A. Arnold Gillespie
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.
The Stratton Story
(Special Effects)
The Crowd
(Settings)
Up Goes Maisie
(Special Effects)
The Great American Pastime
(Special Effects)
Adam's Rib
(Special Effects)
Mrs. Parkington
(Special Effects)
Mrs. Miniver
(Special Effects)
A Guy Named Joe
(Special Effects)
Green Mansions
(Special Effects)
Gun Glory
(Special Effects)
Battle Circus
(Special Effects)
Kim
(Special Effects)
Jupiter's Darling
(Special Effects)
Desperate Search
(Special Effects)
The Sea of Grass
(Special Effects)
Her Twelve Men
(Special Effects)
Fearless Fagan
(Special Effects)
An American Romance
(Special Effects)
Carbine Williams
(Special Effects)
To Please a Lady
(Special Effects)
Mutiny on the Bounty
(Assistant Art Director)
Jailhouse Rock
(Special Effects)
Cimarron
(Special Effects)
Don't Go Near the Water
(Special Effects)
I Love Melvin
(Special Effects)
Test Pilot
(Special Effects)
North by Northwest
(Special Effects)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(Special Effects)
The Prize
(Visual Effects)
The Reformer and the Redhead
(Special Effects)
Inside Straight
(Special Effects)
The Strip
(Special Effects)
Desire Me
(Special Effects)
Atlantis: The Lost Continent
(Special Effects)
Son of Lassie
(Special Effects)
The Tall Target
(Special Effects)
Tarzan's New York Adventure
(Special Effects)
Upstage
(Art Direction)
Callaway Went Thataway
(Special Effects)
Boom Town
(Special Effects)
Tarzan and His Mate
(Art Direction)
The Wings of Eagles
(Special Effects)
Annie Get Your Gun
(Special Effects)
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
(Visual Effects)
Green Dolphin Street
(Visual Effects)
Ben-Hur
(Special Effects)
The Magnificent Yankee
(Special Effects)
Bright Road
(Special Effects)
Captains Courageous
(Art Direction)
The Last Time I Saw Paris
(Special Effects)
All the Brothers Were Valiant
(Special Effects)
Tell It to the Marines
(Settings)
La Bohème
(Settings)
The Blackbird
(Settings)
Glory Alley
(Special Effects)
Rose Marie
(Special Effects)
Laughing Boy
(Art Direction)
The Wizard of Oz
(Special Effects)
Quo Vadis
(Special Effects)
The Wild North
(Special Effects)
The Yellow Cab Man
(Special Effects)
Green Fire
(Special Effects)
Young Bess
(Special Effects)
Scaramouche
(Special Effects)
Three Guys Named Mike
(Special Effects)
Soldiers Three
(Special Effects)
Invitation
(Special Effects)
Young Man with Ideas
(Special Effects)
Forbidden Planet
(Special Effects)
The Good Earth
(Assistant Art Director)
Jeopardy
(Special Effects)
Angels in the Outfield
(Special Effects)
The Hucksters
(Special Effects)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
(Visual Effects)
The Kissing Bandit
(Special Effects)
Gaby
(Special Effects)
The Man from Down Under
(Special Effects)
Too Hot to Handle
(Special Effects)
Adam's Rib
(Special Effects)
Executive Suite
(Special Effects)
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
(Special Effects)
The Bad and the Beautiful
(Special Effects)
The Power and the Prize
(Special Effects)
Comrade X
(Special Effects)
Night Flight
(Special Effects)
The Opposite Sex
(Special Effects)
Bataan
(Special Effects)
The White Cliffs of Dover
(Special Effects)
How the West Was Won
(Visual Effects)
Operator 13
(Art Direction)
Talk About a Stranger
(Special Effects)
Buttons
(Set Designer)
Lady in the Lake
(Special Effects)
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
(Visual Effects)
They Were Expendable
(Special Effects)
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
(Special Effects)
Bells Are Ringing
(Special Effects)
High Society
(Special Effects)
Maisie Goes to Reno
(Visual Effects)
Green Dolphin Street
(Special Effects)
The Merry Widow
(Special Effects)
The Outriders
(Special Effects)
Mutiny on the Bounty
(Visual Effects)
Meet Me in St. Louis
(Special Effects)
Ride, Vaquero!
(Special Effects)
Devil's Doorway
(Special Effects)
Texas Carnival
(Visual Effects)
The Harvey Girls
(Visual Effects)