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Gilbert Kay(1920-1991)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
  • Production Manager
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Gilbert Lee Kay was born in Chicago, Illinois. He grew up in Los Angeles, CA where he landed his first job in the mail room at Columbia Pictures. (Full work history to be completed)

In 1971, Kay married Christine Farey in London, England. The couple's first child, Sonny, was born in March 1972 only months before the family relocated to Johannesburg, South Africa, followed by a move to Barcelona in 1973. Their second child, Stephanie, was born in Barcelona in March 1974. The couple's third child, Charlotte, was born in Bournemouth, England in April 1976. The family moved to Los Angeles in December 1979.

Gilbert Lee Kay died in Boulder, CO in November 1991 at the age of 71.
BornJune 28, 1920
DiedNovember 10, 1991(71)
BornJune 28, 1920
DiedNovember 10, 1991(71)
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Known for

Sandra Dorne and Robert Hutton in The Secret Door (1964)
The Secret Door
5.0
  • Director
  • 1964
Highway Patrol (1955)
Highway Patrol
7.7
TV Series
  • Director(as Gilbert L. Kay)
Three Bad Sisters (1956)
Three Bad Sisters
5.8
  • Director(as Gilbert L. Kay)
  • 1956
The Silent Service (1957)
The Silent Service
8.5
TV Series
  • Director

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • The Man Behind the Badge (1953)
    The Man Behind the Badge
    7.1
    TV Series
    • assistant director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1955
  • Treasury Men in Action (1950)
    Treasury Men in Action
    7.1
    TV Series
    • assistant director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1954–1955
  • TV Reader's Digest (1955)
    TV Reader's Digest
    6.6
    TV Series
    • assistant director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1955
  • Police Call
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1954
  • The Steel Cage (1954)
    The Steel Cage
    6.5
    • assistant director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1954
  • The Gene Autry Show (1950)
    The Gene Autry Show
    7.2
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1953–1954
  • Témoin de ce meurtre (1954)
    Témoin de ce meurtre
    6.6
    • assistant director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1954
  • Jock Mahoney in The Range Rider (1951)
    The Range Rider
    7.5
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1953
  • Les aventuriers du Far-West (1952)
    Les aventuriers du Far-West
    7.5
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1952–1953
  • La Loi du scalp (1953)
    La Loi du scalp
    5.7
    • assistant director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1953
  • Louis Armstrong, Leslie Caron, and Ralph Meeker in La ruelle du péché (1952)
    La ruelle du péché
    5.6
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Robert Dover, Eugene Iglesias, Audrey Long, and George Montgomery in Les derniers jours de la nation apache (1952)
    Les derniers jours de la nation apache
    5.9
    • assistant director
    • 1952
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, and Margie Liszt in The Tooth Will Out (1951)
    The Tooth Will Out
    7.1
    Short
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Charles Starrett in Cyclone Fury (1951)
    Cyclone Fury
    6.3
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Smiley Burnette and Charles Starrett in Bonanza Town (1951)
    Bonanza Town
    5.8
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1951

Director



  • Sandra Dorne and Robert Hutton in The Secret Door (1964)
    The Secret Door
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1964
  • John Derek, Richard Jaeckel, and Chill Wills in Frontier Circus (1961)
    Frontier Circus
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1962
  • Shotgun Slade (1959)
    Shotgun Slade
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1961
  • Raymond Burr in Perry Mason (1957)
    Perry Mason
    8.3
    TV Series
    • Director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1961
  • Tuesday Weld in Ombres sur le soleil (1961)
    Ombres sur le soleil
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1961
  • Gardner McKay in Aventures dans les îles (1959)
    Aventures dans les îles
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1961
  • Man with a Camera (1958)
    Man with a Camera
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1959–1960
  • The Silent Service (1957)
    The Silent Service
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Greer Garson and Florenz Ames in Telephone Time (1956)
    Telephone Time
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1957
  • Highway Patrol (1955)
    Highway Patrol
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1956–1957
  • TV Reader's Digest (1955)
    TV Reader's Digest
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1955–1956
  • Three Bad Sisters (1956)
    Three Bad Sisters
    5.8
    • Director (as Gilbert L. Kay)
    • 1956
  • Cesar Romero in Passport to Danger (1954)
    Passport to Danger
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1955
  • The Man Behind the Badge (1953)
    The Man Behind the Badge
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1955

Production Manager



  • Wild Youth (1960)
    Wild Youth
    5.1
    • production executive
    • 1960

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • José Briz
  • Born
    • June 28, 1920
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • November 10, 1991
    • Boulder, Colorado, USA

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