
Gus Schilling
Biography
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.
Acting (49 movies)

Citizen Kane
1941

The Lady from Shanghai
1947

Hit Parade of 1951
1950

On Dangerous Ground
1951

It Started with Eve
1941

You Were Never Lovelier
1942

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943

Our Very Own
1950

Broadway
1942

One Big Affair
1952

Calendar Girl
1947

It's a Pleasure
1945

Gasoline Alley
1951

Bigger Than Life
1956

There's One Born Every Minute
1942

Appointment for Love
1941

Ain't Love Cuckoo?
1946

Lucky Devils
1941

Dangerous Business
1946

Angel on the Amazon
1948

The Magnificent Ambersons
1942

Rebel Without a Cause
1955

Touch of Evil
1958

Sing a Jingle
1944

Larceny with Music
1943

Run for Cover
1955

Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940

Pop Always Pays
1940

Chatterbox
1943

Hers to Hold
1943

Pardon My Terror
1946

Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940

A Thousand and One Nights
1945

Lady Bodyguard
1943

Bride for Sale
1949

She Couldn't Say No
1954

Macbeth
1948

Dr. Kildare's Victory
1942

The Return of October
1948

Honeychile
1951

Presenting Lily Mars
1943

Ice-Capades
1941

See My Lawyer
1945

River Gang
1945

Hellzapoppin'
1941

The Penalty
1941

Stork Bites Man
1947

Glory
1956

Executive Suite
1954
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