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person_profile-Robert Young

Robert Young Died at age: 91

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Robert Young

Date of Birth:

Feb 22, 1907

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jul 21, 1998

Biography of

Robert Young

    Robert George Young  (February 22, 1907 – July 21, 1998) was an American television, film, and radio actor, best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father of Father Knows Best (NBC and then CBS) and as physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC).

    Young appeared in over 100 films between 1931 and 1952. After appearing on stage, Young was signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and, in spite of having a "tier B" status, he co-starred with some of the studio's most illustrious actresses, such as Katharine Hepburn, Margaret Sullavan, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Helen Hayes, Luise Rainer, Hedy Lamarr, and Helen Twelvetrees. Yet, most of his assignments consisted of B movies, also known as "programmers," which required two to three weeks of shooting (considered very brief shooting periods at the time). Actors who were relegated to such a hectic schedule appeared, as Young did, in some six to eight movies per year.

    As an MGM contract player, Young was resigned to the fate of most of his colleagues—to accept any film assigned to him or risk being placed on suspension—and many actors on suspension were prohibited from earning a salary from any endeavor at all (even those unrelated to the film industry). In 1936, MGM summarily loaned Young to Gaumont British for two films; the first was directed by Alfred Hitchcock with the other co-starring Jessie Matthews. While there he surmised that his employers intended to terminate his contract, but he was mistaken.

    He unexpectedly received one of his most rewarding roles late in his MGM career, in H.M. Pulham, Esq., featuring one of Hedy Lamarr's most effective performances. He once remarked that he was assigned only those roles which Robert Montgomery and other A-list actors had rejected.

    After his contract ended at MGM, Young starred in light comedies as well as in trenchant dramas for studios such as 20th Century Fox, United Artists, and RKO Radio Pictures. From 1943, Young assayed more challenging roles in films like Claudia, The Enchanted Cottage, They Won't Believe Me, The Second Woman, and Crossfire. His portrayal of unsympathetic characters in several of these later films—which was seldom the case in his MGM pictures—was applauded by numerous reviewers.

    Young's career began an incremental and imperceptible decline, despite a propitious beginning as a freelance actor without the nurturing of a major studio. He continued starring as a leading man in the late 1940s and early 1950s, but only in mediocre films, then he subsequently disappeared from the silver screen - only to reappear several years later on a much smaller one.

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Filmography of

Robert Young

Found 102 Movies in total

That's Entertainment! III

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1994

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1990

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair

Dr. Marcus Welby ( Actor )

... 1988

A Conspiracy of Love

Joe Woldarski ( Actor )

... 1987

Mercy or Murder?

Roswell Gilbert ( Actor )

... 1987

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

Dr. Marcus Welby ( Actor )

... 1984

Hollywood’s Children

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1982

... 1977

The Father Knows Best Reunion

James Anderson ( Actor )

... 1977

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1976

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1974

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

Judge Charles Raleigh ( Actor )

... 1973

All My Darling Daughters

Judge Charles Raleigh ( Actor )

... 1972

... 1969

Secret of the Incas

Stanley Moorehead ( Actor )

... 1954

The Half-Breed

Dan Craig ( Actor )

... 1952

Goodbye, My Fancy

Doctor James Merrill ( Actor )

... 1951

The Second Woman

Jeff Cohalan ( Actor )

... 1950

And Baby Makes Three

Vernon 'Vern' Walsh ( Actor )

... 1949

Bride for Sale

Stephen Tracy Adams ( Actor )

... 1949

That Forsyte Woman

Philip Bosinney ( Actor )

... 1949

Adventure in Baltimore

Dr. Andrew Sheldon ( Actor )

... 1949

Relentless

Nick Buckley ( Actor )

... 1948

Sitting Pretty

Harry King ( Actor )

... 1948

Crossfire

Finlay ( Actor )

... 1947

They Won't Believe Me

Larry Ballentine ( Actor )

... 1947

Lady Luck

Larry Scott ( Actor )

... 1946

The Searching Wind

Alex Hazen ( Actor )

... 1946

Claudia and David

David Naughton ( Actor )

... 1946

Those Endearing Young Charms

Lt. Hurley 'Hank' Travers ( Actor )

... 1945

The Enchanted Cottage

Oliver Bradford ( Actor )

... 1945

The Canterville Ghost

Cuffy Williams ( Actor )

... 1944

Claudia

David Naughton ( Actor )

... 1943

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

Samuel Magee ( Actor )

... 1943

Slightly Dangerous

Bob Stuart ( Actor )

... 1943

Journey for Margaret

John Davis ( Actor )

... 1942

Cairo

Homer Smith, aka Juniper Jones ( Actor )

... 1942

Joe Smith, American

Joe Smith ( Actor )

... 1942

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

Harry Moulton Pulham ( Actor )

... 1941

Married Bachelor

Randolph Haven ( Actor )

... 1941

Lady Be Good

Edward 'Eddie' Crane ( Actor )

... 1941

Western Union

Richard Blake ( Actor )

... 1941

The Trial of Mary Dugan

Jimmy Blake ( Actor )

... 1941

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Douglas Lamont ( Actor )

... 1940

Sporting Blood

Myles Vanders ( Actor )

... 1940

The Mortal Storm

Fritz Marberg ( Actor )

... 1940

Florian

Anton Erban ( Actor )

... 1940

Northwest Passage

Langdon Towne ( Actor )

... 1940

Miracles for Sale

Michael Morgan ( Actor )

... 1939

Maisie

Charles 'Slim' Martin ( Actor )

... 1939

Bridal Suite

Neil McGill ( Actor )

... 1939

Honolulu

Brooks Mason / George Smith ( Actor )

... 1939

The Shining Hour

David Linden ( Actor )

... 1938

Rich Man, Poor Girl

Bill Harrison ( Actor )

... 1938

The Toy Wife

Andre Vallaire ( Actor )

... 1938

Paradise for Three

Fritz Hagedorn ( Actor )

... 1938

Josette

Pierre Brassard ( Actor )

... 1938

Three Comrades

Gottfried Lenz ( Actor )

... 1938

Navy Blue and Gold

Roger 'Rog' Ash ( Actor )

... 1937

The Bride Wore Red

Rudolph 'Rudi' Pal ( Actor )

... 1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks

Grand Duke Peter ( Actor )

... 1937

Married Before Breakfast

Tom Wakefield ( Actor )

... 1937

I Met Him in Paris

Gene Anders ( Actor )

... 1937

Dangerous Number

Hank ( Actor )

... 1937

Stowaway

Tommy Randall ( Actor )

... 1936

The Longest Night

Charley Phelps ( Actor )

... 1936

Sworn Enemy

Henry 'Hank' Sherman ( Actor )

... 1936

The Bride Walks Out

Hugh McKenzie ( Actor )

... 1936

Secret Agent

Robert Marvin ( Actor )

... 1936

The Three Wise Guys

Joe Hatcher ( Actor )

... 1936

It's Love Again

Peter Carlton ( Actor )

... 1936

The Bride Comes Home

Jack Bristow ( Actor )

... 1935

Remember Last Night?

Tony Milburn ( Actor )

... 1935

Red Salute

Jeff ( Actor )

... 1935

Calm Yourself

Preston Patton ( Actor )

... 1935

Vagabond Lady

Tony Spear ( Actor )

... 1935

West Point of the Air

Little Mike Stone ( Actor )

... 1935

The Band Plays On

Tony Ferrera ( Actor )

... 1934

Death on the Diamond

Larry Kelly ( Actor )

... 1934

Paris Interlude

Pat ( Actor )

... 1934

Whom the Gods Destroy

Jack Forrester ( Actor )

... 1934

Hollywood Party

Radio Announcer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934

The House of Rothschild

Capt. Fitzroy ( Actor )

... 1934

Lazy River

William 'Bill' Drexel ( Actor )

... 1934

Spitfire

John Stafford ( Actor )

... 1934

Carolina

Will Connelly ( Actor )

... 1934

The Right To Romance

Bobby Preble ( Actor )

... 1933

Saturday's Millions

Jim Fowler ( Actor )

... 1933

Tugboat Annie

Alec (Son) ( Actor )

... 1933

Hell Below

Lieut. (JG) 'Brick' Walters ( Actor )

... 1933

Today We Live

Claude William Hope ( Actor )

... 1933

Men Must Fight

Geoffrey Aiken ( Actor )

... 1933

Strange Interlude

Gordon Evans as a Young Man ( Actor )

... 1932

The Kid from Spain

Ricardo ( Actor )

... 1932

Unashamed

Dick Ogden ( Actor )

... 1932

New Morals for Old

Ralph Thomas ( Actor )

... 1932

The Wet Parade

Kip Tarleton ( Actor )

... 1932

Hell Divers

Graham - Pilot Reporting Missing Airplanes (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1932

The Guilty Generation

Marco Ricca, also known as Marco Smith ( Actor )

... 1931

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Dr.Claudet ( Actor )

... 1931

The Black Camel

Jimmy ( Actor )

... 1931