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A. Arnold Gillespie (1899–1978)

Special Effects | Visual Effects | Art Department

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His career at MGM was so long that he worked on the original Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and its remake Ben-Hur and the original Mutiny on the Bounty and its remake Mutiny on the Bounty. See more trivia »

Born:

Albert Arnold Gillespie
in El Paso, Texas, USA

Died:

(age 78) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1961 Atlantis, the Lost Continent (special effects)
 
1960 Cimarron (special effects)
 
1960 Bells Are Ringing (special effects)
 
1960 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (special effects)
 
1959 The Wreck of the Mary Deare (special effects)
 
1959 North by Northwest (special effects)
 
1959 Green Mansions (special effects)
 
1958 Torpedo Run (special effects)
 
1957 Don't Go Near the Water (special effects)
 
1957 Jailhouse Rock (special effects)
 
1957 Until They Sail (special effects)
 
1957 Tip on a Dead Jockey (special effects)
 
1957 Gun Glory (special effects)
 
1957 The Seventh Sin (special effects)
 
1957 Ten Thousand Bedrooms (special effects)
 
1957 The Wings of Eagles (special effects)
 
1956 The Great American Pastime (special effects)
 
1956 The Opposite Sex (special effects)
 
1956 The Power and the Prize (special effects)
 
1956 High Society (special effects)
 
1956 Gaby (special effects)
 
1956 Forbidden Planet (special effects)
 
1955 The Prodigal (special effects)
 
1954 Green Fire (special effects)
 
1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris (special effects)
 
1954 Rogue Cop (special effects)
 
1954 Her Twelve Men (special effects)
 
1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (special effects)
 
1954 Valley of the Kings (special effects)
 
1954 Men of the Fighting Lady (special effects)
 
1954 Prisoner of War (special effects)
 
1954 Executive Suite (special effects)
 
1954 Rhapsody (special effects)
 
1954 Rose Marie (special effects)
 
1953 The Long, Long Trailer (special effects)
 
1953 All the Brothers Were Valiant (special effects)
 
1953 Latin Lovers (special effects)
 
1953 Ride, Vaquero! (special effects)
 
1953 Arena (special effects)
 
1953 Dream Wife (special effects)
 
1953 A Slight Case of Larceny (special effects)
 
1953 Young Bess (special effects)
 
1953 Scandal at Scourie (special effects)
 
1953 Cry of the Hunted (special effects)
 
1953 Code Two (special effects)
 
1953 Bright Road (special effects)
 
1953 Jeopardy (special effects)
 
1953 I Love Melvin (special effects)
 
1953 Battle Circus (special effects)
 
1952 Above and Beyond (special effects)
 
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful (special effects)
 
1952 Sky Full of Moon (special effects)
 
1952 Million Dollar Mermaid (special effects)
 
1952 Desperate Search (special effects)
 
1952 Plymouth Adventure (special effects)
 
1952 Apache War Smoke (special effects)
 
1952 The Merry Widow (special effects)
 
1952 Fearless Fagan (special effects)
 
1952 Washington Story (special effects)
 
1952 Glory Alley (special effects)
 
1952 The Sellout (special effects)
 
1952 Lovely to Look at (special effects)
 
1952 The Girl in White (special effects)
 
1952 Scaramouche (special effects)
 
1952 Young Man with Ideas (special effects)
 
1952 Carbine Williams (special effects)
 
1952 Talk About a Stranger (special effects)
 
1952 Just This Once (special effects)
 
1952 Lone Star (special effects)
 
1952 Invitation (special effects)
 
1952 The Light Touch (special effects)
 
1952 The Wild North (special effects)
 
1951 It's a Big Country (special effects)
 
1951 The Unknown Man (special effects)
 
1951 Callaway Went Thataway (special effects)
 
1951 Quo Vadis (special effects - as A.Arnold Gillespie)
 
1951 Texas Carnival (special effects)
 
1951 Angels in the Outfield (special effects)
 
1951 The People Against O'Hara (special effects)
 
1951 The Strip (special effects)
 
1951 The Tall Target (special effects)
 
1951 Excuse My Dust (special effects)
 
1951 No Questions Asked (special effects)
 
1951 Go for Broke! (special effects)
 
1951 Soldiers Three (special effects)
 
1951 Inside Straight (special effects)
 
1951 Three Guys Named Mike (special effects)
 
1950 Pagan Love Song (special effects)
 
1950 The Magnificent Yankee (special effects)
 
1950 Watch the Birdie (special effects)
 
1950 Kim (special effects)
 
1950 Dial 1119 (special effects)
 
1950 To Please a Lady (special effects)
 
1950 Devil's Doorway (special effects)
 
1950 The Toast of New Orleans (special effects)
 
1950 A Lady Without Passport (special effects)
 
1950 Crisis (special effects)
 
1950 Annie Get Your Gun (special effects)
 
1950 The Reformer and the Redhead (special effects)
 
1950 The Yellow Cab Man (special effects)
 
1950 Side Street (special effects)
 
1950 Nancy Goes to Rio (special effects)
 
1950 The Outriders (special effects)
 
1950 Key to the City (special effects)
 
1949 Malaya (special effects)
 
1949 East Side, West Side (special effects)
 
1949 Adam's Rib (special effects)
 
1949 Scene of the Crime (special effects)
 
1949 The Secret Garden (special effects)
 
1949 The Stratton Story (special effects)
 
1949 The Bribe (special effects)
 
1948 Command Decision (special effects)
 
1948 The Kissing Bandit (special effects)
 
1948 Luxury Liner (special effects)
 
1948 On an Island with You (special effects)
 
1948 State of the Union (special effects)
 
1948 Homecoming (special effects)
 
1947 High Wall (special effects)
 
1947 Cass Timberlane (special effects)
 
1947 Desire Me (special effects)
 
1947 This Time for Keeps (special effects)
 
1947 Green Dolphin Street (special effects)
 
1947 The Hucksters (special effects)
 
1947 High Barbaree (special effects)
 
1947 The Sea of Grass (special effects)
 
1947 The Beginning or the End (special effects)
 
1947 Lady in the Lake (special effects)
 
1946 The Green Years (special effects)
 
1946 Up Goes Maisie (special effects)
 
1945 They Were Expendable (special effects)
 
1945 What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (special effects)
 
1945 Yolanda and the Thief (special effects)
 
1945 Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (special effects)
 
1945 The Valley of Decision (special effects)
 
1945 Son of Lassie (special effects)
 
1945 The Clock (special effects)
 
1945 Without Love (special effects)
 
1945 This Man's Navy (special effects)
 
1944 National Velvet (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1944 Meet Me in St. Louis (minatures and transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (special effects)
 
1944 Mrs. Parkington (special effects)
 
1944 An American Romance (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1944 The White Cliffs of Dover (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1944 The Heavenly Body (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1944 Song of Russia (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1943 A Guy Named Joe (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1943 The Man from Down Under (special effects)
 
1943 Salute to the Marines (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1943 Pilot #5 (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1943 Bataan (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1943 Assignment in Brittany (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1942 Stand by for Action (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1942 I Married an Angel (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1942 Mrs. Miniver (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1942 Tarzan's New York Adventure (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1942 The Bugle Sounds (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1940 Flight Command (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1940 Comrade X (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1940 Boom Town (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1939 The Wizard of Oz (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1938 Too Hot to Handle (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1938 Test Pilot (special effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1936 Tarzan Escapes (special effects - uncredited)
 
1936 San Francisco (special effects - uncredited)
 
1933 Night Flight (special effects - uncredited)
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (special effects)
 
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1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told (special visual effects)
 
1964 The Unsinkable Molly Brown (special visual effects)
 
1963 The Prize (special visual effects)
 
1962 Billy Rose's Jumbo (special visual effects)
 
1962 Mutiny on the Bounty (special visual effects)
 
1962 How the West Was Won (special visual effects - as A.Arnold Gillespie)
 
1962 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (special visual effects)
 
1959 Ben-Hur (special photographic effects)
 
1958 Run Silent Run Deep (special photographic effects - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1946 Adventure (short) (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1946 Three Wise Fools (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1946 Easy to Wed (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1946 Bad Bascomb (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice (miniatures - uncredited, transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1946 Two Sisters from Boston (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1946 The Hoodlum Saint (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1946 The Harvey Girls (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1945 The Sailor Takes a Wife (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1945 She Went to the Races (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1945 Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1945 Her Highness and the Bellboy (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1945 Ziegfeld Follies (miniatures - uncredited, transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1945 Dangerous Partners (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1945 Keep Your Powder Dry (camera operator: transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1945 The Thin Man Goes Home (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1944 Music for Millions (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1944 Marriage Is a Private Affair (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1944 Kismet (miniatures - uncredited, special photographic effects - uncredited, transparency shots - uncredited)
 
1944 Maisie Goes to Reno (transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1944 Dragon Seed (miniatures - uncredited)
 
1943 Cry 'Havoc' (miniatures and transparency projection shots - uncredited)
 
1939 The Wizard of Oz (visual effects supervisor - uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (22 titles)
1937 Captains Courageous (associate art director - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1937 The Good Earth (associate art director - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1936 San Francisco (associate art director - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1936 Speed (associate art director - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1936 Small Town Girl (associate art director - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1935 Last of the Pagans (associate art director - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty (associate art director - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1935 Naughty Marietta (associate art director - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1934 Evelyn Prentice (associate art director)
 
1934 Student Tour (associate art director - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1934 The Girl from Missouri (associate art director - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1934 Operator 13 (associate art director - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1927 Buttons (sets - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1927 Body and Soul (sets - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1927 Women Love Diamonds (sets - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1927 Altars of Desire (sets - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1926 Valencia (sets - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1926 There You Are! (sets - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1926 Brown of Harvard (sets - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1926 La bohème (settings - as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (set designer - uncredited)
 
1923 Adam's Rib (assistant art director)
 
Show ShowArt Director (10 titles)
1934 Tarzan and His Mate (as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1934 Laughing Boy (as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1934 Fugitive Lovers (as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1928 The Latest from Paris
 
1927 The Fair Co-Ed
 
1927 Heaven on Earth (as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1927 The Demi-Bride
 
1926 Upstage
 
1926 The Road to Mandalay
 
1926 Memory Lane (as Arnold Gillespie)
 
Show ShowSet Decorator (6 titles)
1928 The Crowd (settings / as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1928 The Divine Woman
 
1927 London After Midnight (settings / as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1926 Tell It to the Marines (settings / as Arnold Gillespie)
 
1926 Lovey Mary (settings)
 
1926 The Blackbird (settings / as Arnold Gillespie)
 
Show ShowSelf (1 title)
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Trick of the Light (1980) … Himself
– Autocrats (1980) … Himself
– Pioneers (1980) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2009 To Oz! The Making of a Classic (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2004 Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (TV documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
1990 The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (TV documentary)
Himself (as Buddy Gillespie)
 
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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

A.Arnold Gillespie | Arnold Gillespie | Buddy Gillespie

Height:

5' 9½" (1.77 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

His career at MGM was so long that he worked on the original Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ and its remake Ben-Hur and the original Mutiny on the Bounty and its remake Mutiny on the Bounty. See more »

Nickname:

Buddy See more »

Star Sign:

Libra