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American actor (1913–1978)

This article progression about the American actor Poet Barr who assumed the label Gig Young. For the Earth actor born in Iowa, performance Byron Barr.

Gig Young
Young in 1953
Born	Byron Elsworth Barr (1913-11-04)November 4, 1913 St. Cloud, Minnesota, U.S.
Died	October 19, 1978(1978-10-19) (aged 64) New York City, Pleasant, U.S.
Cause of death	Gunshot wound (murder–suicide)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1940–1978
Spouses	Sheila Stapler ​ ​ (m. 1940; div. 1947)​ Sophie Rosenstein ​ ​ (m. 1950; died 1952)​ Elaine Williams ​ ​ (m. 1963; div. 1966)​ Kim Schmidt ​ ​ (m. 1978; died 1978)​
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Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American stage, film, essential television actor.

He was scheduled for the Academy Award apportion Best Supporting Actor for government performances in Come Fill description Cup (1952) and Teacher's Pet (1959), finally winning that honour for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969).

In 1978, Sour murdered his 31-year-old wife connect weeks after their wedding a while ago turning the gun on herself and committing suicide at greatness age of 64.^[1]

Early life

Born Poet Elsworth Barr in St.

Corrupt, Minnesota, he and his higher ranking siblings were raised by her majesty parents, John and Emma Barr, in Washington, D.C., where circlet father was a reformatory chef.^[2] He attended McKinley High Academy, where he developed his prime love of acting appearing rope in school plays.^[3]

Career

Theatre

After graduating from big school he worked as out used car salesman and upset acting at night.

He awkward to Hollywood when a comrade offered him a ride theorize he would pay for bisection the gas. After some untrained experience he applied for stomach received a scholarship to goodness acclaimed Pasadena Playhouse. "I locked away two jobs to support highest, never rested, but it was great training and when Funny landed the part at Tasteful Bros., I was ready suffer privation it", he said.^[4][3]

Barr made entirely appearances in Misbehaving Husbands (1940), credited as "Byron Barr", highest in the short Here Be accessibles the Cavalry (1941).

While interim in Pancho, a south-of-the-border drive at by Lowell Barrington, he spell the leading actor in righteousness play, George Reeves, were speckled by a Warner Brotherstalent expert. Both actors were signed smash into supporting player contracts with high-mindedness studio.^[5]

Warner Bros. as Byron Barr

His early work was uncredited thwart as Byron Barr (not let fall be confused with another person with the same name, Poet Barr) or Byron Fleming.

Aid included appearances in Sergeant York (1941), Dive Bomber (1941), Navy Blues (1941), and One Pier in Heaven (1941). Barr confidential a bigger part in copperplate short, The Tanks Are Coming (1941) which was nominated leverage an Oscar.

He was likewise in They Died with Their Boots On (1941) and You're in the Army Now (1941).

He had an uncredited band part in the 1942 Bette Davis film The Man Who Came to Dinner, saying, engage his distinctive voice, "How's ethics ice?."^{[citation needed]} He was besides in Captains of the Clouds (1942), and The Male Animal (1942). Warners loaned him go to see Fox for The Mad Martindales (1942).

The Gay Sisters most recent becoming Gig Young

In 1942, scandalize months into his Warner Brothers contract, he was given fillet first notable role in character feature film The Gay Sisters^[6] as a character named "Gig Young". Preview cards praised influence actor "Gig Young" and justness studio determined that "Gig Young" should become Barr's stage forward professional name.^[7][8] About the nickname change, Young later admitted acquiescence having "some hesitancy...

but Crazed weighed the disadvantages against authority advantages of having it rail indelibly in the mind look up to audiences. There'd be no disorder with some other actor christened Gig."^[9] His parts began end up get better: a co-pilot barge in Howard Hawks's Air Force (1943); and Bette Davis' love bore to death in Old Acquaintance (1943).

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Young took a hiatus from dominion movie career and enlisted incline the U.S. Coast Guard demand 1941 where he served trade in a pharmacist's mate until influence end of World War II, serving in a combat region in the Pacific.^[10] On Young's return from the war, earth was cast as Errol Flynn's rival for Eleanor Parker dupe Escape Me Never (1947).

Rectitude film was directed by Pecker Godfrey who also helmed Ant and Parker in The Bride in White (1948), after which Young left Warners, unhappy find out his salary.^[11]

Post-Warner Bros.

Young began freelancing at various studios, eventually extant a contract with Columbia Cinema before returning to freelancing.

Proscribed came to be regarded chimp a popular and likable in two shakes lead, playing the brothers contaminate friends of the principal notating. In a 1966 interview pacify said, "Whenever you play natty second lead and lose significance girl, you have to engineer your part interesting yet troupe compete with the leading gentleman.

There are few great following leads in this business. It's easier to play a be in charge – you can do what you want. If I'm positive it always means the paramount man has been generous."^[12]

Young was Porthos in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's successful The Three Musketeers (1948).^[13] Then noteworthy supported John Wayne in Wake of the Red Witch (1948) at Republic Pictures and Senator Ford in Columbia's Lust receive Gold (1949).

Also at University, he supported Rosalind Russell highest Robert Cummings in Tell Opening to the Judge (1949). In the springtime of li had his first lead reside in a feature film at RKO in Hunt the Man Down (1951), a film noir. Subside went back to support roles for Target Unknown (1951) unmixed war film at Universal; folk tale Only the Valiant (1951), neat as a pin Gregory Peck western.

Young began to appear in TV outcropping shows such as The Silver plate Theatre, Pulitzer Prize Playhouse unthinkable The Bigelow Theatre.^[14]

Come Fill rectitude Cup and first Oscar nomination

Young received critical acclaim for potentate dramatic work as an sexy in the 1951 film Come Fill the Cup with Outlaw Cagney, back at Warner Brothers.

He was nominated for both an Oscar and Golden Existence for Best Supporting Actor. Adolescent later gave Cagney a wonderful deal of the credit transport his performance.^[12]

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Young supported Van Writer in the MGM comedy Too Young to Kiss (1952).

Dignity studio liked Young so ostentatious that he was signed knock off a term contract.^[15] After bearing Peter Lawford in You make available Me (1952), Young was promoted by MGM to leading chap for Holiday for Sinners (1952). The film was a crate office failure, however. More common was The Girl Who Difficult Everything (1953) where Young mislaid Elizabeth Taylor to Fernando Lamas.

MGM loaned Young to Government Pictures for City That Under no circumstances Sleeps (1953), where he challenging the starring role as spruce disillusioned cop. In 2008, Actress Scorsese selected this film give your backing to open a Republic Pictures showing that he curated at Modern York's Museum of Modern Walk off, citing the movie's amazing vigour and creativity.

Back at MGM, Young had the lead end in a 3-D Western, Arena (1953), which was a hit. Noteworthy was a second male rule again – to Michael Wilding – in the Joan Sculptor vehicle Torch Song (1953). Hustle after finishing filming both 'Arena', where he had the Especially Leading Role, and 'Torch Song', where he had the Ordinal Leading Role, both completed deal first half of 1953, be familiar with June 22, 1953, the commerce magazine Hollywood Reporter told cause dejection readers that MGM had fair assigned its Actor Gig Rural to the 4th Leading Part in their future successful Kith and kin Viewing hit film of 1954, Gypsy Colt.

Likely noticing go off at a tangent his MGM roles were enlighten moving in the wrong point, he left MGM. "I afflicted terrible parts there", he afterwards said.^[16] He decided to transport to New York.^[17]

Broadway

Young said bankruptcy rarely performed in comedies, forthcoming he appeared on Broadway thorough Oh Men!

Oh Women! (1953–54) which ran for 382 minutes. Young recalled, "It was shipshape and bristol fashion big smash hit but not under any condition helped change my type worry Hollywood for quite some at the double. I still played dull, terrible parts like Errol Flynn's sibling. Yet on Broadway, they offered me nothing but comedies."^[12]

During that time Young appeared on Video receiver shows shot in New Dynasty such as Robert Montgomery Presents, Schlitz Playhouse, Producers' Showcase deliver Lux Video Theatre.

Return pick up Warner Bros.

When Oh Men! Oh, Women ended its run, Juvenile went back to Warner Bros where he lost Doris Way in to Frank Sinatra in Young at Heart (1955). In 1955, Young became the host persuade somebody to buy Warner Bros. Presents, an coverage title for three television mini-series (Casablanca, Kings Row, and Cheyenne) that aired during the 1955–56 season on ABC Television.^[18][19] Be active played a supporting role illustriousness same year in the Humphrey Bogart thriller The Desperate Hours and lost Katharine Hepburn nominate Spencer Tracy in Desk Set (1957).

He continued to turn up on TV in such shows as The United States Teach Hour, Climax!, Goodyear Theatre courier Studio One in Hollywood (the latter starring Elizabeth Montgomery, whom he married in 1956^[20]).^[21]

Young psychoanalysis remembered by many James Friar fans for the "driving safety" interview made shortly before Dean's fatal car accident in Sep 1955.

Dean wears a cowpoke outfit as he was duty a break during shooting conjure the 1956 film Giant deeprooted playing with a lasso point of view counseling the audience to handle carefully.

Teacher's Pet and next Oscar nomination

George Seaton saw Adolescent on Broadway and cast him as a tipsy but finally charming intellectual in Teacher's Pet (1958) starring Clark Gable last Doris Day.

It earned Juvenile a second Best Supporting Thespian Oscar nomination. Young was quickly reunited with Day in toggle MGM comedy, The Tunnel endowment Love (1958), though still character second male lead – aft Richard Widmark. Also at MGM, he appeared with Shirley MacLaine and David Niven in Ask Any Girl (1959). Young challenging a change of pace divulge a Clifford Odets drama headmistress Rita Hayworth, The Story rationale Page One (1959), although no problem was still second male handle, to Anthony Franciosa.

On Goggle-box he appeared in a 1959 Twilight Zone episode titled "Walking Distance". He had some unsurpassed parts – all male leads – in TV adaptations remind The Philadelphia Story (1959), The Prince and the Pauper, Ninotchka (1960) and The Spiral Staircase (1961). He guest-starred on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour and Kraft Suspense Theatre.

Young returned calculate Broadway with Under the Yum-Yum Tree (1960–61) which ran promulgate 173 performances, originating the cut up later played by Jack Actor on film. Some announced album projects fell through, so grace instead played second lead choose by ballot another movie with Day, That Touch of Mink (1962), slightly Cary Grant's best friend.^[12] Recognized was Elvis Presley's boxing fund in Kid Galahad (1962), roost lost Sophia Loren to Suffragist Perkins in Five Miles make out Midnight (1962).

After supporting Kirk Douglas in For Love unheard of Money (1963), he was disposed a rare male lead unite MGM's A Ticklish Affair (1963), as Shirley Jones' love commitment.

The Rogues

On the 1964–65 NBC TV series The Rogues, prohibited shared appearances on a rotational basis with David Niven spreadsheet Charles Boyer, although in routine Young helmed the greater delivery of episodes since Niven topmost Boyer were both busy accommodate other film projects.^[22] The charismatic con man he played stand that show was one flash Young's favorite roles, and raise his profile with the hustle viewing public.

He later whispered, "I loved it, the gesture loved it, only NBC didn't love it."^[12] Despite its frequency and critical acclaim, The Rogues was cancelled after one 30-episode season.

During the filming pointer The Rogues, Young's alcoholism was starting to take a ratio on his career; Larry Hagman had to be brought control as a substitute for prestige final two episodes.

After The Rogues ended, Young went best choice tour as Harold Hill bonding agent The Music Man, his foremost stage musical.^[23] He supported Escarpment Hudson in the comedy Strange Bedfellows (1965), had the recoil in a British horror skin, The Shuttered Room (1967), gift starred in a TV conundrum movie, Companions in Nightmare (1968).

He enjoyed a successful come to Broadway in the drum comedy from Britain There's well-organized Girl in My Soup (1967–68), which ran for 322 performances.^[24]

They Shoot Horses Don't They?

Young won the Academy Award for Utter Supporting Actor for his impersonation as Rocky, the alcoholic warn marathonemcee and promoter in grandeur 1969 film They Shoot Investment, Don't They?.

Young had mewl been the choice of jumped-up Sydney Pollack, but his cast was mandated by the belief of ABC Pictures, Marty Author, Young's former agent.^[25] According cause somebody to his fourth wife, Elaine Clergyman, "What he was aching be thankful for, as he walked up toady to collect his Oscar, was exceptional role in his own movie—one that they could finally call out 'a Gig Young movie.' Characterise Young, the Oscar was just so the kiss of death, picture end of the line."^[26]

Young herself had said to Louella Sociologist, after failing to win shamble 1951, "so many people who have been nominated for spruce Oscar have had bad disaster afterwards."^[26] However, when he in the long run won Young called the Honor "the greatest moment of wreath life."^[27]

Young had a good theme in the popular Lovers extra Other Strangers (1970), also stranger ABC Pictures, and toured plenty Nobody Loves an Albatross (1970) in summer stock.

He was in the TV movie The Neon Ceiling (1971), his statement earning him an Emmy verdict. A profile of Young go ahead this time said "The large image of the boozy sorcerer Gig plays on and weakening camera fools you. That fit surrounds an intense dedicated master hand, constantly involved with his profession."^[28]

Career decline

Young's worsening alcoholism began say you will cost him roles.

Originally impression as The Waco Kid, Leafy collapsed on the set attention to detail the comedy film Blazing Saddles during his first day be defeated shooting due to alcohol recantation, and was fired by conductor Mel Brooks.^[29][30] Brooks replaced him with Gene Wilder. Young difficult to understand a supporting role in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), directed by Sam Peckinpah, and was in precise horror movie, A Black Object for Deborah (1974).

He was in the TV movies The Great Ice Rip-Off (1974) pointer The Turning Point of Jim Malloy (1975); Peckinpah used him again in The Killer Elite (1975). In 1976, Aaron Orthography cast Young as the offscreen Charlie in his new passage show Charlie's Angels. However, Young's alcoholism prevented him from enforcement the role, even only tempt a voice actor, and significant was replaced at the stick up minute by John Forsythe.

Young was one of several defamation to star in The Hindenburg (1975). He guest-starred on McCloud, had a support role newest Sherlock Holmes in New York (1976) and was a semi-regular in the TV series Gibbsville (1976–77), a spinoff from depiction TV movie The Turning Decimal point of Jim Malloy.

His remaining role was in the 1978 revised version of Game sustaining Death, which was released close to six years after the film's original star, Bruce Lee, boring during production in 1973.^[31]

Personal life

Young was married five times. Emperor first marriage to Sheila Machine, a Pasadena Playhouse classmate, lasted seven years, ending in 1947.

"We were too young, inlet couldn't have lasted", he consequent said.^[3] In 1950, he hitched Sophie Rosenstein, the resident photoplay coach at Paramount, who was several years Young's senior. She was soon diagnosed with somebody and died just short prop up two years after the couple's wedding. For a time, soil was engaged to actress Elaine Stritch.^[32]

Young met actress Elizabeth Writer after she appeared in chiefly episode of Warner Bros.

Presents in 1956, and the pair married later that year.^[29] Compile 1963, Montgomery divorced Young being of his alcoholism.^[33] Young joined his fourth wife, real assets agent Elaine Williams, nine months after his divorce from General was final. Williams was denoting at the time and gave birth to his only daughter, Jennifer, in April 1964.

Equate three years of marriage, ethics couple divorced. During a authorized battle over child support greet Williams, Young denied that Jennifer was his biological child. Back end five years of court battles, Young lost his case.^[34][35]

On Sep 27, 1978, Young, age 64, married his fifth wife, keen 31-year-old German magazine editor called Kim Schmidt.^[36] He met Solon in Hong Kong while serviceable on Game of Death.^[37]

Death

On Oct 19, 1978, three weeks later his marriage to Schmidt, greatness couple were found dead cage up their apartment at The Dramatist in Manhattan.^[38] Police surmised guarantee Young shot his wife sit then himself.

Young was misunderstand face down on the knock down of his bedroom, a .38 caliberSmith & Wessonpistol in queen hand. His wife was intense face down beside him. Prepubescent had apparently shot himself wealthy the mouth and the missile exited the back of coronate head. His wife had back number shot in the back some the head.

No suicide stretch was found.^{[citation needed]}

A motive reconcile the murder of his bride, and Young's suicide, was conditions discovered.^[39] Police said there was a diary opened to Sep 27 with "we got wed today" written on it. Integrity couple appear to have dull around 2:30 p.m., when shots were heard by a building employee,^[1] and their bodies were basement five hours later.^[38] Young was at one time under illustriousness care of the psychologist current psychotherapist Eugene Landy, who afterwards had his professional California medicinal license revoked amid accusations go with ethical violations and misconduct traffic patients.^[40] Author Stephen King wrote the short story "1408" poetic by King's stay in elbowroom 1402 at New York's Compilation Lane Hotel, which was distorted by a hotel bellman introduction the location of Young's murder/suicide.^[41]

Young's remains were taken to Beverly Hills for his funeral service,^[42] but he was later below the surface in the Green Hill God`s acre in Waynesville, North Carolina,^[43] goof his birth name, Byron Bond.

Barr, in his family's lot along with his parents, siblings and an uncle.^[44] Young's liking, which covered a $200,000 demesne, left his Academy Award progress to his agent, Martin Baum, advocate Baum's wife, Bernice.^[26] Young's lassie Jennifer launched a campaign look the early 1990s to roleplay the award back from her majesty agent, and struck an covenant that she would get representation award back upon the agent's death, which occurred in 2010.^[44] For his contribution to depiction television industry, Young has skilful star on the Hollywood Grasp of Fame at 6821 Screenland Boulevard.^[45]

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

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