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Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American film, stage, and television actor.

Young was married five times, one of his wives being Creator/ElizabethMontgomery of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' fame. On October 19, 1978, three weeks after his 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 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, 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.

* ''Film/AskAnyGirl'' (1959)

* ''Film/{{For Love or Money|1963}}'' (1963)

* ''Film/TheTanksAreComing'' (1941)(as Byron Barr)
* ''Film/AirForce'' (1943)

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 dance-marathon emcee in the 1969 film ''Film/TheyShootHorsesDontThey''.

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

Young was married five times, one of his wives being Creator/ElizabethMontgomery of ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' fame. On October 19, 1978, three weeks after his marriage to a 31-year-old German woman named Kim Schmidt, police found the couple dead at home in their Manhattan apartment; 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 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, 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.

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Born in St. Cloud, Minnesota and raised in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., Young studied acting at the 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, 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.

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Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American film, stage, and television actor. Known mainly for supporting roles, in particular playing the RomanticFalseLead in both serious and comedic films, Young won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a dance-marathon emcee in the 1969 film ''Film/TheyShootHorsesDontThey''.

* ''Film/{{Strange Bedfellows|1965}}'' (1965)

* ''Literature/TheThreeMusketeers'' (1948)

* ''Film/StrangeBedfellows'' (1965)

* ''Film/FiveMilesToMidnight'' (1963)

* ''Series/{{The Twilight Zone|1959}}'' (1959, episode "Walking Distance")