<P> Gort is a fictional humanoid robot that appeared first in the 1951 20th Century Fox American science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still and later in its 2008 remake . His depiction varies between film adaptations , however , the original character was loosely based on the character Gnut , from `` Farewell to the Master '' , a 1940 Astounding Science Fiction short story written by Harry Bates , used as the basis for Edmund H. North 's screenplay . In that story , Gnut is a moving green statue that is apparently attendant upon Klaatu , but in the terminus of the story is identified as the eponymous `` master '' over Klaatu . </P>
<P> Gort is a fictional humanoid robot that appeared first in the 1951 20th Century Fox American science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still and later in its 2008 remake . His depiction varies between film adaptations , however , the original character was loosely based on the character Gnut , from `` Farewell to the Master '' , a 1940 Astounding Science Fiction short story written by Harry Bates , used as the basis for Edmund H. North 's screenplay . In that story , Gnut is a moving green statue that is apparently attendant upon Klaatu , but in the terminus of the story is identified as the eponymous `` master '' over Klaatu . </P>
who played the robot in the day the earth stood still 1951
who played the robot in the day the earth stood still 1951
Gort
Gort