Roland Young

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-11-10 (66 years old)

Deathday

1953-06-05

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Roland Young

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roland Young (11 November 1887 – 5 June 1953) was an English actor. Young made his first stage appearance in London's West End in Find the Woman in 1908, and in 1912 he made his Broadway debut in Hindle Wakes. He appeared in two comedies written for him by Clare Kummer, Good Gracious Annabelle! (1916) and A Successful Calamity (1917) before he served with the United States Army during World War I. He returned to New York when the war ended, and married Kummer's daughter, Frances. For the next few years he alternated between New York and London. He made his film debut in the 1922 silent film Sherlock Hol...

Acting

1940

The Philadelphia Story

as Uncle Willie

1945

And Then There Were None

as William Blore

1937

Topper

as Cosmo Topper

1948

You Gotta Stay Happy

as Ralph Tutwiler

1942

Tales of Manhattan

as Edgar - Wilson's butler

1935

Ruggles of Red Gap

as Earl of Burnstead

1932

One Hour with You

as Professor Olivier

1941

The Flame of New Orleans

as Charles Giraud

1937

King Solomon's Mines

as Cmdr. John Good

1929

The Bishop Murder Case

as Sigurd 'Erik' Arnesson

1938

The Young in Heart

as Col. Anthony 'Sahib' Carleton

1935

David Copperfield

as Uriah Heep

1941

Topper Returns

as Cosmo Topper

1936

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

as George McWhirter Fotheringay

1940

Star Dust

as Thomas Brooke

1932

This Is the Night

as Gerald Gray

1938

Topper Takes a Trip

as Cosmo Topper

1922

Sherlock Holmes

as Dr. Watson

1930

Madam Satan

as Jimmy Wade

1933

A Lady's Profession

as Lord Reginald Withers

1941

Two-Faced Woman

as Oscar 'O.O.' Miller

1931

The Guardsman

as The Critic

1942

The Lady Has Plans

as Ronald Dean

1932

Wedding Rehearsal

as Reggie Buckley Candysshe - Marquis of Buckminster

1940

Irene

as Mr. Smith

1950

Let's Dance

as Edmund Pohlwhistle

1932

Street of Women

as Linkhorne 'Link' Gibson

1937

Call It a Day

as Frank Haines

1929

The Unholy Night

as Lord Montague

1949

The Great Lover

as C.J. Dabney

1940

Dulcy

as Roger Forbes

1933

His Double Life

as Priam Farrel

1931

The Pagan Lady

as Dr. Heath

1933

1934

1931

The Squaw Man

as Sir John Applegate

1936

1932

1936

Give Me Your Heart

as Edward 'Tubbs' Barrow

1938

Sailing Along

as Anthony Gulliver

1940

He Married His Wife

as Bill Carter

1936

The Unguarded Hour

as William "Bunny" Jeffers

1944

Standing Room Only

as Ira Cromwell

1948

Bond Street

as George Chester-Barrett

1939

Yes, My Darling Daughter

as Titus Jaywood

1939

Here I Am a Stranger

as Professor Daniels

1931

Don't Bet on Women

as Herbert Drake

1933

Pleasure Cruise

as Andrew Poole

1951

1930

New Moon

as Count Strogoff

1929

Wise Girls

as Duke Merrill

1931

Annabelle's Affairs

as Roland Wimbleton

1931

1932

A Woman Commands

as King Alexander

1940

No, No, Nanette

as Mr. 'Happy' Jimmy Smith

1943

Forever and a Day

as Henry Barringer

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1939

The Night of Nights

as Barry Keith-Trimble

1933

1940

Private Affairs

as Amos Bullerton

1929

Her Private Life

as Charteris

1924

Grit

as Houdini Hart

1936

Gypsy

as Alan Brooks

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