Robert Gist: Robert Gist. Actor: Strangers on a Train. Robert Gist was a tough kid who grew up around the Chicago stockyards during the Depression. Reform school-bound after injuring another boy in a fistfight, Gist instead ended up in Chicago's Hull House, a settlement house where he first became interested in acting. Work in Chicago radio was followed by stage acting roles in Chicago and on Broadway (in the long-running "Harvey" with...
Known For: Strangers on a Train (Det. Leslie Hennessey), Operation Petticoat (Lt. Watson), Naked City (Director), The Twilight Zone (Director)