Person Details

Birthday: 1907-02-22 06:28:30

Death: 1998-07-21 06:28:30

Aliases: Robert George Young , Роберт Янг

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 68

TV Involvements: 9


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Young (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Most Famous Work

What's My Line?
Average
7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Panelist
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Average
7

Marcus Welby, M.D.

(1969) Dr. Marcus Welby
Dr. Kildare
Average
5

Dr. Kildare

(1961) Dr. Gilbert Winfield
Climax!
Average
3

Climax!

(1954) Lieutenant Commander Knowles
This Is Your Life
Average
6

This Is Your Life

(1952) Self
The Name of the Game
Average
7

The Name of the Game

(1968) Herman Allison
ABC Stage 67
Average
5

ABC Stage 67

(1966) Self - Host
Vanished
Average
9

Vanished

(1971) Sen. Earl Gannon

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1994 (archive footage)
1990 (archive footage)
Self
1988 Dr. Marcus Welby
1987 Joe Woldarski
Roswell Gilbert
1984 Dr. Marcus Welby
1982 Self (archive footage)
1978 Mr. Laurence
1977 Jim Anderson
James Anderson
1976 (archive footage)
Self
1974 (archive footage) (uncredited)
1973 Judge Charles Raleigh
1972 Judge Charles Raleigh
1971 Dr. Marcus Welby
Sen. Earl Gannon
1969 Dr. Marcus Welby
Marcus Welby
Self
1968 Herman Allison
Self - Guest
1966 Self - Host
1963 Himself
1962 Self
1961 N/A
Dr. Gilbert Winfield
1956 Self - Guest
Self - Recipient
1954 Lieutenant Commander Knowles
Jim Anderson
Stanley Moorehead
Narrator
1952 Self
Dan Craig
1951 Doctor James Merrill
1950 Jeff Cohalan
Self - Panelist
Self - Mystery Guest
1949 Vernon 'Vern' Walsh
Stephen Tracy Adams
Philip Bosinney
Dr. Andrew Sheldon
1948 Self
Nick Buckley
Harry King
1947 Finlay
Larry Ballentine
1946 Larry Scott
Alex Hazen
David Naughton
1945 Lt. Hurley 'Hank' Travers
Oliver Bradford
1944 Cuffy Williams
(archive footage)
1943 David Naughton
Samuel Magee
Bob Stuart
1942 John Davis
Homer Smith, aka Juniper Jones
Joe Smith
1941 Harry Moulton Pulham
Randolph Haven
Edward 'Eddie' Crane
Richard Blake
Jimmy Blake
1940 Douglas Lamont
Self
Myles Vanders
Fritz Marberg
Anton Erban
Self
Langdon Towne
Himself
1939 Michael Morgan
Charles 'Slim' Martin
Neil McGill
Himself (uncredited)
Brooks Mason / George Smith
1938 David Linden
Bill Harrison
Self
Andre Vallaire
Fritz Hagedorn
Pierre Brassard
Gottfried Lenz
1937 Roger 'Rog' Ash
Rudolph 'Rudi' Pal
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duke Peter
Tom Wakefield
Gene Anders
Hank
1936 Tommy Randall
Charley Phelps
Henry 'Hank' Sherman
Hugh McKenzie
Robert Marvin
Peter Carlton
1935 Jack Bristow
Tony Milburn
Jeff
Preston Patton
Tony Spear
Little Mike Stone
1934 Tony Ferrera
Larry Kelly
Pat
Jack Forrester
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Capt. Fitzroy
William 'Bill' Drexel
John Stafford
Will Connelly
1933 Bobby Preble
Jim Fowler
Alec (Son)
Lieut. (JG) 'Brick' Walters
Claude William Hope
Geoffrey Aiken
1932 Gordon Evans as a young man
Ricardo
Dick Ogden
Ralph Thomas
Kip Tarleton
Graham - Pilot Reporting Missing Airplanes (uncredited)
1931 Marco Ricca, also known as Marco Smith
Dr.Claudet
Jimmy Bradshaw
1928 Student at Dance / at Beach (uncredited)
Year Character Movie/Tv

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