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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.
Academy Awards
Best Special Effects
Known For
North by Northwest
(1959)
Special Effects
Ben-Hur
(1959)
Special Effects
The Wizard of Oz
(1939)
Special Effects
Forbidden Planet
(1956)
Special Effects
Quo Vadis
(1951)
Special Effects
High Society
(1956)
Special Effects
Scaramouche
(1952)
Special Effects
Mrs. Miniver
(1942)
Special Effects
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
(1954)
Special Effects
Cimarron
(1960)
Special Effects
Kim
(1950)
Special Effects
The Last Time I Saw Paris
(1954)
Special Effects
The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952)
Special Effects
Adam's Rib
(1949)
Special Effects
Desire Me
(1947)
Special Effects
Executive Suite
(1954)
Special Effects
Full Filmography
Crew
Adam's Rib
(1923)
Special Effects
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925)
Special Effects
Night Flight
(1933)
Special Effects
Test Pilot
(1938)
Special Effects
Too Hot to Handle
(1938)
Special Effects
The Wizard of Oz
(1939)
Special Effects
Boom Town
(1940)
Special Effects
Comrade X
(1940)
Special Effects
Mrs. Miniver
(1942)
Special Effects
Tarzan's New York Adventure
(1942)
Special Effects
The Man from Down Under
(1943)
Special Effects
Bataan
(1943)
Special Effects
A Guy Named Joe
(1943)
Special Effects
An American Romance
(1944)
Special Effects
The White Cliffs of Dover
(1944)
Special Effects
Mrs. Parkington
(1944)
Special Effects
They Were Expendable
(1945)
Special Effects
Son of Lassie
(1945)
Special Effects
Lady in the Lake
(1946)
Special Effects
Up Goes Maisie
(1946)
Special Effects
Desire Me
(1947)
Special Effects
Green Dolphin Street
(1947)
Special Effects
The Sea of Grass
(1947)
Special Effects
The Kissing Bandit
(1948)
Special Effects
Adam's Rib
(1949)
Special Effects
The Stratton Story
(1949)
Special Effects
To Please a Lady
(1950)
Special Effects
Kim
(1950)
Special Effects
The Magnificent Yankee
(1950)
Special Effects
The Reformer and the Redhead
(1950)
Special Effects
Annie Get Your Gun
(1950)
Special Effects
The Yellow Cab Man
(1950)
Special Effects
Inside Straight
(1951)
Special Effects
Callaway Went Thataway
(1951)
Special Effects
The Strip
(1951)
Special Effects
The Tall Target
(1951)
Special Effects
Angels in the Outfield
(1951)
Special Effects
Quo Vadis
(1951)
Special Effects
Three Guys Named Mike
(1951)
Special Effects
Soldiers Three
(1951)
Special Effects
The Bad and the Beautiful
(1952)
Special Effects
Talk About a Stranger
(1952)
Special Effects
Desperate Search
(1952)
Special Effects
Carbine Williams
(1952)
Special Effects
Fearless Fagan
(1952)
Special Effects
Glory Alley
(1952)
Special Effects
The Wild North
(1952)
Special Effects
Scaramouche
(1952)
Special Effects
Invitation
(1952)
Special Effects
Young Man with Ideas
(1952)
Special Effects
Bright Road
(1953)
Special Effects
Battle Circus
(1953)
Special Effects
I Love Melvin
(1953)
Special Effects
All the Brothers Were Valiant
(1953)
Special Effects
Jeopardy
(1953)
Special Effects
Young Bess
(1953)
Special Effects
Executive Suite
(1954)
Special Effects
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
(1954)
Special Effects
Her Twelve Men
(1954)
Special Effects
The Last Time I Saw Paris
(1954)
Special Effects
Rose Marie
(1954)
Special Effects
Green Fire
(1954)
Special Effects
Jupiter's Darling
(1955)
Special Effects
Gaby
(1956)
Special Effects
The Opposite Sex
(1956)
Special Effects
High Society
(1956)
Special Effects
The Great American Pastime
(1956)
Special Effects
Forbidden Planet
(1956)
Special Effects
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
(1957)
Special Effects
Gun Glory
(1957)
Special Effects
Jailhouse Rock
(1957)
Special Effects
Don't Go Near the Water
(1957)
Special Effects
The Wings of Eagles
(1957)
Special Effects
Green Mansions
(1959)
Special Effects
North by Northwest
(1959)
Special Effects
Ben-Hur
(1959)
Special Effects
Bells Are Ringing
(1960)
Special Effects
Cimarron
(1960)
Special Effects
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
(1961)
Special Effects
Acting
Art
Upstage
(1926)
Art Direction
The Blackbird
(1926)
Settings
Tell It to the Marines
(1926)
Settings
La Bohème
(1926)
Settings
Buttons
(1927)
Set Designer
The Crowd
(1928)
Settings
Tarzan and His Mate
(1934)
Art Direction
Laughing Boy
(1934)
Art Direction
Operator 13
(1934)
Art Direction
Mutiny on the Bounty
(1935)
Assistant Art Director
Captains Courageous
(1937)
Art Direction
The Good Earth
(1937)
Assistant Art Director
Visual Effects
Maisie Goes to Reno
(1944)
Visual Effects
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
(1944)
Visual Effects
Green Dolphin Street
(1947)
Visual Effects
How the West Was Won
(1962)
Visual Effects
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(1962)
Visual Effects
The Prize
(1963)
Visual Effects
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
(1964)
Visual Effects