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Gus Schilling
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Gus Schilling

1908 – 1957 · New York City, New York, USA · Active 1940–1958

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 b...

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Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941 ★ 7.9
as John

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

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Filmography

57 credits
1950s 13 credits
1958
Touch of Evil as Eddie Farnham (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.7
1956
Bigger Than Life as Druggist (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.2
1956
Glory as Joe Page
Movie ★ 5.7
1955
Rebel Without a Cause as Attendant (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.5
1955
Run for Cover as Doc Ridgeway
Movie ★ 6.8
1954
Movie ★ 5.7
1954
Executive Suite as Newsstand Vendor (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1952
One Big Affair as Mr. Rush
Movie ★ 7.0
1951
Movie ★ 6.6
1951
Gasoline Alley as Joe Allen
Movie ★ 5.8
1951
Honeychile as Window Washer
Movie ★ 7.5
1950
Hit Parade of 1951 as Studio Guide
Movie ★ 6.5
1950
Movie ★ 5.9
1940s 44 credits
1949
Flung by a Fling as Capt. Gus Schilling
Movie ★ 10.0
1949
Movie ★ 8.0
1949
Bride for Sale as Timothy
Movie ★ 7.0
1948
Movie ★ 7.0
1948
Two Nuts in a Rut as Gus Schilling, Lane's assistant
Movie ★ 10.0
1948
Angel on the Amazon as Dean Hartley
Movie ★ 5.5
1948
Macbeth as A Porter
Movie ★ 7.3
1948
Movie ★ 6.4
1947
Movie ★ 7.4
1947
Calendar Girl as Eddie Gaskin
Movie ★ 5.6
1947
Wedding Belle as Gus Schilling
Movie ★ 10.0
1947
Stork Bites Man as Hubert Butterfield
Movie ★ 10.0
1947
Training for Trouble as Gus Schilling
Movie ★ 8.0
1946
Movie ★ 9.0
1946
Ain't Love Cuckoo? as Gus Schilling
Movie ★ 7.0
1946
Dangerous Business as Alexander Pough
Movie ★ 9.0
1946
Movie ★ 7.0
1945
It's a Pleasure as Bill Evans
Movie ★ 5.2
1945
Movie ★ 6.1
1945
See My Lawyer as J. Ambrose Winkler aka Winky
Movie ★ 7.3
1945
River Gang as Dopey Charlie
Movie ★ 9.0
1945
Movie ★ 9.0
1944
Movie ★ 7.0
1943
Movie ★ 6.7
1943
Larceny with Music as Austin J. Caldwell
Movie ★ 5.3
1943
Chatterbox as Gillie
Movie ★ 10.0
1943
Hers to Hold as Rosey Blake
Movie ★ 7.0
1943
Lady Bodyguard as Bughouse Sweeney
Movie ★ 6.0
1943
Presenting Lily Mars as Scotty - Stage Manager
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
Movie ★ 7.1
1942
Broadway as Joe
Movie ★ 6.4
1942
There's One Born Every Minute as Professor Asa Quisenberry
Movie ★ 7.9
1942
The Magnificent Ambersons as Drug Clerk (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.3
1942
Movie ★ 6.2
1941
Movie ★ 8.0
1941
Movie ★ 7.2
1941
Movie ★ 5.8
1941
Lucky Devils as Aloysius Grimshaw
Movie ★ 4.0
1941
Movie ★ 5.9
1941
Hellzapoppin' as Orchestra Conductor
Movie ★ 7.2
1941
The Penalty as Bank Teller (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.4
1940
Dr. Kildare's Crisis as Orderly Cleaning Window
Movie ★ 6.7
1940
Pop Always Pays as City Dump Watchman
Movie ★ 7.0
1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West as Hotel Desk Clark
Movie ★ 5.0