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Gus Schilling

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Atuação
Nascimento
20 de junho de 1908 · New York City, New York, USA
Falecimento
16 de junho de 1957

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.

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Pôster de Cidadão Kane
Cidadão Kane
Filme · 1941 · ★ 8,0
Pôster de Juventude Transviada
Juventude Transviada
Filme · 1955 · ★ 7,5
Pôster de A Marca da Maldade
A Marca da Maldade
Filme · 1958 · ★ 7,7
Pôster de A Dama de Shanghai
A Dama de Shanghai
Filme · 1947 · ★ 7,3
Pôster de Soberba
Soberba
Filme · 1942 · ★ 7,3
Pôster de Macbeth: Reinado de Sangue
Macbeth: Reinado de Sangue
Filme · 1948 · ★ 7,3
Pôster de Delírio de Loucura
Delírio de Loucura
Filme · 1956 · ★ 7,2
Pôster de Cinzas Que Queimam
Cinzas Que Queimam
Filme · 1951 · ★ 6,6
Pôster de Pandemônio
Pandemônio
Filme · 1941 · ★ 7,2
Pôster de Um Homem e Dez Destinos
Um Homem e Dez Destinos
Filme · 1954 · ★ 7,0
Pôster de Bonita Como Nunca
Bonita Como Nunca
Filme · 1942 · ★ 7,1
Pôster de Fora das Grades
Fora das Grades
Filme · 1955 · ★ 6,8

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