Robert Youngson

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1917-11-27 (57 years old)

Deathday

1974-04-08

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Robert Youngson

Biography

Robert Youngson (November 27, 1917 – April 8, 1974) was a film producer, director, and screenwriter, specializing in reviving antique silent films. Robert George Youngson, born in Brooklyn, New York, graduated from Harvard University with a master's degree in business administration. He entered the film business in 1941, writing newsreel scripts. In 1948 Warner Bros. hired him to produce a series of short subjects about sports. Most of these were straight roundups of current sporting events, but in some of them Youngson indulged his fascination with antique newsreels of the 1920s, and included vintage sports footage in the new productions. T...

Production

1950

1950

1954

1954

1960

1970

4 Clowns

as Director

1948

Roaring Wheels

as Director

1949

1954

1954

1953

1953

1955

Gadgets Galore

as Producer

1955

1955

Gadgets Galore

as Director

1955

1956

1956

1951

World of Kids

as Director

1950

Blaze Busters

as Director

1956

Crashing the Water Barrier

as Production Supervisor

1963

30 Years of Fun

as Director

1963

1949

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