8.0
8.0
Citizen Kane
1941
as John
Gus Schilling
Acting
Born:June 20, 1908
Died:June 16, 1957(aged 48)
Birthplace:New York City, New York, USA
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CommunityBiography
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.
Filmography (50 movies)
7.3
7.3
The Lady from Shanghai
1947
as Goldfish
7.2
7.2
Macbeth
1948
as A Porter
7.2
7.2
Bigger Than Life
1956
as Druggist (uncredited)
7.2
7.2
Hellzapoppin'
1941
as Orchestra Conductor
7.2
7.2
There's One Born Every Minute
1942
as Professor Asa Quisenberry
7.2
7.2
It Started with Eve
1941
as Raven
7.0
7.0
You Were Never Lovelier
1942
as Fernando
6.9
6.9
Hers to Hold
1943
as Rosey Blake
6.7
6.7
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
6.6
6.6
Run for Cover
1955
as Doc Ridgeway
6.6
6.6
On Dangerous Ground
1951
as Lucky
6.0
6.0
Bride for Sale
1949
as Timothy
6.0
6.0
See My Lawyer
1945
as J. Ambrose Winkler aka Winky
6.0
6.0
One Big Affair
1952
as Mr. Rush
6.0
6.0
The Penalty
1941
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Honeychile
1951
as Window Washer
6.0
6.0
Hit Parade of 1951
1950
as Studio Guide
5.8
5.8
A Thousand and One Nights
1945
as Jafar
5.8
5.8
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942
as Leo Cobb
5.8
5.8
The Return of October
1948
as Benny
5.6
5.6
She Couldn't Say No
1954
as Ed Gruman
5.5
5.5
Ice-Capades
1941
as Dave
5.5
5.5
Broadway
1942
as Joe
5.5
5.5
Gasoline Alley
1951
as Joe Allen
5.4
5.4
Calendar Girl
1947
as Eddie Gaskin
5.4
5.4
Appointment for Love
1941
as Gus
5.4
5.4
Our Very Own
1950
as Frank
5.0
5.0
Glory
1956
as Joe Page
4.8
4.8
Angel on the Amazon
1948
as Dean Hartley
4.7
4.7
It's a Pleasure
1945
as Bill Evans
4.6
4.6
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Hotel Desk Clark
4.0
4.0
Lady Bodyguard
1943
as Bughouse Sweeney
4.0
4.0
Larceny with Music
1943
as Austin J. Caldwell
1.0
1.0
Lucky Devils
1941
as Aloysius Grimshaw
Chatterbox
1943
as Gillie
Dangerous Business
1946
as Alexander Pough
He's in Again
1949
as Gus
Training for Trouble
1947
as Gus Schilling
Stork Bites Man
1947
as Hubert Butterfield
Hot Water
1946
as Gus
Wedding Belle
1947
as Gus Schilling
Pardon My Lamb Chop
1948
as Gus
Two Nuts in a Rut
1948
as Gus Schilling, Lane's assistant
Pardon My Terror
1946
as Gus
River Gang
1945
as Dopey Charlie
High Blood Pleasure
1945
as Gus
Ain't Love Cuckoo?
1946
as Gus Schilling
Flung by a Fling
1949
as Capt. Gus Schilling
Sing a Jingle
1944
as Bucky
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