History Creator / GigYoung

** In ''Film/OnlyTheValiant'', he loses Creator/BarbaraPayton to Creator/GregoryPeck. (Bonus points for "losing" here via getting killed by Apache.)

** ''Film/FiveMilesToMidnight'' offers a subversion, in which he courts Creator/SophiaLoren only to discover that she is married to Creator/AnthonyPerkins. [[spoilers:It ends up going nowhere as Loren ends up running over the blackmailing Perkins.]]

Known mainly for supporting roles, in particular for playing the RomanticFalseLead in both serious and comedic films, Young won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a jaded dance-marathon emcee in the 1969 film ''Film/TheyShootHorsesDontThey''.

Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., he studied acting at the famed Pasadena Playhouse, where he was discovered (along with Creator/GeorgeReeves) by a Creator/WarnerBros talent scout while performing in a play. After getting signed to the studio he had bit parts in a number of films, in which he was either uncredited or credited as Byron Barr. In 1942, he appeared in ''The Gay Sisters'' as a character named "Gig Young", and he was so well received that the studio subsequently encouraged him to adapt that as his permanent StageName.

Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., he studied acting at the famed Pasadena Playhouse, where he was discovered (along with Creator/GeorgeReeves) by a Creator/WarnerBros talent scout while performing in a play. After getting signed to the studio he had bit parts in a number of films, in which he was either uncredited or credited as Byron Barr. In 1942, he appeared in ''The Gay Sisters'' as a character named "Gig Young", and was so well received that the studio subsequently encouraged him to adapt that as his permanent StageName.

Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., he studied acting at the famed Pasadena Playhouse, where he was discovered (along with Creator/GeorgeReeves) by a Creator/WarnerBros talent scout while performing in a play. After being signed to the studio he had bit parts in a number of films, in which he was either uncredited or credited as Byron Barr. In 1942, he appeared in ''The Gay Sisters'' as a character named "Gig Young", and was so well received that the studio subsequently encouraged him to adapt that as his permanent StageName.

Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., Young studied acting at the famed Pasadena Playhouse, where he was discovered (along with Creator/GeorgeReeves) by a Creator/WarnerBros talent scout while performing in a play. After being signed to the studio he had bit parts in a number of films, in which he was either uncredited or credited as Byron Barr. In 1942, he appeared in ''The Gay Sisters'' as a character named "Gig Young", and was so well received that the studio subsequently encouraged him to adapt that as his permanent StageName.

* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' ([[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E5WalkingDistance 1 episode]], 1959) as Martin Sloan

Young was married five times, one of his wives being Creator/ElizabethMontgomery of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' fame. On October 19, 1978, three weeks after his fifth marriage--to a 31-year-old German woman named Kim Schmidt--police found the couple dead at home in their Manhattan apartment from gunshot wounds; it was determined that Young had shot his wife and then turned the gun on himself.

Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., Young studied acting at the famed Pasadena Playhouse, where he was discovered (along with Creator/GeorgeReeves) by a Creator/WarnerBros talent scout while performing in a play. After being signed to the studio he had bit parts in a number of movies, in which he was either uncredited or credited as Byron Barr. In 1942, he appeared in ''The Gay Sisters'' as a character named "Gig Young", and was so well received that the studio subsequently encouraged him to adapt that as his permanent StageName.

* ''Film/TooYoungToKiss'' (1951) as John Tirsen

* ''[[Film/TeachersPet1958 Teacher's Pet]]'' (1958) as Dr. Hugo Pine

* ''Film/RearWindow'' (1954) as Gunnison - Jeff's Editor (voice, uncredited)

* ''Film/RearWindow'' (1954) as Gunnison – Jeff's Editor (voice, uncredited)

* ''Film/RearWindow'' (1954) as Jeff's Editor (voice, uncredited)

Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., Young studied acting at the famed Pasadena Playhouse and was discovered by a Creator/WarnerBros talent scout (along with Creator/GeorgeReeves) while performing in a play there. After getting signed to the studio he had bit parts in a number of movies, in which he was either uncredited or credited as Byron Barr. Then, in 1942, he appeared in ''The Gay Sisters'' playing a character named "Gig Young", and was so well received that the studio subsequently encouraged him to adapt that as his permanent StageName.

Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., Young studied acting at the famed Pasadena Playhouse and was discovered by a Creator/WarnerBros talent scout (along with Creator/GeorgeReeves) while performing in a play there. After getting signed to the studio he had bit parts in a number of films, in which he was either uncredited or credited as Byron Barr. Then, in 1942, he appeared in ''The Gay Sisters'' playing a character named "Gig Young", and was so well received that the studio subsequently encouraged him to adapt that as his permanent StageName.

Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., Young studied acting at the famed Pasadena Playhouse and was discovered by a Creator/WarnerBros talent scout (along with Creator/GeorgeReeves) while performing in a play there. After getting signed to the studio he had bit parts in a number of films, in which he was either uncredited or credited as Byron Barr; in 1942 he appeared in ''The Gay Sisters'' playing a character named "Gig Young", and was so well received that the studio subsequently encouraged him to adapt that as his permanent StageName.

!!Works with pages on TV Tropes:

[[folder:Films]]
* ''Film/TheTanksAreComing'' (1941) (as Byron Barr)
* ''Film/OldAcquaintance'' (1943)
* ''Film/EscapeMeNever'' (1947)
* ''Literature/TheWomanInWhite'' (1948)
* ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1948}}'' (1948)
* ''Film/LustForGold'' (1949)
* ''Film/OnlyTheValiant'' (1951)
* ''Film/TooYoungToKiss'' (1951)
* ''Film/{{Arena|1953}}'' (1953)
* ''Film/{{Torch Song|1953}}'' (1953)
* ''Film/RearWindow'' (1954, voice, uncredited)
* ''Film/{{Young at Heart|1955}}'' (1955)
* ''Film/TheDesperateHours'' (1955)
* ''Film/DeskSet'' (1957)
* ''[[Film/TeachersPet1958 Teacher's Pet]]'' (1958)
* ''Film/ThatTouchOfMink'' (1962)
* ''Film/FiveMilesToMidnight'' (1962)
* ''Film/ATicklishAffair'' (1963)
* ''Film/{{Strange Bedfellows|1965}}'' (1965)
* ''Film/TheyShootHorsesDontThey'' (1969)
* ''Film/BringMeTheHeadOfAlfredoGarcia'' (1974)
* ''Film/TheKillerElite'' (1975)
* ''Film/{{The Hindenburg|1975}}'' (1975)
* ''Film/SherlockHolmesInNewYork'' (1976)
* ''Film/GameOfDeath'' (1978)

[[folder:TV series]]
* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' (1959, episode "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS1E5WalkingDistance Walking Distance]]")
* ''[[Series/AlfredHitchcockPresents The Alfred Hitchcock Hour]]'' (1962, episode "A Piece of the Action")
* ''Series/KraftSuspenseTheatre'' (1963, episode "The End of the World, Baby")
* ''Series/McCloud'' (1976, episode "The Day New York Turned Blue")

Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., Young studied acting at the famed Pasadena Playhouse and was discovered, along with Creator/GeorgeReeves, by a Creator/WarnerBros talent scout while appearing in a play. After getting signed with the studio he had bit parts in a number of films, in which he was either uncredited or credited as Byron Barr; in 1942 he appeared in ''The Gay Sisters'' playing a character named "Gig Young", and was so well received that the studio encouraged him to adapt that as his permanent StageName.