Robert Young

Acting •1907-02-22 •Chicago, Illinois, USA

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

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代表作

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990 · (archive footage)

1945 · Oliver Bradford

娱乐世界

1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)

致命风暴

1940 · Fritz Marberg

Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas

1977 · Jim Anderson

战后三友

1938 · Gottfried Lenz

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Nominee

Vagabond Lady

1935 · Tony Spear

Claudia

1943 · David Naughton

Tugboat Annie

1933 · Alec (Son)

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全部作品

娱乐世界3

1994 •(archive footage)

Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

1990 •(archive footage)

伟大的仙境魔法师：经典名片之制作

1990 •Self

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair

1988 •Dr. Marcus Welby

A Conspiracy of Love

1987 •Joe Woldarski

Mercy or Murder?

1987 •Roswell Gilbert

The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

1984 •Dr. Marcus Welby

Hollywood’s Children

1982 •Self (archive footage)

Little Women

1978 •Mr. Laurence

The Father Knows Best Reunion

1977 •James Anderson

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Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas

1977 •Jim Anderson

娱乐世界2

1976 •(archive footage)

Donny & Marie

1976 •Self

娱乐世界

1974 •(archive footage) (uncredited)

Dinah!

1974 •Self

My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

1973 •Judge Charles Raleigh

All My Darling Daughters

1972 •Judge Charles Raleigh

Vanished

1971 •Sen. Earl Gannon

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

1971 •Dr. Marcus Welby

The Partridge Family

1970

Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities

1969 •Marcus Welby

维尔比医生

1969 •Dr. Marcus Welby

The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour

1969 •Self

The Name of the Game

1968 •Herman Allison

The Dick Cavett Show

1968 •Self - Guest

ABC Stage 67

1966 •Self - Host

Highball Highway

1963 •Himself

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

1963 •Nick Holloway

默夫·格里芬访谈秀

1962 •Self

Window on Main Street

1961

乔迪医生

1961 •Dr. Gilbert Winfield

The Steve Allen Show

1956 •Self - Guest

The Steve Allen Show

1956 •Self

太阳殿夺宝记

1954 •Stanley Moorehead

The Big Moment

1954 •Narrator

Father Knows Best

1954 •Jim Anderson

Climax!

1954 •Lieutenant Commander Knowles

The Half-Breed

1952 •Dan Craig

This Is Your Life

1952 •Self

再见，我的幻梦

1951 •Doctor James Merrill

The Second Woman

1950 •Jeff Cohalan

我的线路是什么？

1950 •Self - Mystery Guest

我的线路是什么？

1950 •Self - Panelist

That Forsyte Woman

1949 •Philip Bosinney

And Baby Makes Three

1949 •Vernon 'Vern' Walsh

Adventure in Baltimore

1949 •Dr. Andrew Sheldon

Bride for Sale

1949 •Steve Adams

妙人管家

1948 •Harry King

Relentless

1948 •Nick Buckley

The Ed Sullivan Show

1948 •Self

换尸疑云

1947 •Larry Ballentine

双雄斗智

1947 •Finlay

Claudia and David

1946 •David Naughton

Lady Luck

1946 •Larry Scott

The Searching Wind

1946 •Alex Hazen

迷情豪宅

1945 •Oliver Bradford

Those Endearing Young Charms

1945 •Lt. Hurley 'Hank' Travers

The Canterville Ghost

1944 •Cuffy Williams

Twenty Years After

1944 •(archive footage)

Golden Globe Awards

1944 •Self - Nominee

轻微冒险

1943 •Bob Stuart

Sweet Rosie O'Grady

1943 •Samuel Magee

Claudia

1943 •David Naughton

Cairo

1942 •Homer Smith, aka Juniper Jones

Journey for Margaret

1942 •John Davis

Joe Smith, American

1942 •Joe Smith

Lady Be Good

1941 •Edward 'Eddie' Crane

西部联盟

1941 •Richard Blake

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

1941 •Harry Moulton Pulham

Married Bachelor

1941 •Randolph Haven

The Trial of Mary Dugan

1941 •Jimmy Blake

致命风暴

1940 •Fritz Marberg

神枪游侠

1940 •Langdon Towne

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

1940 •Douglas Lamont

Florian

1940 •Anton Erban

Sporting Blood

1940 •Myles Vanders

Northward, Ho!

1940 •Himself

A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

1940 •Self

Hollywood: Style Center of the World

1940 •Self

火奴鲁鲁

1939 •Brooks Mason / George Smith

梅茜

1939 •Charles 'Slim' Martin

Miracles for Sale

1939 •Michael Morgan

Hollywood Hobbies

1939 •Self (uncredited)

Bridal Suite

1939 •Neil McGill

战后三友

1938 •Gottfried Lenz

姑嫂之间

1938 •David Linden

The Toy Wife

1938 •Andre Vallaire

Rich Man, Poor Girl

1938 •Bill Harrison

Paradise for Three

1938 •Fritz Hagedorn

Josette

1938 •Pierre Brassard

Hollywood Goes to Town

1938 •Self

皇帝的烛台

1937 •Grand Duke Peter

红衣新娘

1937 •Rudolph 'Rudi' Pal

I Met Him in Paris

1937 •Gene Anders

Navy Blue and Gold

1937 •Roger 'Rog' Ash

Married Before Breakfast

1937 •Tom Wakefield

Dangerous Number

1937 •Hank

The Romance of Celluloid

1937 •Self (archive footage)

间谍

1936 •Robert Marvin

偷渡者

1936 •Tommy Randall

It's Love Again

1936 •Peter Carlton

The Bride Walks Out

1936 •Hugh McKenzie

The Longest Night

1936 •Charley Phelps

绝世冤仇

1936 •Henry 'Hank' Sherman

The Three Wise Guys

1936 •Joe Hatcher

Remember Last Night?

1935 •Tony Milburn

West Point of the Air

1935 •Little Mike Stone

绯色恋爱

1935 •Jeff

凤还巢

1935 •Jack Bristow

Calm Yourself

1935 •Preston Patton

Vagabond Lady

1935 •Tony Spear

Spitfire

1934 •John Stafford

Death on the Diamond

1934 •Larry Kelly

Lazy River

1934 •William 'Bill' Drexel

红盾家族传奇

1934 •Capt. Fitzroy

卡罗莱娜

1934 •Will Connelly

The Band Plays On

1934 •Tony Ferrera

Paris Interlude

1934 •Pat

Whom the Gods Destroy

1934 •Jack Forrester

好莱坞派对

1934 •Radio Announcer (uncredited)

Tugboat Annie

1933 •Alec (Son)

血战余生

1933 •Claude William Hope

男人必须战斗

1933 •Geoffrey Aiken

The Right To Romance

1933 •Bobby Preble

热血雄心

1933 •Lieut. (JG) 'Brick' Walters

Saturday's Millions

1933 •Jim Fowler

The Kid from Spain

1932 •Ricardo

Strange Interlude

1932 •Gordon Evans as a young man

The Wet Parade

1932 •Kip Tarleton

New Morals for Old

1932 •Ralph Thomas

Unashamed

1932 •Dick Ogden

Hell Divers

1932 •Graham - Pilot Reporting Missing Airplanes (uncredited)

陈查理之黑骆驼

1931 •Jimmy Bradshaw

The Guilty Generation

1931 •Marco Ricca, also known as Marco Smith

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

1931 •Dr.Claudet

Calling Hubby's Bluff

1929 •Party Guest (uncredited)

The Campus Vamp

1928 •Student at Dance / at Beach (uncredited)