Hugh Gillin

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

4.831

Gender

Male

Birthday

14-Jul-1925

Age

(99 years old)

Place of Birth

Galesburg, Illinois, USA

Also Known As
  • Hugh Clair Gillin Jr.

Hugh Gillin

Biography

Hugh Clair Gillin Jr. (July 14, 1925 – May 4, 2004) was an American film and television actor. Gillin was born in Galesburg, Illinois. He was best known for playing Sheriff John Hunt in Psycho II and III. Gillin has appeared in a total of 75 films and television shows.


Credits

The Waltzing Policemen The Waltzing Policemen (1979) Character: N/A
Two policemen dance the waltz together in an empty grand ballroom.
Callie & Son Callie & Son (1981) Character: Sen. Houseman
A fictional drama, covering a 30-year period, about a poverty-stricken teenager forced to give up her illegitimate son at birth, and the climb to wealth and power as the wife of a newspaper publisher who helps her locate her son, in whose future she becomes obsessed.
Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story Death of a Centerfold: The Dorothy Stratten Story (1981) Character: Max Halloran
The life and tragic death of the "Playboy" centerfold model/actress Dorothy Stratten.
Trouble in High Timber Country Trouble in High Timber Country (1980) Character: Bix
A proud patriarch battles union organizers and a powerful conglomerate threatening the family-owned lumber and mining operation which he runs with his three sons, his daughter and his nephew in this pilot film to "The Yeagers" TV series that actually ended months before it aired.
Flyers Flyers (1983) Character: Biff Johnson
Flyers features the exploits of fictional pilot Kyle Murphy, a World War II veteran who turns his love of flying into an impassioned career - as an aircraft restorer and stunt pilot for the movies. Climb into the cockpit with him and experience the split-second timing of an emergency landing on an aircraft carrier deck
Herowork Herowork (1977) Character: Sheriff Naylor
The laughs never stop in this action/comedy about good samaritan Frank Pellet, who uses police monitors and CB radios to do his "Herowork"-saving people, burning buildings and the like. -- Amazon
Promises to Keep Promises to Keep (1985) Character: Wendell
An aging cowboy returns to the family he abandoned 30 years ago with a terrifying secret.
The Night Rider The Night Rider (1979) Character: Zack Bodine
"The Mark of Zorro" was updated for this pilot for a prospective series that tells of a New Orleans gentleman who turns masked rider to fight for law and order and avenge his family's killing by four men who wanted their silver mine.
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas (1977) Character: Farmer
The original cast of "Father Knows Best" returns for the second reunion movie. After learning that none of the children will be home for Christmas, Jim and Margaret decide to sell their house.
Butch and Sundance: The Early Days Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979) Character: Cyrus Antoon
Before the adventures that made them legends, they were charming mastermind Robert Leroy Parker, alias Butch Cassidy, and crack-shot outlaw Harry Alonzo Longabaugh, soon to be known as The Sundance Kid. This is the 'prequel' of how they met, their first clumsy robberies, the heroic dangers that abound them together, the secret that nearly tore them apart, and the impossible train heist that made them notorious for life. Saddle up and ride with the showdowns, shootouts, bad guys and good times in the days before the fame when fun was the name of the game.
The Bad News Bears Go to Japan The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978) Character: Pennywall
A small time promotor/hustler takes the pint-sized baseball team to Japan for a match against the country's best little league baseball team which sparks off a series of adventures and mishaps the boys come into.
The Best of Times The Best of Times (1986) Character: Caribou #2
A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.
Prime Cut Prime Cut (1972) Character: Desk Clerk
A group of ruthless Chicago mob enforcers are sent to Kansas City to settle things with the owner of a slaughterhouse who has taken money that is not his to keep.
Wanted: Dead or Alive Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987) Character: Patrick Danahy
Nick Randall is a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter and an ex-CIA operative who is asked by a former co-worker to help track down terrorist Malak Al Rahim. However, Malak Al Rahim is also looking for Randall, forcing a showdown on the waterfront.
Wanted: Dead or Alive Wanted: Dead or Alive (1987) Character: Patrick Donoby
Nick Randall is a Los Angeles-based bounty hunter and an ex-CIA operative who is asked by a former co-worker to help track down terrorist Malak Al Rahim. However, Malak Al Rahim is also looking for Randall, forcing a showdown on the waterfront.
Traxx Traxx (1988) Character: Commissioner R.B. Davis
Traxx has battled his way through El Salvador, the Middle East and Nicaragua, spitting lead with two-handed good grace. He decides to retire to a life of baking designer cookies. Running out of dough to buy more dough, he hires himself as a "Town Tamer" and begins cleaning up Hadleyville, Texas, telling the lowlife street scum, "You got three choices. Be good, be gone, or be dead." Like all bacteria, the scum are resistant: crime boss Aldo Palucci (Robert Davi) brings in the dreaded Guzik brothers to rid the town of the town tamer, setting the stage for a showdown in the streets.
Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI Johnnie Mae Gibson: FBI (1986) Character: Phil Barnes
A police officer is called by F.B.I. to infiltrate into gang of arms smugglers.
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) Character: Sheriff
Arriving in the small town of Fallwell, Massachusetts to claim her inheritance, horror hostess Elvira receives a less than enthusiastic reception from the conservative locals -- amongst them, her sinister uncle Vincent, who, unbeknownst to her, is an evil warlock.
The Rose The Rose (1979) Character: Guard
Rock-and-roll singer Mary Rose Foster's romantic relationships and mental health are continuously imperilled by the demands of life on the road.
Doin' Time on Planet Earth Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988) Character: Fred Richmond
Ryan Richmond is an eccentric teenager living with his mother, father, sister and brother in the Holiday Inn they own in Sunnyvale, Arizona, the prune capital of the world. Is it any wonder that he wants to go to Saudi Arabaia for college and leave Sunnyvale far, far behind? He spends his days at school with his sex-obsessed best friend Dan Forrester and lusts after Lisa Winston, the sexy lounge singer who his parents have hired to perform at the Holiday Inn. Stuck without a date for his brother's wedding to a senator's daughter, Ryan goes to a computer dating service, which asks him such questions as "Can you breathe foreign substances?" Soon, Ryan is told that he may be an alien stuck on Earth along with thousands of others. Soon, Charles and Edna Pinsky show up and tell him that he may an alien prince meant to lead his brethren home. And that's when things get out of control...
First Monday in October First Monday in October (1981) Character: Southern Senator
For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.
The Jazz Singer The Jazz Singer (1980) Character: Texas Bartender
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
Psycho II Psycho II (1983) Character: Sheriff John Hunt
Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?
Elvis and Me Elvis and Me (1988) Character: Colonel Tom Parker
Priscilla remembers her life and her relationship with Elvis Presley since she was 14 years old. When she moves to Graceland, she feels like a princess. But her lover, the world-famous musician Elvis Presley, is rarely at home and increasingly resorts to drugs. Nevertheless, she decides to marry Elvis. After a while, the fairy tale slowly turns into a nightmare and the two seem to become estranged.
Paper Moon Paper Moon (1973) Character: 2nd Deputy
A bible salesman finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership as a money-making con team in Depression-era Kansas.
Back to the Future Part III Back to the Future Part III (1990) Character: Mayor
The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.
Psycho III Psycho III (1986) Character: Sheriff John Hunt
When Maureen Coyle, a suicidal nun who resembles Norman's former victim, Marion Crane, arrives at the motel, all bets are off and "Mother" is less than happy.



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