Acting · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Born February 22, 1907
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
MovieThat's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
MovieMyrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
1990
as (archive footage)
MovieThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
1990
as Self
MovieMarcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair
1988
as Dr. Marcus Welby
MovieA Conspiracy of Love
1987
as Joe Woldarski
MovieMercy or Murder?
1987
as Roswell Gilbert
MovieThe Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
1984
as Dr. Marcus Welby
MovieHollywood’s Children
1982
as Self (archive footage)
TVLittle Women
1978
as Mr. Laurence
MovieFather Knows Best: Home for Christmas
1977
as Jim Anderson
MovieThe Father Knows Best Reunion
1977
as James Anderson
MovieThat's Entertainment, Part II
1976
as (archive footage)
TVDonny & Marie
1976
as Self
TVDinah!
1974
as Self
MovieThat's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
MovieMy Darling Daughters' Anniversary
1973
as Judge Charles Raleigh
MovieAll My Darling Daughters
1972
as Judge Charles Raleigh
TVOwen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
as Dr. Marcus Welby
TVVanished
1971
as Sen. Earl Gannon
TVThe Partridge Family
1970
TVMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Dr. Marcus Welby
MovieMarcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
1969
as Marcus Welby
TVThe Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
1969
as Self
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Herman Allison
TVThe Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
TVABC Stage 67
1966
as Self - Host
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
as Nick Holloway
MovieHighball Highway
1963
as Himself
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Window on Main Street
1961
TVDr. Kildare
1961
as Dr. Gilbert Winfield
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
TVClimax!
1954
as Lieutenant Commander Knowles
TVFather Knows Best
1954
as Jim Anderson
MovieSecret of the Incas
1954
as Stanley Moorehead
MovieThe Big Moment
1954
as Narrator
TVThis Is Your Life
1952
as Self
MovieThe Half-Breed
1952
as Dan Craig
MovieGoodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Doctor James Merrill
MovieThe Second Woman
1950
as Jeff Cohalan
TVWhat's My Line?
1950
as Self
MovieAnd Baby Makes Three
1949
as Vernon 'Vern' Walsh
MovieBride for Sale
1949
as Steve Adams
MovieThat Forsyte Woman
1949
as Philip Bosinney
MovieAdventure in Baltimore
1949
as Dr. Andrew Sheldon
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieRelentless
1948
as Nick Buckley
MovieSitting Pretty
1948
as Harry King
MovieCrossfire
1947
as Finlay
MovieThey Won't Believe Me
1947
as Larry Ballentine
MovieLady Luck
1946
as Larry Scott
MovieThe Searching Wind
1946
as Alex Hazen
MovieClaudia and David
1946
as David Naughton
MovieThose Endearing Young Charms
1945
as Lt. Hurley 'Hank' Travers
MovieThe Enchanted Cottage
1945
as Oliver Bradford
MovieThe Canterville Ghost
1944
as Cuffy Williams
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
MovieTwenty Years After
1944
as (archive footage)
MovieClaudia
1943
as David Naughton
MovieSweet Rosie O'Grady
1943
as Samuel Magee
MovieSlightly Dangerous
1943
as Bob Stuart
MovieJourney for Margaret
1942
as John Davis
MovieCairo
1942
as Homer Smith, aka Juniper Jones
MovieJoe Smith, American
1942
as Joe Smith
MovieH.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as Harry Moulton Pulham
MovieMarried Bachelor
1941
as Randolph Haven
MovieLady Be Good
1941
as Edward 'Eddie' Crane
MovieWestern Union
1941
as Richard Blake
MovieThe Trial of Mary Dugan
1941
as Jimmy Blake
MovieDr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
as Douglas Lamont
MovieA New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
1940
as Self
MovieSporting Blood
1940
as Myles Vanders
MovieThe Mortal Storm
1940
as Fritz Marberg
MovieFlorian
1940
as Anton Erban
MovieHollywood: Style Center of the World
1940
as Self
MovieNorthwest Passage
1940
as Langdon Towne
MovieNorthward, Ho!
1940
as Himself
MovieMiracles for Sale
1939
as Michael Morgan
MovieMaisie
1939
as Charles 'Slim' Martin
MovieBridal Suite
1939
as Neil McGill
MovieHollywood Hobbies
1939
as Self (uncredited)
MovieHonolulu
1939
as Brooks Mason / George Smith
MovieThe Shining Hour
1938
as David Linden
MovieRich Man, Poor Girl
1938
as Bill Harrison
MovieHollywood Goes to Town
1938
as Self
MovieThe Toy Wife
1938
as Andre Vallaire
MovieParadise for Three
1938
as Fritz Hagedorn
MovieJosette
1938
as Pierre Brassard
MovieThree Comrades
1938
as Gottfried Lenz
MovieNavy Blue and Gold
1937
as Roger 'Rog' Ash
MovieThe Bride Wore Red
1937
as Rudolph 'Rudi' Pal
MovieThe Romance of Celluloid
1937
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
as Grand Duke Peter
MovieMarried Before Breakfast
1937
as Tom Wakefield
MovieI Met Him in Paris
1937
as Gene Anders
MovieDangerous Number
1937
as Hank
MovieStowaway
1936
as Tommy Randall
MovieThe Longest Night
1936
as Charley Phelps
MovieSworn Enemy
1936
as Henry 'Hank' Sherman
MovieThe Bride Walks Out
1936
as Hugh McKenzie
MovieThe Three Wise Guys
1936
as Joe Hatcher
MovieSecret Agent
1936
as Robert Marvin
MovieIt's Love Again
1936
as Peter Carlton
MovieThe Bride Comes Home
1935
as Jack Bristow
MovieRemember Last Night?
1935
as Tony Milburn
MovieRed Salute
1935
as Jeff
MovieCalm Yourself
1935
as Preston Patton
MovieVagabond Lady
1935
as Tony Spear
MovieWest Point of the Air
1935
as Little Mike Stone
MovieThe Band Plays On
1934
as Tony Ferrera
MovieDeath on the Diamond
1934
as Larry Kelly
MovieParis Interlude
1934
as Pat
MovieWhom the Gods Destroy
1934
as Jack Forrester
MovieHollywood Party
1934
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
MovieThe House of Rothschild
1934
as Capt. Fitzroy
MovieLazy River
1934
as William 'Bill' Drexel
MovieSpitfire
1934
as John Stafford
MovieCarolina
1934
as Will Connelly
MovieThe Right To Romance
1933
as Bobby Preble
MovieSaturday's Millions
1933
as Jim Fowler
MovieTugboat Annie
1933
as Alec (Son)
MovieHell Below
1933
as Lieut. (JG) 'Brick' Walters
MovieToday We Live
1933
as Claude William Hope
MovieMen Must Fight
1933
as Geoffrey Aiken
MovieStrange Interlude
1932
as Gordon Evans as a young man
MovieThe Kid from Spain
1932
as Ricardo
MovieUnashamed
1932
as Dick Ogden
MovieNew Morals for Old
1932
as Ralph Thomas
MovieThe Wet Parade
1932
as Kip Tarleton
MovieHell Divers
1932
as Graham - Pilot Reporting Missing Airplanes (uncredited)
MovieThe Guilty Generation
1931
as Marco Ricca, also known as Marco Smith
MovieThe Sin of Madelon Claudet
1931
as Dr.Claudet
MovieThe Black Camel
1931
as Jimmy Bradshaw
MovieCalling Hubby's Bluff
1929
as Party Guest (uncredited)
MovieThe Campus Vamp
1928
as Student at Dance / at Beach (uncredited)
