Gus Schilling
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 20, 1908
- Died
- Jun 16, 1957 (aged 48)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Credits
- 57
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
Citizen Kane
1941Movie
John
Rebel Without a Cause
1955Movie
Attendant (uncredited)
Touch of Evil
1958Movie
Eddie Farnham (uncredited)
The Lady from Shanghai
1947Movie
Goldfish
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942Movie
Drug Clerk (uncredited)
Macbeth
1948Movie
A Porter
Filmography
Touch of Evil
1958Movie
Eddie Farnham (uncredited)
Bigger Than Life
1956Movie
Druggist (uncredited)
Glory
1956Movie
Joe Page
Rebel Without a Cause
1955Movie
Attendant (uncredited)
Run for Cover
1955Movie
Doc Ridgeway
Executive Suite
1954Movie
Newsstand Vendor (uncredited)
She Couldn't Say No
1954Movie
Ed Gruman
One Big Affair
1952Movie
Mr. Rush
On Dangerous Ground
1951Movie
Lucky
Honeychile
1951Movie
Window Washer
Gasoline Alley
1951Movie
Joe Allen
Hit Parade of 1951
1950Movie
Studio Guide
Our Very Own
1950Movie
Frank
Bride for Sale
1949Movie
Timothy
Flung by a Fling
1949Movie
Capt. Gus Schilling
He's in Again
1949Movie
Gus
Angel on the Amazon
1948Movie
Dean Hartley
The Return of October
1948Movie
Benny
Macbeth
1948Movie
A Porter
Pardon My Lamb Chop
1948Movie
Gus
Two Nuts in a Rut
1948Movie
Gus Schilling, Lane's assistant
The Lady from Shanghai
1947Movie
Goldfish
Wedding Belle
1947Movie
Gus Schilling
Training for Trouble
1947Movie
Gus Schilling
Stork Bites Man
1947Movie
Hubert Butterfield
Calendar Girl
1947Movie
Eddie Gaskin
Pardon My Terror
1946Movie
Gus
Hot Water
1946Movie
Gus
Dangerous Business
1946Movie
Alexander Pough
Ain't Love Cuckoo?
1946Movie
Gus Schilling
High Blood Pleasure
1945Movie
Gus
River Gang
1945Movie
Dopey Charlie
A Thousand and One Nights
1945Movie
Jafar
See My Lawyer
1945Movie
J. Ambrose Winkler aka Winky
It's a Pleasure
1945Movie
Bill Evans
Sing a Jingle
1944Movie
Bucky
Larceny with Music
1943Movie
Austin J. Caldwell
Hers to Hold
1943Movie
Rosey Blake
Presenting Lily Mars
1943Movie
Scotty - Stage Manager
Chatterbox
1943Movie
Gillie
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943Movie
Lady Bodyguard
1943Movie
Bughouse Sweeney
You Were Never Lovelier
1942Movie
Fernando
The Magnificent Ambersons
1942Movie
Drug Clerk (uncredited)
There's One Born Every Minute
1942Movie
Professor Asa Quisenberry
Broadway
1942Movie
Joe
Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942Movie
Leo Cobb
Hellzapoppin'
1941Movie
Orchestra Conductor
Appointment for Love
1941Movie
Gus
It Started with Eve
1941Movie
Raven
Ice-Capades
1941Movie
Dave
Citizen Kane
1941Movie
John
The Penalty
1941Movie
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Lucky Devils
1941Movie
Aloysius Grimshaw
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940Movie
Orderly Cleaning Window
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940Movie
Hotel Desk Clark
Pop Always Pays
1940Movie
City Dump Watchman