Cast & creator
A. Arnold Gillespie
Best known for The Wizard of Oz, Ben-Hur, North by Northwest
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.
Also known as: Arnold Gillespie , Buddy Gillespie, Albert Arnold Gillespie , A.Arnold Gillespie
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1923–1990 · acting roles
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average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (111)
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The Wizard of Oz
Special Effects
1939
Ben-Hur
Special Effects
1959
North by Northwest
Special Effects
1959
Forbidden Planet
Special Effects
1956
Quo Vadis
Special Effects
1951
How the West Was Won
Visual Effects
1962
Hollywood
Self
1980
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Special Effects
1954
High Society
Special Effects
1956
Mutiny on the Bounty
Visual Effects
1962
Meet Me in St. Louis
Special Effects
1944
Scaramouche
Special Effects
1952
Jailhouse Rock
Special Effects
1957
Mutiny on the Bounty
Assistant Art Director
1935
Mrs. Miniver
Special Effects
1942
Adam's Rib
Special Effects
1949
Angels in the Outfield
Special Effects
1951
Tarzan and His Mate
Art Direction
1934
The Bad and the Beautiful
Special Effects
1952
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Visual Effects
1944
Green Mansions
Special Effects
1959
The Wings of Eagles
Special Effects
1957
The Last Time I Saw Paris
Special Effects
1954
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Special Effects
1925
Annie Get Your Gun
Special Effects
1950
Desire Me
Special Effects
1947
The Sea of Grass
Special Effects
1947
Lady in the Lake
Special Effects
1946
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Special Effects
1942
Captains Courageous
Art Direction
1937
Bells Are Ringing
Special Effects
1960
Executive Suite
Special Effects
1954
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Visual Effects
1964
The Prize
Visual Effects
1963
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Visual Effects
1962
They Were Expendable
Special Effects
1945
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
Special Effects
1961
A Guy Named Joe
Special Effects
1944
Cimarron
Special Effects
1960
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
Self (archive footage)
1990
Too Hot to Handle
Special Effects
1938
The Harvey Girls
Visual Effects
1946
To Please a Lady
Special Effects
1950
Young Bess
Special Effects
1953
The White Cliffs of Dover
Special Effects
1944
The Good Earth
Assistant Art Director
1937
All the Brothers Were Valiant
Special Effects
1953
The Merry Widow
Special Effects
1952
Ride, Vaquero!
Special Effects
1953
Boom Town
Special Effects
1940
Carbine Williams
Special Effects
1952
The Crowd
Settings
1928
The Opposite Sex
Special Effects
1956
The Kissing Bandit
Special Effects
1948
Soldiers Three
Special Effects
1951
Son of Lassie
Special Effects
1945
Don't Go Near the Water
Special Effects
1957
The Reformer and the Redhead
Special Effects
1950
Comrade X
Special Effects
1940
Devil's Doorway
Special Effects
1950
Buttons
Set Designer
1927
Green Fire
Special Effects
1954
Her Twelve Men
Special Effects
1954
The Power and the Prize
Special Effects
1956
Jupiter's Darling
Special Effects
1955
Kim
Special Effects
1950
Three Guys Named Mike
Special Effects
1951
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
Special Effects
1957
Test Pilot
Special Effects
1938
Mrs. Parkington
Special Effects
1944
The Outriders
Special Effects
1950
The Stratton Story
Special Effects
1949
Bataan
Special Effects
1943
The Great American Pastime
Special Effects
1956
Green Dolphin Street
Visual Effects
1947Green Dolphin Street
Special Effects
1947
The Hucksters
Special Effects
1947
Gun Glory
Special Effects
1957
The Wild North
Special Effects
1952
Maisie Goes to Reno
Visual Effects
1944
Talk About a Stranger
Special Effects
1952
The Tall Target
Special Effects
1951
The Strip
Special Effects
1951
Jeopardy
Special Effects
1953
The Yellow Cab Man
Special Effects
1950
The Magnificent Yankee
Special Effects
1950
Rose Marie
Special Effects
1954
Young Man with Ideas
Special Effects
1952
I Love Melvin
Special Effects
1953
Battle Circus
Special Effects
1953
The Man from Down Under
Special Effects
1943
Watch the Birdie
Special Effects
1950
Operator 13
Art Direction
1934
Night Flight
Special Effects
1933
An American Romance
Special Effects
1944
Inside Straight
Special Effects
1951
The Blackbird
Settings
1926
Tell It to the Marines
Settings
1926
Texas Carnival
Visual Effects
1951
Gaby
Special Effects
1956
Glory Alley
Special Effects
1952
Invitation
Special Effects
1952
Fearless Fagan
Special Effects
1952
Callaway Went Thataway
Special Effects
1951
Up Goes Maisie
Special Effects
1946
La Bohème
Settings
1926
Bright Road
Special Effects
1953
Adam's Rib
Special Effects
1923
Laughing Boy
Art Direction
1934
Upstage
Art Direction
1926
Desperate Search
Special Effects
1952