Arnold Gillespie - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

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1926 - 1965

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October 14, 1899 in El Paso, TX

by Hal Erickson biography

Known as "Buddy" to friends and colleagues, A. Arnold Gillespie was educated at Columbia University and the Arts Students League. Entering films in 1922, Gillespie was an art director at MGM from 1924 to 1936. Thereafter, and until his retirement in the 1960s, he was in charge of the studio's special effects department. A. Arnold Gillespie received Academy Awards for his supervision of the matte, miniature, and back projection work on 30 Seconds Over Tokyo (1943), Green Dolphin Street (1947), Plymouth Adventure (1952) and Ben-Hur (1959)--and though he didn't win an award for Forbidden Planet (1956) the film was one of his best.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
The Greatest Story Ever Told Special Effects	1965
The Unsinkable Molly Brown Special Effects	1964
The Prize Special Effects	1963
Billy Rose's Jumbo Special Effects	1962
How the West Was Won Special Effects	1962
Mutiny on the Bounty Special Effects	1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Special Effects	1962
Atlantis, the Lost Continent Special Effects	1961
Cimarron Special Effects	1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Special Effects	1960
Ben-Hur Special Effects	1959
Green Mansions Special Effects	1959
North by Northwest Special Effects	1959
The Wreck of the Mary Deare Special Effects	1959
Run Silent, Run Deep Special Effects	1958
Torpedo Run Special Effects	1958
Jailhouse Rock Special Effects	1957
The Wings of Eagles Special Effects	1957
Forbidden Planet Special Effects	1956
High Society Special Effects	1956
The Great American Pastime Special Effects	1956
The Opposite Sex Special Effects	1956
The Power and the Prize Special Effects	1956
Diane Special Effects	1955
The Prodigal Special Effects	1955
Executive Suite Special Effects	1954
Green Fire Special Effects	1954
Her Twelve Men Special Effects	1954
Rhapsody Special Effects	1954
Rogue Cop Special Effects	1954
Rose Marie Special Effects	1954
The Last Time I Saw Paris Special Effects	1954
The Long, Long Trailer Special Effects	1954
Valley of the Kings Special Effects	1954
All the Brothers Were Valiant Special Effects	1953
Battle Circus Special Effects	1953
Cry of the Hunted Special Effects	1953
Dream Wife Special Effects	1953
Latin Lovers Special Effects	1953
Ride, Vaquero! Special Effects	1953
Young Bess Special Effects	1953
Above and Beyond Special Effects	1952
Fearless Fagan Special Effects	1952
Glory Alley Special Effects	1952
Just This Once Special Effects	1952
Lovely to Look At Special Effects	1952
Scaramouche Special Effects	1952
The Bad and the Beautiful Special Effects	1952
The Girl in White Special Effects	1952
The Merry Widow Special Effects	1952
The Plymouth Adventure Special Effects	1952
Young Man with Ideas Special Effects	1952
Go for Broke! Special Effects	1951
No Questions Asked Special Effects	1951
Quo Vadis? Special Effects	1951
Texas Carnival Special Effects	1951
The Light Touch Special Effects	1951
The People Against O'Hara Special Effects	1951
The Strip Special Effects	1951
The Tall Target Special Effects	1951
A Lady without Passport Special Effects	1950
Annie Get Your Gun Special Effects	1950
Crisis Special Effects	1950
Dial 1119 Special Effects	1950
It's a Big Country Special Effects	1950
Key to the City Special Effects	1950
Kim Special Effects	1950
Nancy Goes to Rio Special Effects	1950
Pagan Love Song Special Effects	1950
Side Street Special Effects	1950
The Magnificent Yankee Special Effects	1950
The Yellow Cab Man Special Effects	1950
To Please a Lady Special Effects	1950
Watch the Birdie Special Effects	1950
Adam's Rib Special Effects	1949
East Side, West Side Special Effects	1949
Malaya Special Effects	1949
Scene of the Crime Special Effects	1949
The Bribe Special Effects	1949
The Secret Garden Special Effects	1949
The Stratton Story Special Effects	1949
Homecoming Special Effects	1948
On an Island with You Special Effects	1948
State of the Union Special Effects	1948
The Kissing Bandit Special Effects	1948
Cass Timberlane Special Effects	1947
Green Dolphin Street Special Effects	1947
The Beginning or the End Special Effects	1947
The High Barbaree Special Effects	1947
The High Wall Special Effects	1947
The Hucksters Special Effects	1947
The Sea of Grass Special Effects	1947
This Time for Keeps Special Effects	1947
Lady in the Lake Special Effects	1946
The Green Years Special Effects	1946
Up Goes Maisie Special Effects	1946
Our Vines Have Tender Grapes Special Effects	1945
Son of Lassie Special Effects	1945
The Clock Special Effects	1945
The Valley of Decision Special Effects	1945
They Were Expendable Special Effects	1945
This Man's Navy Special Effects	1945
What Next, Corporal Hargrove? Special Effects	1945
Without Love Special Effects	1945
Yolanda and the Thief Special Effects	1945
A Guy Named Joe Special Effects	1944
An American Romance Special Effects	1944
Kismet Special Effects	1944
Mrs. Parkington Special Effects	1944
The Seventh Cross Special Effects	1944
The White Cliffs of Dover Special Effects	1944
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Special Effects	1944
Bataan Special Effects	1943
Pilot No. 5 Special Effects	1943
Song of Russia Special Effects	1943
The Heavenly Body Special Effects	1943
The Man from Down Under Special Effects	1943
Electric Earthquake Animator	1942
I Married an Angel Special Effects	1942
Mrs. Miniver Special Effects	1942
Stand by for Action Special Effects	1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure Special Effects	1942
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy Animator	1941
The Bugle Sounds Special Effects	1941
Boom Town Special Effects	1940
Comrade X Special Effects	1940
Flight Command Special Effects	1940
The Wizard of Oz Special Effects	1939
Test Pilot Special Effects	1938
Too Hot to Handle Special Effects	1938
Captains Courageous Art Director	1937
The Good Earth Art Director	1937
San Francisco Art Director, Special Effects	1936
Mutiny on the Bounty Art Director	1935
Evelyn Prentice Art Director	1934
Fugitive Lovers Art Director	1934
Operator 13 Art Director	1934
Night Flight Special Effects	1933
The Crowd Art Director, Set Designer	1928
The Divine Woman Set Designer	1928
The Latest from Paris Art Director, Set Designer	1928
Altars of Desire Set Designer	1927
London After Midnight Set Designer	1927
The Fair Co-Ed Production Designer	1927
Brown of Harvard Art Director	1926
La Bohème Set Designer	1926
Tell It to the Marines Production Designer, Set Designer	1926
The Black Bird Set Designer	1926
The Road to Mandalay Art Director	1926

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