This article is about the American actor Byron Barr who assumed the name Gig Young. For the American actor born in Iowa, see Byron Barr.
Gig Young
Young in 1964
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, 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)
Elizabeth Montgomery
(m. 1956; div. 1963)
Elaine Williams
(m. 1963; div. 1966)
Kim Schmidt
(m. 1978; died 1978)
Children
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Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actor.
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come Fill the Cup (1952) and Teacher's Pet (1959), finally winning that award for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969).
In 1978, Young murdered his 31-year old wife three weeks after their wedding before turning the gun on himself and committing suicide at the age of 64.[1]
^Arneberg, Marianne; Schindler, Jean (October 20, 1978). "Cops Say Actor Kills Wife, Self". Newsday. p. 7. Retrieved October 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
GigYoung (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American stage, film, and television actor. He was nominated for the...
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comedy film directed by Delbert Mann, and starring Cary Grant, Doris Day, GigYoung and Audrey Meadows. Cathy Timberlake, a New York career woman looking...
comedy Bedtime Story (1964) with Marlon Brando. In 1964, Charles Boyer, GigYoung and top-billed Niven appeared in the Four Star series The Rogues. Niven...
Francisco. The cast also stars Mako, Arthur Hill, Bo Hopkins, Burt Young and GigYoung. Tom Clancy and Tiana Alexandra appear in their film debuts. The...
less than a year later. She was married to Academy Award winning actor GigYoung from 1956 to 1963 and then she was married to director-producer William...
Renée Taylor and Joseph Bologna. The cast includes Richard S. Castellano, GigYoung, Cloris Leachman, Anne Jackson, Bea Arthur, Bonnie Bedelia, Michael Brandon...
Ludwig, produced by Edmund Grainger and starring John Wayne, Gail Russell, GigYoung, Adele Mara and Luther Adler. It is based upon the 1946 novel of the same...
Celebrities who obtained a Mexican divorce include Elizabeth Montgomery (from GigYoung), Johnny Carson, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Burton, William S. Burroughs...
Island) is a 1967 British horror film directed by David Greene and starring GigYoung and Carol Lynley. It is based on the 1959 short story of the same name...
Teacher's Pet (1958) alongside Clark Gable and GigYoung. She costarred with Richard Widmark and GigYoung in the romantic comedy film The Tunnel of Love...
is also an actor. His middle name was inspired by the American actor GigYoung. Beesley has studied at the Chetham's School of Music, and at the Guildhall...
Jagger and GigYoung) and several who have been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, including Bruce Lee himself, Jagger, Young (in his final...
nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor losing to GigYoung for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? "I'm the hottest thing in Hollywood...
1940 play of the same title. The film stars Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, GigYoung, John Loder, Dolores Moran, Roscoe Karns and Anne Revere. In 1924, author...
noir thrillers such as the cult classic City That Never Sleeps (with GigYoung, Mala Powers and Marie Windsor), and later in her career, she acted in...
starring Raymond Burr. Young also produced the television show, The Rogues, in 1964–65, starring Charles Boyer, David Niven, GigYoung, Robert Coote, and...
unexamined. Doris Day as Isolde Poole Richard Widmark as Augie Poole GigYoung as Dick Pepper Gia Scala as Estelle Novick Elisabeth Fraser as Alice Pepper...
starring Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Donald Crisp, GigYoung (who adopted his character's name as his screen name) and Nancy Coleman...
Kowalski, and starring Warren Oates and Isela Vega, with Robert Webber, GigYoung, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernández and Kris Kristofferson in supporting...
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