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A. Arnold Gillespie

Known For
Crew

Known Credits
1

Gender
Male

Birthday
October 14, 1899 (126 years old)

Place of Birth
El Paso, Texas, USA

A. Arnold Gillespie

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Albert Arnold "Buddy" Gillespie (October 14, 1899 – May 3, 1978) was an American cinema special effects artist.

He was born on October 14, 1899 in El Paso, Texas. Gillespie joined MGM as a set designer in 1925, a year after it was founded. He was educated at Columbia University and the Arts Students League. His first project was the silent film Ben-Hur, released that same year. He worked at the studio in various capacities until 1962. In 1936, he became the head of MGM's Special Effects Department.

He died on May 3, 1978 in Los Angeles, California.

Known For

Visual Effects

1964The Unsinkable Molly Brown...Visual Effects
1963The Prize...Visual Effects
1962Mutiny on the Bounty...Visual Effects
1962How the West Was Won...Visual Effects
1962The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse...Visual Effects
1951Texas Carnival...Visual Effects
1947Green Dolphin Street...Visual Effects
1946The Harvey Girls...Visual Effects
1944Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo...Visual Effects
1944Maisie Goes to Reno...Visual Effects

Crew

1961Atlantis: The Lost Continent...Special Effects
1960Cimarron...Special Effects
1960Bells Are Ringing...Special Effects
1959Ben-Hur...Special Effects
1959North by Northwest...Special Effects
1959Green Mansions...Special Effects
1957Don't Go Near the Water...Special Effects
1957Gun Glory...Special Effects
1957Ten Thousand Bedrooms...Special Effects
1957The Wings of Eagles...Special Effects
1957Jailhouse Rock...Special Effects
1956The Great American Pastime...Special Effects
1956The Opposite Sex...Special Effects
1956The Power and the Prize...Special Effects
1956High Society...Special Effects
1956Gaby...Special Effects
1956Forbidden Planet...Special Effects
1955Jupiter's Darling...Special Effects
1954Green Fire...Special Effects
1954The Last Time I Saw Paris...Special Effects
1954Her Twelve Men...Special Effects
1954Seven Brides for Seven Brothers...Special Effects
1954Executive Suite...Special Effects
1954Rose Marie...Special Effects
1953All the Brothers Were Valiant...Special Effects
1953Ride, Vaquero!...Special Effects
1953Young Bess...Special Effects
1953Bright Road...Special Effects
1953Jeopardy...Special Effects
1953I Love Melvin...Special Effects
1953Battle Circus...Special Effects
1952The Bad and the Beautiful...Special Effects
1952Desperate Search...Special Effects
1952The Merry Widow...Special Effects
1952Fearless Fagan...Special Effects
1952Glory Alley...Special Effects
1952Scaramouche...Special Effects
1952Young Man with Ideas...Special Effects
1952Carbine Williams...Special Effects
1952Talk About a Stranger...Special Effects
1952Invitation...Special Effects
1952The Wild North...Special Effects
1951Callaway Went Thataway...Special Effects
1951Quo Vadis...Special Effects
1951Angels in the Outfield...Special Effects
1951The Strip...Special Effects
1951The Tall Target...Special Effects
1951Soldiers Three...Special Effects
1951Inside Straight...Special Effects
1951Three Guys Named Mike...Special Effects
1950The Magnificent Yankee...Special Effects
1950Watch the Birdie...Special Effects
1950Kim...Special Effects
1950To Please a Lady...Special Effects
1950Devil's Doorway...Special Effects
1950Annie Get Your Gun...Special Effects
1950The Reformer and the Redhead...Special Effects
1950The Yellow Cab Man...Special Effects
1950The Outriders...Special Effects
1949Adam's Rib...Special Effects
1949The Stratton Story...Special Effects
1948The Kissing Bandit...Special Effects
1947Desire Me...Special Effects
1947The Hucksters...Special Effects
1947The Sea of Grass...Special Effects
1947Green Dolphin Street...Special Effects
1946Lady in the Lake...Special Effects
1946Up Goes Maisie...Special Effects
1945They Were Expendable...Special Effects
1945Son of Lassie...Special Effects
1944Meet Me in St. Louis...Special Effects
1944Mrs. Parkington...Special Effects
1944The White Cliffs of Dover...Special Effects
1944An American Romance...Special Effects
1944A Guy Named Joe...Special Effects
1943The Man from Down Under...Special Effects
1943Bataan...Special Effects
1942Mrs. Miniver...Special Effects
1942Tarzan's New York Adventure...Special Effects
1940Comrade X...Special Effects
1940Boom Town...Special Effects
1939The Wizard of Oz...Special Effects
1938Too Hot to Handle...Special Effects
1938Test Pilot...Special Effects
1933Night Flight...Special Effects
1925Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ...Special Effects
1923Adam's Rib...Special Effects

Art

1937Captains Courageous...Art Direction
1937The Good Earth...Assistant Art Director
1935Mutiny on the Bounty...Assistant Art Director
1934Operator 13...Art Direction
1934Tarzan and His Mate...Art Direction
1934Laughing Boy...Art Direction
1928The Crowd...Settings
1927Buttons...Set Designer
1926Tell It to the Marines...Settings
1926Upstage...Art Direction
1926La Bohème...Settings
1926The Blackbird...Settings

Acting

1990The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magicas Self (archive footage)