A. Arnold Gillespie

A. Arnold Gillespie

  • Birthday: 1899-10-14
  • Deathday: 1978-05-03
  • Place of birth: El Paso, Texas, USA
  • Also know as: 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.

Filmography

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic

1990

As Self (archive footage)

Production

The Crowd

1928

As Settings

Upstage

1926

As Art Direction

Tarzan and His Mate

1934

As Art Direction

Captains Courageous

1937

As Art Direction

The Blackbird

1926

As Settings

Tell It to the Marines

1926

As Settings

La Bohème

1926

As Settings

Laughing Boy

1934

As Art Direction

Operator 13

1934

As Art Direction

Buttons

1927

As Set Designer

The Good Earth

1937

As Assistant Art Director

Mutiny on the Bounty

1935

As Assistant Art Director

The Wizard of Oz

1939

As Special Effects

Adam's Rib

1949

As Special Effects

Green Mansions

1959

As Special Effects

An American Romance

1944

As Special Effects

Test Pilot

1938

As Special Effects

North by Northwest

1959

As Special Effects

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

As Special Effects

Inside Straight

1951

As Special Effects

Desire Me

1947

As Special Effects

Atlantis: The Lost Continent

1961

As Special Effects

Boom Town

1940

As Special Effects

Bright Road

1953

As Special Effects

The Kissing Bandit

1948

As Special Effects

Gaby

1956

As Special Effects

The Man from Down Under

1943

As Special Effects

Too Hot to Handle

1938

As Special Effects

Adam's Rib

1923

As Special Effects

Executive Suite

1954

As Special Effects

The Bad and the Beautiful

1952

As Special Effects

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

1954

As Special Effects

Comrade X

1940

As Special Effects

Night Flight

1933

As Special Effects

The Opposite Sex

1956

As Special Effects

Bataan

1943

As Special Effects

The White Cliffs of Dover

1944

As Special Effects

Talk About a Stranger

1952

As Special Effects

Lady in the Lake

1946

As Special Effects

They Were Expendable

1945

As Special Effects

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

1957

As Special Effects

Bells Are Ringing

1960

As Special Effects

High Society

1956

As Special Effects

Green Dolphin Street

1947

As Special Effects

The Stratton Story

1949

As Special Effects

Up Goes Maisie

1946

As Special Effects

The Great American Pastime

1956

As Special Effects

Mrs. Parkington

1944

As Special Effects

Mrs. Miniver

1942

As Special Effects

A Guy Named Joe

1943

As Special Effects

Gun Glory

1957

As Special Effects

Battle Circus

1953

As Special Effects

Desperate Search

1952

As Special Effects

Jupiter's Darling

1955

As Special Effects

The Sea of Grass

1947

As Special Effects

Her Twelve Men

1954

As Special Effects

Carbine Williams

1952

As Special Effects

To Please a Lady

1950

As Special Effects

Jailhouse Rock

1957

As Special Effects

I Love Melvin

1953

As Special Effects

Don't Go Near the Water

1957

As Special Effects

Son of Lassie

1945

As Special Effects

Tarzan's New York Adventure

1942

As Special Effects

Callaway Went Thataway

1951

As Special Effects

The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954

As Special Effects

Kim

1950

As Special Effects

Fearless Fagan

1952

As Special Effects

Cimarron

1960

As Special Effects

The Strip

1951

As Special Effects

The Tall Target

1951

As Special Effects

The Wings of Eagles

1957

As Special Effects

The Magnificent Yankee

1950

As Special Effects

All the Brothers Were Valiant

1953

As Special Effects

Glory Alley

1952

As Special Effects

The Wild North

1952

As Special Effects

Jeopardy

1953

As Special Effects

Angels in the Outfield

1951

As Special Effects

The Reformer and the Redhead

1950

As Special Effects

Ben-Hur

1959

As Special Effects

Annie Get Your Gun

1950

As Special Effects

Rose Marie

1954

As Special Effects

Quo Vadis

1951

As Special Effects

How the West Was Won

1962

As Visual Effects

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

1964

As Visual Effects

Maisie Goes to Reno

1944

As Visual Effects

The Prize

1963

As Visual Effects

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

1944

As Visual Effects

Green Dolphin Street

1947

As Visual Effects

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