Sol Gorss


Biography

Saul Gorss worked in a variety of genres and built up a diverse and reputable career. With debut roles in the Sterling Hayden crime picture "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), the Robert Mitchum drama "His Kind of Woman" (1951), and the crime drama "Jeopardy" (1953) with Barbara Stanwyck, Gorss began his career in film. Gorss then began to rack up a number of film credits including roles in "Un...

Biography

Saul Gorss worked in a variety of genres and built up a diverse and reputable career. With debut roles in the Sterling Hayden crime picture "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950), the Robert Mitchum drama "His Kind of Woman" (1951), and the crime drama "Jeopardy" (1953) with Barbara Stanwyck, Gorss began his career in film. Gorss then began to rack up a number of film credits including roles in "Unchained" (1955) with Elroy Hirsch, "Tea and Sympathy" (1956) and the adaptation "Warlock" (1959) with Richard Widmark. He also appeared in "Ice Palace" (1960) with Richard Burton. Toward the end of his career, Gorss acted in the western "Red Tomahawk" (1967) with Howard Keel.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Red Tomahawk (1967)
Townsman
Ice Palace (1960)
White checker
Spartacus (1960)
Slave leader
Warlock (1959)
Bob Nicholson
Screaming Mimi (1958)
Missile Monsters (1958)
Editor
Bullwhip (1958)
Deputy Luke
Legion of the Doomed (1958)
Tordeau
Baby Face Nelson (1957)
Preston
Tea and Sympathy (1956)
Burly man
Ransom! (1956)
Officer
Congo Crossing (1956)
Van Meer
Yaqui Drums (1956)
Heavy
Unchained (1955)
Police captain
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Henchman
Prince of Players (1955)
Man in audience
The Bounty Hunter (1954)
Bushrat
Jeopardy (1953)
Captain's driver
Blackbeard, the Pirate (1952)
Sorrel
His Kind of Woman (1951)
Viscount
Fortunes of Captain Blood (1950)
Guard
Dakota Lil (1950)
Wheeler
The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
Private policeman
Double Deal (1950)
Matt
Knock on Any Door (1949)
Detective
Johnny Allegro (1949)
Jeffrey
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)
Steve
The Undercover Man (1949)
Hoodlum
The Three Musketeers (1948)
Jussac
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Gus
The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946)
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
Gangster
The Razor's Edge (1946)
Drunk
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
Swordsman bandit
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Bartender
Jeep Herders (1945)
"Brooklyn" Adams
The Conspirators (1944)
Jorge
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
Shadow man
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
Plainclothesman
Air Force (1943)
Sergeant
They Died with Their Boots On (1942)
Adjutant
Wings for the Eagle (1942)
Sergeant
Juke Girl (1942)
Deputy
Murder in the Big House (1942)
Guard
Bullet Scars (1942)
Dude
I Was Framed (1942)
Mills
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
Well digger
Lady Gangster (1942)
Policeman
Secret Enemies (1942)
Joe
The Big Shot (1942)
Guard
The Body Disappears (1941)
Attendant
Three Sons O'Guns (1941)
Mover
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
Panhandler
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
Reporter's pilot
Footsteps in the Dark (1941)
Burlesque patron
The Nurse's Secret (1941)
Policeman
Flight from Destiny (1941)
Taxi driver
Dive Bomber (1941)
Pilot
Dangerously They Live (1941)
Chauffeur
Blues in the Night (1941)
Del's bodyguard
Knockout (1941)
Flight Angels (1940)
Commissary clerk
Castle on the Hudson (1940)
Gangster
Flowing Gold (1940)
Luke
Always a Bride (1940)
Steve
Tear Gas Squad (1940)
Frank
Calling All Husbands (1940)
Cop
They Drive by Night (1940)
Driver
East of the River (1940)
Prisoner
Gambling on the High Seas (1940)
Reporter
A Fugitive from Justice (1940)
Photographer
Indianapolis Speedway (1939)
Driver
Secret Service of the Air (1939)
Pilot
Devil's Island (1939)
Guard
Code of the Secret Service (1939)
Dutch
Cowboy Quarterback (1939)
Cozy Walsh
Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
Driver
The Adventures of Jane Arden (1939)
Driver
Private Detective (1939)
Taxi driver
Everybody's Hobby (1939)
Ranger
Torchy Blane...Playing with Dynamite (1939)
Court attendant
Hell's Kitchen (1939)
Sweet Al
Over the Wall (1938)
Hospital trusty
Heart of the North (1938)
Anders
Broadway Musketeers (1938)
Driver
Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
First cab driver
Valley of the Giants (1938)
Dorsey
Girls on Probation (1938)
Patrol officer
Submarine D-1 (1937)
Sailor
Alcatraz Island (1937)
Ready, Willing and Able (1937)
Cameraman
Her Husband's Secretary (1937)
Fellow worker
Smart Blonde (1937)
Truck driver
God's Country and the Woman (1937)
Logger
Love Begins at Twenty (1936)
Jim
Times Square Playboy (1936)
Doorman
Bengal Tiger (1936)
Caster
The Golden Arrow (1936)
Sailor
The Golden Arrow (1936)
Sailor
The Big Noise (1936)
Workman
The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
Poker player
Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
Third cowboy

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

The Buccaneer (1959)
Stunts
North by Northwest (1959)
Stunt double for Cary Grant
Baby Face Nelson (1957)
Stunts
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
Stunts
The Egyptian (1954)
Stunts
Prince Valiant (1954)
Stunts
The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Double for Stewart Granger
The Racket (1951)
Stunts
Dakota Lil (1950)
Riding and fight stunt double
Adventures of Don Juan (1949)
Double

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