Robert Young

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-02-22 (91 years old)

Deathday

1998-07-21

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Robert Young

Biography

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, mo...

Acting

1940

The Mortal Storm

as Fritz Marberg

1936

Secret Agent

as Robert Marvin

1947

They Won't Believe Me

as Larry Ballentine

1936

Stowaway

as Tommy Randall

1947

Crossfire

as Finlay

1954

Secret of the Incas

as Stanley Moorehead

1942

Cairo

as Homer Smith, aka Juniper Jones

1949

That Forsyte Woman

as Philip Bosinney

1945

The Enchanted Cottage

as Oliver Bradford

1942

1941

Lady Be Good

as Edward 'Eddie' Crane

1941

Western Union

as Richard Blake

1940

Northwest Passage

as Langdon Towne

1950

The Second Woman

as Jeff Cohalan

1939

Honolulu

as Brooks Mason / George Smith

1931

The Black Camel

as Jimmy Bradshaw

1934

Spitfire

as John Stafford

1944

The Canterville Ghost

as Cuffy Williams

1939

Maisie

as Charles 'Slim' Martin

1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Grand Duke Peter

1935

Remember Last Night?

as Tony Milburn

1933

Tugboat Annie

as Alec (Son)

1948

Sitting Pretty

as Harry King

1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

as Harry Moulton Pulham

1940

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

as Douglas Lamont

1936

It's Love Again

as Peter Carlton

1934

Death on the Diamond

as Larry Kelly

1933

Today We Live

as Claude William Hope

1935

West Point of the Air

as Little Mike Stone

1938

Three Comrades

as Gottfried Lenz

1938

The Shining Hour

as David Linden

1936

The Bride Walks Out

as Hugh McKenzie

1937

The Bride Wore Red

as Rudolph 'Rudi' Pal

1932

1932

Strange Interlude

as Gordon Evans as a young man

1951

Goodbye, My Fancy

as Doctor James Merrill

1937

I Met Him in Paris

as Gene Anders

1932

The Wet Parade

as Kip Tarleton

1937

Navy Blue and Gold

as Roger 'Rog' Ash

1937

Married Before Breakfast

as Tom Wakefield

1938

The Toy Wife

as Andre Vallaire

1933

Men Must Fight

as Geoffrey Aiken

1935

Red Salute

as Jeff

1949

And Baby Makes Three

as Vernon 'Vern' Walsh

1952

The Half-Breed

as Dan Craig

1948

Relentless

as Nick Buckley

1936

The Longest Night

as Charley Phelps

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as Bob Stuart

1933

The Right To Romance

as Bobby Preble

1934

Lazy River

as William 'Bill' Drexel

1938

Rich Man, Poor Girl

as Bill Harrison

1933

Hell Below

as Lieut. (JG) 'Brick' Walters

1931

The Guilty Generation

as Marco Ricca, also known as Marco Smith

1936

Sworn Enemy

as Henry 'Hank' Sherman

1940

Florian

as Anton Erban

1973

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

as Judge Charles Raleigh

1946

Claudia and David

as David Naughton

1949

Adventure in Baltimore

as Dr. Andrew Sheldon

1939

Miracles for Sale

as Michael Morgan

1946

Lady Luck

as Larry Scott

1946

The Searching Wind

as Alex Hazen

1932

New Morals for Old

as Ralph Thomas

1938

Paradise for Three

as Fritz Hagedorn

1932

Unashamed

as Dick Ogden

1934

The House of Rothschild

as Capt. Fitzroy

1935

The Bride Comes Home

as Jack Bristow

1934

Carolina

as Will Connelly

1941

Married Bachelor

as Randolph Haven

1939

Hollywood Hobbies

as Self (uncredited)

1934

The Band Plays On

as Tony Ferrera

1935

Calm Yourself

as Preston Patton

1954

The Big Moment

as Narrator

1939

Bridal Suite

as Neil McGill

1949

Bride for Sale

as Stephen Tracy Adams

1934

1938

Josette

as Pierre Brassard

1935

Vagabond Lady

as Tony Spear

1937

1928

The Campus Vamp

as Student at Dance / at Beach (uncredited)

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1945

Those Endearing Young Charms

as Lt. Hurley 'Hank' Travers

1940

Sporting Blood

as Myles Vanders

1943

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

as Samuel Magee

1987

A Conspiracy of Love

as Joe Woldarski

1940

Northward, Ho!

as Himself

1963

1941

1977

1934

Whom the Gods Destroy

as Jack Forrester

1942

1943

Claudia

as David Naughton

1936

The Three Wise Guys

as Joe Hatcher

1934

Hollywood Party

as Radio Announcer (uncredited)

1932

Hell Divers

as Graham - Pilot Reporting Missing Airplanes (uncredited)

1933

Saturday's Millions

as Jim Fowler

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1972

All My Darling Daughters

as Judge Charles Raleigh

1937

The Romance of Celluloid

as Self (archive footage)

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1990

1987

Mercy or Murder?

as Roswell Gilbert

1982

Hollywood’s Children

as Self (archive footage)

1984

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