Biography
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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.
Filmography
all 104
Movies 104
self 2
Director 2
Self - Interviewee

Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004)
Movie
Self (archive footage)

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic (1990)
Movie
Visual Effects

The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
Movie
Visual Effects

The Prize (1963)
Movie
Visual Effects

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Movie
Visual Effects

How the West Was Won (1962)
Movie
6
Visual Effects

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
Movie
Special Effects

Atlantis: The Lost Continent (1961)
Movie
Special Effects

Cimarron (1960)
Movie
Special Effects

Bells Are Ringing (1960)
Movie
Special Effects

Ben-Hur (1959)
Movie
5.95
Special Effects

North by Northwest (1959)
Movie
6.11
Special Effects

Green Mansions (1959)
Movie
Special Effects

Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
Movie
Special Effects

Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Movie
Special Effects

Gun Glory (1957)
Movie
Special Effects

Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)
Movie
Special Effects

The Wings of Eagles (1957)
Movie
6
Special Effects

The Great American Pastime (1956)
Movie
Special Effects

The Opposite Sex (1956)
Movie
Special Effects

The Power and the Prize (1956)
Movie
Special Effects

High Society (1956)
Movie
6
Special Effects

Gaby (1956)
Movie
Special Effects

Forbidden Planet (1956)
Movie
5.67
Special Effects

Jupiter's Darling (1955)
Movie
Special Effects

Green Fire (1954)
Movie
Special Effects

The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)
Movie
Special Effects

Her Twelve Men (1954)
Movie
Special Effects

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Movie
4
Special Effects

Executive Suite (1954)
Movie
Special Effects

Rose Marie (1954)
Movie
Special Effects

All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)
Movie
6
Special Effects

Young Bess (1953)
Movie
Special Effects

Bright Road (1953)
Movie
Special Effects

Jeopardy (1953)
Movie
Special Effects

I Love Melvin (1953)
Movie
Special Effects

Battle Circus (1953)
Movie
Special Effects

The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Movie
7
Special Effects

Desperate Search (1952)
Movie
Special Effects

The Merry Widow (1952)
Movie
Special Effects

Fearless Fagan (1952)
Movie
Special Effects

Glory Alley (1952)
Movie
Special Effects

Scaramouche (1952)
Movie
Special Effects

Young Man with Ideas (1952)
Movie
Special Effects

Carbine Williams (1952)
Movie
Special Effects

Talk About a Stranger (1952)
Movie
6.91
Special Effects

Invitation (1952)
Movie
Special Effects

The Wild North (1952)
Movie
Special Effects

Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
Movie
Special Effects

Quo Vadis (1951)
Movie
6
Special Effects

Angels in the Outfield (1951)
Movie
Special Effects

The Strip (1951)
Movie
6
Special Effects

The Tall Target (1951)
Movie
Special Effects

Soldiers Three (1951)
Movie
Special Effects

Three Guys Named Mike (1951)
Movie
Special Effects

Inside Straight (1951)
Movie
Special Effects

The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
Movie
Special Effects

Kim (1950)
Movie
Special Effects

To Please a Lady (1950)
Movie
Special Effects

Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
Movie
5.5
Special Effects

The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
Movie
Special Effects

The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Movie
Special Effects

The Outriders (1950)
Movie
Special Effects

Adam's Rib (1949)
Movie
6.13
Special Effects

The Stratton Story (1949)
Movie
Special Effects

The Kissing Bandit (1948)
Movie
Special Effects

Desire Me (1947)
Movie
Special Effects

The Hucksters (1947)
Movie
Special Effects

The Sea of Grass (1947)
Movie
Visual Effects / Special Effects

Green Dolphin Street (1947)
Movie
Special Effects

Lady in the Lake (1946)
Movie
Special Effects

Up Goes Maisie (1946)
Movie
Special Effects

They Were Expendable (1945)
Movie
6
Special Effects

Son of Lassie (1945)
Movie
5
Visual Effects

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)
Movie
Special Effects

Mrs. Parkington (1944)
Movie
Visual Effects

Maisie Goes to Reno (1944)
Movie
Special Effects

The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Movie
6
Special Effects

An American Romance (1944)
Movie
Special Effects

A Guy Named Joe (1943)
Movie
Special Effects

The Man from Down Under (1943)
Movie
Special Effects

Bataan (1943)
Movie
Special Effects

Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Movie
Special Effects

Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
Movie
4.2
Special Effects

Comrade X (1940)
Movie
Special Effects

Boom Town (1940)
Movie
Special Effects

The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Movie
5.77
Special Effects

Too Hot to Handle (1938)
Movie
Special Effects

Test Pilot (1938)
Movie
Art Direction

Captains Courageous (1937)
Movie
5
Assistant Art Director

The Good Earth (1937)
Movie
Assistant Art Director

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
Movie
4.33
Art Direction

Operator 13 (1934)
Movie
Art Direction

Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
Movie
4.17
Art Direction

Laughing Boy (1934)
Movie
Special Effects

Night Flight (1933)
Movie
6.17
Settings

The Crowd (1928)
Movie
2
Set Designer

Buttons (1927)
Movie
Art Direction

Upstage (1926)
Movie
Settings

La Bohème (1926)
Movie
4
Settings

The Blackbird (1926)
Movie
6
Special Effects

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Movie
6
Special Effects

Adam's Rib (1923)
Movie
Information
Known ForCrew
GenderMale
Birthday1899-10-14
Deathday1978-05-03 (78 years old)
Birth NameAlbert Arnold Gillespie
Birth PlaceEl Paso, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
Also Known As Arnold Gillespie , Buddy Gillespie, Albert Arnold Gillespie , A.Arnold Gillespie
AwardsAcademy Award for Best Special Effects
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