Gig Young Movie Rankings
1
Gig Young scores a combined 2.9291 out of 4 stars for Desk Set
2.9291
The mysterious man hanging about at the research department of a big TV network proves to be engineer Richard Sumner, who's been ordered to keep his real purpose secret: computerizing the office. ... more about Desk Set
DVD from $7.31 
(6 sellers)
2
Gig Young scores a combined 2.9099 out of 4 stars for Young at Heart
2.9099
When Alex enters the lives of the musical Tuttle family, each of the three daughters falls for him. He is charming, good looking and personable. Laurie and Alex seem made for each other and become engaged. ... more about Young at Heart
DVD from $6.99 
(4 sellers)
3
Gig Young scores a combined 2.8903 out of 4 stars for Desperate Hours
2.8903
Dan Hilliard is a comfortable upper-middle-class executive with a wife and two children and a pleasant suburban home. His world seems quite in order, quite predictable. ... more about Desperate Hours
DVD from $4.94 
(4 sellers)
4
Gig Young scores a combined 2.8499 out of 4 stars for Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
2.8499
In 1974, Sam Peckinpah directed BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA, a film that is, even for Peckinpah, relentlessly bleak in its portrayal of life. Tellingly, it was one of the last films... ... more about Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
DVD from $6.09 
(7 sellers)
5
Gig Young scores a combined 2.7359 out of 4 stars for Air Force
2.7359
The Mary Ann, a B-17 Flying Fortress, takes off from California for Hawaii on a routine training flight on December 6, 1941. En route, they learn of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. ... more about Air Force
Not Available on DVD
6
Gig Young scores a combined 2.6460 out of 4 stars for Wake of the Red Witch
2.6460
Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch. ... more about Wake of the Red Witch
DVD from $3.00 
(2 sellers)
8
Gig Young scores a combined 2.6081 out of 4 stars for Three Musketeers
2.6081
The hectic adventures of D'Artagnan, a young provincial noble who just comes to Paris to enter the musketeers. He will meet action, love, hate, the king and the queen as his impetuousness gets him involved in political plots... ... more about Three Musketeers
DVD from $5.79 
(5 sellers)
9
Gig Young scores a combined 2.4756 out of 4 stars for Tunnel of Love
2.4756
The Pooles are unable to have a baby after years of trying. They apply to the Rock-A-Bye Adoption Agency, and are assigned Miss Novick as an investigator. ... more about Tunnel of Love
Not Available on DVD
10
Gig Young scores a combined 2.4632 out of 4 stars for They Shoot Horses
2.4632
A barbaric depression era dance marathon becomes the stage upon which a number of lost souls seek purpose in their lives, cheered on by a lifeless audience and m.c. ... more about They Shoot Horses
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
BAFTA Awards - Best Supporting Actor
Golden Globes, USA - Best Supporting Actor
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $5.50 
(4 sellers)
11
Gig Young scores a combined 2.4391 out of 4 stars for Teacher's Pet
2.4391
James Gannon, the hardboiled city editor of a newspaper, believes that the only way to learn the business is by way of the School of Hard Knocks, and has a very low regard for college-taught journalism, so he's not pleased when his managing editor orders ... more about Teacher's Pet
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Golden Globes, USA - Best Supporting Actor
DVD from $3.90 
(5 sellers)
12
Gig Young scores a combined 2.3903 out of 4 stars for Old Acquaintance
2.3903
Established serious author Kit inspires hometown pal Millie who writes a trashy novel published with Kit's help. Millie's husband Preston leaves her. Ten years of trashy novels later Millie tries to reconcile, but Preston is marrying another. ... more about Old Acquaintance
DVD from $6.99 
(5 sellers)
13
Gig Young scores a combined 2.3112 out of 4 stars for Ask Any Girl
2.3112
When naive young girl (Shirley MacLaine) goes to big city looking for a husband she lands a job in a marketing firm run by brothers David Niven and Gig Young. She convinces stodgy David Niven to market her as a potential wife to playboy Gig Young. ... more about Ask Any Girl
Not Available on DVD
14
Gig Young scores a combined 2.1605 out of 4 stars for Come Fill the Cup
2.1605
Alcoholic newspaperman Lew Marsh hits bottom, loses his job and is rehabilitated by Charley Dolan. After six years on the wagon he gets his job back and devotes himself to other recovering alcoholics. ... more about Come Fill the Cup
Actor Awards
Academy Awards, USA - Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Not Available on DVD
15
Gig Young scores a combined 2.0545 out of 4 stars for That Touch of Mink
2.0545
Cathy Timberlake is an old fashioned country girl who meets the man of her dreams, Philip Shayne, after his Rolls Royce splashes her with mud on her way to a job interview. Philip is a romantic businessman who is taken by Cathy's honest heart. ... more about That Touch of Mink
DVD from $4.99 
(5 sellers)
16
Gig Young scores a combined 2.0418 out of 4 stars for Torch Song
2.0418
Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there is one individual, Tye Graham, a blind pianist who may be able to break through her tough exterior. ... more about Torch Song
Not Available on DVD
18
Gig Young scores a combined 1.9551 out of 4 stars for Hunt the Man Down
1.9551
Dishwasher 'Bill Jackson' thwarts a robbery; resulting publicity fingers him as the 12-years-missing Richard Kinkaid, wanted for murder. ... more about Hunt the Man Down
Not Available on DVD
19
Gig Young scores a combined 1.9551 out of 4 stars for Story on Page One
1.9551
When Jo Morris' marriage turned sour and heartless, she found sympathy and companionship with widower Larry Ellis. ... more about Story on Page One
Not Available on DVD
21
Gig Young scores a combined 1.8766 out of 4 stars for Lust for Gold
1.8766
The tale of how immigrant Jacob Walz, the "Dutchman" (German) of Arizona's notorious Lost Dutchman gold mine, found treasure and love and lost them again. ... more about Lust for Gold
DVD from $3.95 
(5 sellers)
22
Gig Young scores a combined 1.7176 out of 4 stars for City That Never Sleeps
1.7176
Chicago cop Johnny Kelly, dissatisfied with his job and marriage, would like to run away with his stripper girlfriend Angel Face, but keeps getting cold feet. ... more about City That Never Sleeps
Not Available on DVD
24
Gig Young scores a combined 1.5989 out of 4 stars for Arena
1.5989
M-G-M's first 3-D production shot at a rodeo in Tucson, Arizona is a story surrounded by objects flying into the camera. ... more about Arena
Not Available on DVD
25
Gig Young scores a combined 1.4817 out of 4 stars for Hindenburg
1.4817
This film is a compendium of the facts and fiction of the events leading up to the disaster. For dramatic effect, Sabotage was chosen as the cause, rather than electricity lashing out at a couple of tons of hydrogen. ... more about Hindenburg
DVD from $3.92 
(1 sellers)
26
Gig Young scores a combined 1.3861 out of 4 stars for Killer Elite
1.3861
Mike Locken is one of the principle members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the C.I.A. and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. ... more about Killer Elite
DVD from $4.73 
(6 sellers)
27
Gig Young scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Strange Bedfellows
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In London, stuffy statesman Carter Harrison meets Toni, a Bohemian artist with a hot Italian temper. The two impulsively marry and then find that they disagree on everything. Shortly afterward they separate. ... more about Strange Bedfellows
DVD from $3.22 
(7 sellers)
29
Gig Young scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Escape Me Never
0.0001
It is Venice, 1900, and Fenella is engaged to composer Caryl Dubrok until she hears that an unmarried woman named Gemma and child is staying with a composer named Dubrok. So the engagement is off and so is she for the mountains. ... more about Escape Me Never
Not Available on DVD
31
Gig Young scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Gay Sisters
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Fiona, Evelyn and Susanna are sisters. Their mother dies on the Lusitania, their father is killed in France, they must manage their Fifth Avenue mansion by themselves. ... more about Gay Sisters
Not Available on DVD
32
Gig Young scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Girl Who Had Everything
0.0001
Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients. ... more about Girl Who Had Everything
Not Available on DVD
33
Gig Young scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Holiday for Sinners
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Three men, reared together in New Orleans, but whose paths have drifted apart, each face a crisis during the last weekend of Mardi Gras: Dr. ... more about Holiday for Sinners
Not Available on DVD
34
Gig Young scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Only the Valiant
0.0001
Capt. Richard Lance (Gregory Peck) is unjustly held responsible, by his men & girlfriend, for an Indian massacre death of beloved Lt. Holloway. Holloway (Gig Young) is killed while escorting a dangerous Indian chief to another fort's prison. ... more about Only the Valiant
Not Available on DVD
35
Gig Young scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Slaughter Trail
0.0001
Three outlaws rob the stage and then flee. When their horses give out they murder some Indians to get fresh ones. But this puts the Indians on the war path and they have to take refuge in an Army fort to avoid them. ... more about Slaughter Trail
Not Available on DVD
37
Gig Young scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Target Unknown
0.0001
In 1944, an American bomber squadron is tense and discontented from too many missions over France. Luck runs out for Capt. Stevens and his crew; they must bail out and are promptly taken prisoner. ... more about Target Unknown
Not Available on DVD
38
Gig Young scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Tarnished
0.0001
Not Available on DVD
41
Gig Young scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Too Young to Kiss
0.0001
Eric Wainwright (Van Johnson), a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter (June Allyson), a talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. ... more about Too Young to Kiss
Not Available on DVD
42
Gig Young scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for Woman in White
0.0001
A young painter stumbles upon an assortment of odd characters at an English estate where he has been hired to give art lessons to beautiful Laura Fairlie. ... more about Woman in White
Not Available on DVD
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Gig Young scores a combined 0.0001 out of 4 stars for You for Me
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Not Available on DVD
 
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Gig Young
Birthdate:
November 4, 1913
Death date:
October 19, 1978

Gig Young

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Career Span:

Decade
# Movies
Movie Score
1940s
9
total ranking of 2.5491  2.5491
1950s
20
total ranking of 2.4460  2.4460
1960s
8
total ranking of 2.0714  2.0714
1970s
6
total ranking of 1.8754  1.8754
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score:
2.4523
Gig Young is ranked overall as 2.4523 of of 4 stars
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