Gig Young

He was buried in the Green Hill Cemetery in Waynesville North Carolina. dropped his option. During those years Young began to play the type of role that he would become best known for a sardonic but engaging and affable drunk.

Gig Young (November 4 1913 – October 19 1978) was an American film stage and television actor. Known mainly for second leads and supporting roles Young won an Academy Award for his performance as a slimy dance-marathon emcee in the 1969 film They Shoot Horses Don't They?.