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Gig Young (November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American film, stage, and television actor. Known mainly for second leads and supporting roles, Young won an Academy Award for his performance as a slimy dance-marathon emcee in the 1969 film ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' An alcoholic, Young was implicated in the murder-suicide which resulted in the deaths of him and his wife in 1978. ==Early life and career== Born Byron Elsworth Barr in St. Cloud, Minnesota, he and his older siblings were raised by his parents, John and Emma Barr, in Washington initially,. When he was six, his family moved back to their hometown of Waynesville, North Carolina, where he was raised.〔(Gig Young's family grave & info )〕 He developed a passion for the theatre while appearing in high school plays, and after some amateur experience he applied for and received a scholarship to the acclaimed Pasadena Community Playhouse. While acting in ''Pancho'', a south-of-the-border play by Lowell Barrington, he and the leading actor in the play, George Reeves, were spotted by a Warner Brothers talent scout. Both actors were signed to supporting player contracts with the studio. His early work was uncredited or as Byron Barr (not to be confused with another actor with the same name, Byron Barr), but after appearing in the 1942 film ''The Gay Sisters'' as a character named "Gig Young", the studio decided that he should adopt this name professionally. Young appeared in supporting roles in numerous films during the 1940s, and came to be regarded as a popular and likable second lead, playing the brothers or friends of the principal characters. Young took a hiatus from his movie career and enlisted in the United States Coast Guard in 1941 where he served as a pharmacist's mate in the US Coast Guard until the end of World War II.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Coast Guard History: Gig Young )〕 In early 1942, in an uncredited bit part and nearly unseen, in his distinctive voice, he had one line, "How's the ice?", in the Bette Davis film ''The Man Who Came to Dinner''.〔http://www.whosdatedwho.com/tpx_655112/the-man-who-came-to-dinner/〕 Less than two years later, he played opposite her as her much-younger beau in ''Old Acquaintance''. After Young's return from the war, Warner Bros. dropped his option. He then began freelancing at various studios, eventually obtaining a contract with Columbia Pictures before returning to freelancing. During those years, Young began to play the type of role that he would become best known for, a sardonic but engaging and affable drunk. His dramatic work as an alcoholic in the 1951 film ''Come Fill the Cup'' with James Cagney and his comedic role as a tipsy but ultimately charming intellectual in ''Teacher's Pet'' starring Clark Gable and Doris Day earned him nominations for Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gig Young」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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