA
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.
Known For
Filmography
Touch of Evil
Movie · as Eddie Farnham (uncredited)
Bigger Than Life
Movie · as Druggist (uncredited)
Glory
Movie · as Joe Page
Rebel Without a Cause
Movie · as Attendant (uncredited)
Run for Cover
Movie · as Doc Ridgeway
She Couldn't Say No
Movie · as Ed Gruman
Executive Suite
Movie · as Newsstand Vendor (uncredited)
One Big Affair
Movie · as Mr. Rush
On Dangerous Ground
Movie · as Lucky
Gasoline Alley
Movie · as Joe Allen
Honeychile
Movie · as Window Washer
Hit Parade of 1951
Movie · as Studio Guide
Our Very Own
Movie · as Frank
Flung by a Fling
Movie · as Capt. Gus Schilling
He's in Again
Movie · as Gus
Bride for Sale
Movie · as Timothy
Pardon My Lamb Chop
Movie · as Gus
Two Nuts in a Rut
Movie · as Gus Schilling, Lane's assistant
Angel on the Amazon
Movie · as Dean Hartley
Macbeth
Movie · as A Porter
The Return of October
Movie · as Benny
The Lady from Shanghai
Movie · as Goldfish
Calendar Girl
Movie · as Eddie Gaskin
Wedding Belle
Movie · as Gus Schilling
Stork Bites Man
Movie · as Hubert Butterfield
Training for Trouble
Movie · as Gus Schilling
Hot Water
Movie · as Gus
Ain't Love Cuckoo?
Movie · as Gus Schilling
Dangerous Business
Movie · as Alexander Pough
Pardon My Terror
Movie · as Gus
It's a Pleasure
Movie · as Bill Evans
A Thousand and One Nights
Movie · as Jafar
See My Lawyer
Movie · as J. Ambrose Winkler aka Winky
River Gang
Movie · as Dopey Charlie
High Blood Pleasure
Movie · as Gus
Sing a Jingle
Movie · as Bucky
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
Movie
Larceny with Music
Movie · as Austin J. Caldwell
Chatterbox
Movie · as Gillie
Hers to Hold
Movie · as Rosey Blake
Lady Bodyguard
Movie · as Bughouse Sweeney
Presenting Lily Mars
Movie · as Scotty - Stage Manager
You Were Never Lovelier
Movie · as Fernando
Broadway
Movie · as Joe
There's One Born Every Minute
Movie · as Professor Asa Quisenberry
The Magnificent Ambersons
Movie · as Drug Clerk (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare's Victory
Movie · as Leo Cobb
Citizen Kane
Movie · as John
It Started with Eve
Movie · as Raven
Appointment for Love
Movie · as Gus
Lucky Devils
Movie · as Aloysius Grimshaw
Ice-Capades
Movie · as Dave
Hellzapoppin'
Movie · as Orchestra Conductor
The Penalty
Movie · as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Movie · as Orderly Cleaning Window
Pop Always Pays
Movie · as City Dump Watchman
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Movie · as Hotel Desk Clark