Robert Young
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.
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Fotos
Películas (113)
That's Entertainment! III
1994 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990 · (archive footage)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
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)
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
1977 · Jim Anderson
The Father Knows Best Reunion
1977 · James Anderson
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976 · (archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
1974 · (archive footage) (uncredited)
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973 · Judge Charles Raleigh
All My Darling Daughters
1972 · Judge Charles Raleigh
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969 · Marcus Welby
Highball Highway
1963 · Himself
Secret of the Incas
1954 · Stanley Moorehead
The Big Moment
1954 · Narrator
The Half-Breed
1952 · Dan Craig
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951 · Doctor James Merrill
The Second Woman
1950 · Jeff Cohalan
And Baby Makes Three
1949 · Vernon 'Vern' Walsh
Bride for Sale
1949 · Steve Adams
That Forsyte Woman
1949 · Philip Bosinney
Adventure in Baltimore
1949 · Dr. Andrew Sheldon
Relentless
1948 · Nick Buckley
Sitting Pretty
1948 · Harry King
Crossfire
1947 · Finlay
They Won't Believe Me
1947 · Larry Ballentine
Lady Luck
1946 · Larry Scott
The Searching Wind
1946 · Alex Hazen
Claudia and David
1946 · David Naughton
Those Endearing Young Charms
1945 · Lt. Hurley 'Hank' Travers
The Enchanted Cottage
1945 · Oliver Bradford
The Canterville Ghost
1944 · Cuffy Williams
Twenty Years After
1944 · (archive footage)
Claudia
1943 · David Naughton
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943 · Samuel Magee
Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Bob Stuart
Journey for Margaret
1942 · John Davis
Cairo
1942 · Homer Smith
Joe Smith, American
1942 · Joe Smith
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941 · Harry Moulton Pulham
Married Bachelor
1941 · Randolph Haven
Lady Be Good
1941 · Edward 'Eddie' Crane
Western Union
1941 · Richard Blake
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941 · Jimmy Blake
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940 · Douglas Lamont
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940 · Self
Sporting Blood
1940 · Myles Vanders
The Mortal Storm
1940 · Fritz Marberg
Florian
1940 · Anton Erban
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
1940 · Self
Northwest Passage
1940 · Langdon Towne
Northward, Ho!
1940 · Himself
Miracles for Sale
1939 · Michael Morgan
Maisie
1939 · Charles 'Slim' Martin
Bridal Suite
1939 · Neil McGill
Hollywood Hobbies
1939 · Self (uncredited)
Honolulu
1939 · Brooks Mason / George Smith
The Shining Hour
1938 · David Linden
Rich Man, Poor Girl
1938 · Bill Harrison
Hollywood Goes to Town
1938 · Self
The Toy Wife
1938 · Andre Vallaire
Paradise for Three
1938 · Fritz Hagedorn
Josette
1938 · Pierre Brassard
Three Comrades
1938 · Gottfried Lenz
Navy Blue and Gold
1937 · Roger 'Rog' Ash
The Bride Wore Red
1937 · Rudolph 'Rudi' Pal
The Romance of Celluloid
1937 · Self (archive footage)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937 · Grand Duke Peter
Married Before Breakfast
1937 · Tom Wakefield
I Met Him in Paris
1937 · Gene Anders
Dangerous Number
1937 · Hank
Stowaway
1936 · Tommy Randall
The Longest Night
1936 · Charley Phelps
Sworn Enemy
1936 · Henry 'Hank' Sherman
The Bride Walks Out
1936 · Hugh McKenzie
The Three Wise Guys
1936 · Joe Hatcher
Secret Agent
1936 · Robert Marvin
It's Love Again
1936 · Peter Carlton
The Bride Comes Home
1935 · Jack Bristow
Remember Last Night?
1935 · Tony Milburn
Red Salute
1935 · Jeff
Calm Yourself
1935 · Preston Patton
Vagabond Lady
1935 · Tony Spear
West Point of the Air
1935 · Little Mike Stone
The Band Plays On
1934 · Tony Ferrera
Death on the Diamond
1934 · Larry Kelly
Paris Interlude
1934 · Pat
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934 · Jack Forrester
Hollywood Party
1934 · Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The House of Rothschild
1934 · Capt. Fitzroy
Lazy River
1934 · William 'Bill' Drexel
Spitfire
1934 · John Stafford
Carolina
1934 · Will Connelly
The Right To Romance
1933 · Bobby Preble
Saturday's Millions
1933 · Jim Fowler
Tugboat Annie
1933 · Alec (Son)
Hell Below
1933 · Lieut. (JG) 'Brick' Walters
Today We Live
1933 · Claude William Hope
Men Must Fight
1933 · Geoffrey Aiken
Strange Interlude
1932 · Gordon Evans as a young man
The Kid from Spain
1932 · Ricardo
Unashamed
1932 · Dick Ogden
New Morals for Old
1932 · Ralph Thomas
The Wet Parade
1932 · Kip Tarleton
Hell Divers
1932 · Graham - Pilot Reporting Missing Airplanes (uncredited)
The Guilty Generation
1931 · Marco Ricca, also known as Marco Smith
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931 · Dr.Claudet
The Black Camel
1931 · Jimmy Bradshaw
Calling Hubby's Bluff
1929 · Party Guest (uncredited)
The Campus Vamp
1928 · Student at Dance / at Beach (uncredited)
Series (22)
Little Women
1978 · Mr. Laurence
Donny & Marie
1976 · Self
Dinah!
1974 · Self
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971 · Dr. Marcus Welby
Vanished
1971 · Sen. Earl Gannon
The Partridge Family
1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.
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
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963 · Nick Holloway
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
Window on Main Street
1961
Dr. Kildare
1961 · Dr. Gilbert Winfield
The Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self - Guest, Self
Climax!
1954 · Lieutenant Commander Knowles
Father Knows Best
1954 · Jim Anderson
This Is Your Life
1952 · Self
What's My Line?
1950 · Self
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee