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Robert Gist

Robert Gist

DirectorActor Oct 1 (died age 80) Chicago, Illinois, USA 1947–1985 (38 year career)
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Biography

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 in acting. Work in Chicago radio was followed by stage acting roles in Chicago and on Broadway (in th…

Known For

The Twilight Zone
Film

The Twilight Zone

Director
Star Trek
Film

Star Trek

Director
Strangers on a Train
Film

Strangers on a Train

Det. Leslie Hennessey
Miracle on 34th Street
Film

Miracle on 34th Street

Department Store Window Dresser (uncredited)
Operation Petticoat
Film

Operation Petticoat

Lieutenant Watson
Mission: Impossible
Film

Mission: Impossible

Director
The Band Wagon
Film

The Band Wagon

Hal
Angel Face
Film

Angel Face

Miller

Filmography

Acting (41)

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