A. Arnold Gillespie

Personal Info

Known For Crew

Gender Male

Birthday 1899-10-14

Deathday 1978-05-03 (78 years old)

Place of Birth El Paso, Texas, USA

Also Known As Arnold Gillespie , Buddy Gillespie, Albert Arnold Gillespie , A.Arnold Gillespie

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

Crew

1961
Atlantis: The Lost Continent

as Special Effects

1960
Cimarron

as Special Effects

1960
Bells Are Ringing

as Special Effects

1959
Green Mansions

as Special Effects

1959
North by Northwest

as Special Effects

1959
Ben-Hur

as Special Effects

1957
Gun Glory

as Special Effects

1957
Jailhouse Rock

as Special Effects

1957
Don't Go Near the Water

as Special Effects

1957
The Wings of Eagles

as Special Effects

1957
Ten Thousand Bedrooms

as Special Effects

1956
The Great American Pastime

as Special Effects

1956
Forbidden Planet

as Special Effects

1956
Gaby

as Special Effects

1956
The Power and the Prize

as Special Effects

1956
The Opposite Sex

as Special Effects

1956
High Society

as Special Effects

1955
Jupiter's Darling

as Special Effects

1954
Her Twelve Men

as Special Effects

1954
The Last Time I Saw Paris

as Special Effects

1954
Rose Marie

as Special Effects

1954
Green Fire

as Special Effects

1954
Executive Suite

as Special Effects

1954
1953
Battle Circus

as Special Effects

1953
I Love Melvin

as Special Effects

1953
Bright Road

as Special Effects

1953
1953
Young Bess

as Special Effects

1953
Jeopardy

as Special Effects

1952
Desperate Search

as Special Effects

1952
Fearless Fagan

as Special Effects

1952
Carbine Williams

as Special Effects

1952
Glory Alley

as Special Effects

1952
The Wild North

as Special Effects

1952
Scaramouche

as Special Effects

1952
Invitation

as Special Effects

1952
Young Man with Ideas

as Special Effects

1952
The Bad and the Beautiful

as Special Effects

1952
Talk About a Stranger

as Special Effects

1952
The Merry Widow

as Special Effects

1951
Inside Straight

as Special Effects

1951
The Strip

as Special Effects

1951
The Tall Target

as Special Effects

1951
Callaway Went Thataway

as Special Effects

1951
Quo Vadis

as Special Effects

1951
Three Guys Named Mike

as Special Effects

1951
Soldiers Three

as Special Effects

1951
Angels in the Outfield

as Special Effects

1950
Kim

as Special Effects

1950
To Please a Lady

as Special Effects

1950
The Reformer and the Redhead

as Special Effects

1950
Annie Get Your Gun

as Special Effects

1950
The Magnificent Yankee

as Special Effects

1950
The Yellow Cab Man

as Special Effects

1950
The Outriders

as Special Effects

1949
The Stratton Story

as Special Effects

1949
Adam's Rib

as Special Effects

1948
The Kissing Bandit

as Special Effects

1947
The Sea of Grass

as Special Effects

1947
Desire Me

as Special Effects

1947
The Hucksters

as Special Effects

1947
Green Dolphin Street

as Special Effects

1946
Up Goes Maisie

as Special Effects

1946
Lady in the Lake

as Special Effects

1945
Son of Lassie

as Special Effects

1945
They Were Expendable

as Special Effects

1944
Mrs. Parkington

as Special Effects

1944
An American Romance

as Special Effects

1944
The White Cliffs of Dover

as Special Effects

1943
A Guy Named Joe

as Special Effects

1943
The Man from Down Under

as Special Effects

1943
Bataan

as Special Effects

1942
Mrs. Miniver

as Special Effects

1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure

as Special Effects

1940
Boom Town

as Special Effects

1940
Comrade X

as Special Effects

1939
The Wizard of Oz

as Special Effects

1938
Test Pilot

as Special Effects

1938
Too Hot to Handle

as Special Effects

1933
Night Flight

as Special Effects

1925
1923
Adam's Rib

as Special Effects

Art

1937
Captains Courageous

as Art Direction

1937
The Good Earth

as Assistant Art Director

1935
Mutiny on the Bounty

as Assistant Art Director

1934
Tarzan and His Mate

as Art Direction

1934
Laughing Boy

as Art Direction

1934
Operator 13

as Art Direction

1928
The Crowd

as Settings

1927
Buttons

as Set Designer

1926
Upstage

as Art Direction

1926
La Bohème

as Settings

1926
The Blackbird

as Settings

1926

Visual Effects

1964
The Unsinkable Molly Brown

as Visual Effects

1963
The Prize

as Visual Effects

1962
How the West Was Won

as Visual Effects

1962
Mutiny on the Bounty

as Visual Effects

1947
Green Dolphin Street

as Visual Effects

1944
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Visual Effects

1944
Maisie Goes to Reno

as Visual Effects

Actor

1990