About

Known credits:
103
Birthday:
1899-10-14
Place of birth:
El Paso, Texas, USA
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A. Arnold Gillespie

Overview

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

Acting
1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average

Art
1937 Captains Courageous Art Art Direction 62
Fair
1937 The Good Earth Art Assistant Art Director 59
Average
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty Art Assistant Art Director 64
Fair
1934 Operator 13 Art Art Direction 58
Average
1934 Tarzan and His Mate Art Art Direction 60
Fair
1934 Laughing Boy Art Art Direction 58
Average
1928 The Crowd Art Settings 63
Fair
1927 Buttons Art Set Designer 58
Average
1926 Tell It to the Marines Art Settings 59
Average
1926 Upstage Art Art Direction 59
Average
1926 La Bohème Art Settings 59
Average
1926 The Blackbird Art Settings 59
Average

Crew
1961 Atlantis: The Lost Continent Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1960 Cimarron Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1960 Bells Are Ringing Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1959 Ben-Hur Crew Special Effects 75
Good
1959 North by Northwest Crew Special Effects 77
Good
1959 Green Mansions Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1957 Don't Go Near the Water Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1957 Jailhouse Rock Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1957 Gun Glory Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1957 Ten Thousand Bedrooms Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1957 The Wings of Eagles Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1956 The Great American Pastime Crew Special Effects N/A
N/A
1956 The Opposite Sex Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1956 The Power and the Prize Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1956 High Society Crew Special Effects 62
Fair
1956 Gaby Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1956 Forbidden Planet Crew Special Effects 68
Fair
1955 Jupiter's Darling Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1954 Green Fire Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1954 Her Twelve Men Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Crew Special Effects 65
Fair
1954 Executive Suite Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1954 Rose Marie Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1953 All the Brothers Were Valiant Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1953 Young Bess Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1953 Bright Road Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1953 Jeopardy Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1953 I Love Melvin Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1953 Battle Circus Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful Crew Special Effects 63
Fair
1952 Desperate Search Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1952 The Merry Widow Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1952 Fearless Fagan Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1952 Glory Alley Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1952 Scaramouche Crew Special Effects 60
Fair
1952 Young Man with Ideas Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1952 Carbine Williams Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1952 Talk About a Stranger Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1952 Invitation Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1952 The Wild North Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1951 Callaway Went Thataway Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1951 Quo Vadis Crew Special Effects 64
Fair
1951 Angels in the Outfield Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1951 The Strip Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1951 The Tall Target Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1951 Soldiers Three Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1951 Three Guys Named Mike Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1951 Inside Straight Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1950 The Magnificent Yankee Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1950 Kim Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1950 To Please a Lady Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1950 Annie Get Your Gun Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1950 The Reformer and the Redhead Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1950 The Yellow Cab Man Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1950 The Outriders Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1949 Adam's Rib Crew Special Effects 63
Fair
1949 The Stratton Story Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1948 The Kissing Bandit Crew Special Effects 58
Average
1947 Desire Me Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1947 The Hucksters Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1947 The Sea of Grass Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1947 Green Dolphin Street Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1946 Lady in the Lake Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1946 Up Goes Maisie Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1945 They Were Expendable Crew Special Effects 60
Fair
1945 Son of Lassie Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1944 Mrs. Parkington Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1944 The White Cliffs of Dover Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1944 An American Romance Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1943 A Guy Named Joe Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1943 The Man from Down Under Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1943 Bataan Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1942 Mrs. Miniver Crew Special Effects 62
Fair
1942 Tarzan's New York Adventure Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1940 Comrade X Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1940 Boom Town Crew Special Effects 60
Fair
1939 The Wizard of Oz Crew Special Effects 74
Good
1938 Too Hot to Handle Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1938 Test Pilot Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1933 Night Flight Crew Special Effects 59
Average
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Crew Special Effects 61
Fair
1923 Adam's Rib Crew Special Effects 58
Average

Visual Effects
1964 The Unsinkable Molly Brown Visual Effects Visual Effects 58
Average
1963 The Prize Visual Effects Visual Effects 60
Fair
1962 How the West Was Won Visual Effects Visual Effects 64
Fair
1962 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1947 Green Dolphin Street Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average
1944 Maisie Goes to Reno Visual Effects Visual Effects 59
Average