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 Katharin
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Personal Info

Id

14868

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

2

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-02-22

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

  • Robert George Young
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    Known For

    The Mortal Storm

    The Mortal S

    Secret Agent

    Secret Agent

    They Won't Believe Me

    They Won't B

    Stowaway

    Stowaway

    Crossfire

    Crossfire

    Secret of the Incas

    Secret of th

    Cairo

    Cairo

    That Forsyte Woman

    That Forsyte

    The Enchanted Cottage

    The Enchante

    Journey for Margaret

    Journey for

    Lady Be Good

    Lady Be Good

    Western Union

    Western Unio

    Northwest Passage

    Northwest Pa

    The Second Woman

    The Second W

    Honolulu

    Honolulu

    The Black Camel

    The Black Ca

    Spitfire

    Spitfire

    The Canterville Ghost

    The Cantervi

    Maisie

    Maisie

    The Emperor's Candlesticks

    The Emperor'

    Remember Last Night?

    Remember Las

    Tugboat Annie

    Tugboat Anni

    Sitting Pretty

    Sitting Pret

    H.M. Pulham, Esq.

    H.M. Pulham,

    Dr. Kildare's Crisis

    Dr. Kildare'

    It's Love Again

    It's Love Ag

    Death on the Diamond

    Death on the

    Today We Live

    Today We Liv

    West Point of the Air

    West Point o

    Three Comrades

    Three Comrad

    The Shining Hour

    The Shining

    The Bride Walks Out

    The Bride Wa

    The Bride Wore Red

    The Bride Wo

    The Kid from Spain

    The Kid from

    Strange Interlude

    Strange Inte

    Goodbye, My Fancy

    Goodbye, My

    I Met Him in Paris

    I Met Him in

    The Wet Parade

    The Wet Para

    Navy Blue and Gold

    Navy Blue an

    Married Before Breakfast

    Married Befo

    The Toy Wife

    The Toy Wife

    Men Must Fight

    Men Must Fig

    Red Salute

    Red Salute

    And Baby Makes Three

    And Baby Mak

    The Half-Breed

    The Half-Bre

    Relentless

    Relentless

    The Longest Night

    The Longest

    Slightly Dangerous

    Slightly Dan

    The Right To Romance

    The Right To

    Lazy River

    Lazy River

    Rich Man, Poor Girl

    Rich Man, Po

    Hell Below

    Hell Below

    The Guilty Generation

    The Guilty G

    Sworn Enemy

    Sworn Enemy

    Florian

    Florian

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    My Darling D

    Claudia and David

    Claudia and

    Adventure in Baltimore

    Adventure in

    Miracles for Sale

    Miracles for

    Lady Luck

    Lady Luck

    The Searching Wind

    The Searchin

    New Morals for Old

    New Morals f

    Paradise for Three

    Paradise for

    Unashamed

    Unashamed

    The House of Rothschild

    The House of

    The Bride Comes Home

    The Bride Co

    Carolina

    Carolina

    Married Bachelor

    Married Bach

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    Hollywood Ho

    The Band Plays On

    The Band Pla

    Calm Yourself

    Calm Yoursel

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    The Big Mome

    Bridal Suite

    Bridal Suite

    Bride for Sale

    Bride for Sa

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    Marcus Welby

    Paris Interlude

    Paris Interl

    Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair

    Marcus Welby

    Josette

    Josette

    Vagabond Lady

    Vagabond Lad

    Dangerous Number

    Dangerous Nu

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    The Campus V

    The Sin of Madelon Claudet

    The Sin of M

    That's Entertainment!

    That's Enter

    Those Endearing Young Charms

    Those Endear

    Sporting Blood

    Sporting Blo

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    A Conspiracy

    Sweet Rosie O'Grady

    Sweet Rosie

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    Northward, H

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    Highball Hig

    The Trial of Mary Dugan

    The Trial of

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    The Father K

    Claudia

    Claudia

    Joe Smith, American

    Joe Smith, A

    Whom the Gods Destroy

    Whom the God

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    The Three Wi

    Hollywood Party

    Hollywood Pa

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    A New Romanc

    Hell Divers

    Hell Divers

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    Hollywood: S

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    Hollywood Go

    Saturday's Millions

    Saturday's M

    That's Entertainment! III

    That's Enter

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    That's Enter

    All My Darling Daughters

    All My Darli

    The Romance of Celluloid

    The Romance

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    Twenty Years

    Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

    Myrna Loy: S

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    Mercy or Mur

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    Father Knows

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

    The Wonderfu

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    Hollywood’s

    The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

    The Return o

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    Calling Hubb

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    1994

    That's Entertainment! III

    as(archive footage)

    1990

    Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To

    as(archive footage)

    1990

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic

    asSelf

    1988

    Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair

    asDr. Marcus Welby

    1987

    A Conspiracy of Love

    asJoe Woldarski

    1987

    Mercy or Murder?

    asRoswell Gilbert

    1984

    The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.

    asDr. Marcus Welby

    1982

    Hollywood’s Children

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1977

    Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas

    asJim Anderson

    1977

    The Father Knows Best Reunion

    asJames Anderson

    1976

    That's Entertainment, Part II

    as(archive footage)

    1974

    That's Entertainment!

    as(archive footage) (uncredited)

    1973

    My Darling Daughters' Anniversary

    asJudge Charles Raleigh

    1972

    All My Darling Daughters

    asJudge Charles Raleigh

    1969

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

    asMarcus Welby

    1963

    Highball Highway

    asHimself

    1954

    Secret of the Incas

    asStanley Moorehead

    1954

    The Big Moment

    asNarrator

    1952

    The Half-Breed

    asDan Craig

    1951

    Goodbye, My Fancy

    asDoctor James Merrill

    1950

    The Second Woman

    asJeff Cohalan

    1949

    And Baby Makes Three

    asVernon 'Vern' Walsh

    1949

    Bride for Sale

    asSteve Adams

    1949

    That Forsyte Woman

    asPhilip Bosinney

    1949

    Adventure in Baltimore

    asDr. Andrew Sheldon

    1948

    Relentless

    asNick Buckley

    1948

    Sitting Pretty

    asHarry King

    1947

    Crossfire

    asFinlay

    1947

    They Won't Believe Me

    asLarry Ballentine

    1946

    Lady Luck

    asLarry Scott

    1946

    The Searching Wind

    asAlex Hazen

    1946

    Claudia and David

    asDavid Naughton

    1945

    Those Endearing Young Charms

    asLt. Hurley 'Hank' Travers

    1945

    The Enchanted Cottage

    asOliver Bradford

    1944

    The Canterville Ghost

    asCuffy Williams

    1944

    Twenty Years After

    as(archive footage)

    1943

    Claudia

    asDavid Naughton

    1943

    Sweet Rosie O'Grady

    asSamuel Magee

    1943

    Slightly Dangerous

    asBob Stuart

    1942

    Journey for Margaret

    asJohn Davis

    1942

    Cairo

    asHomer Smith, aka Juniper Jones

    1942

    Joe Smith, American

    asJoe Smith

    1941

    H.M. Pulham, Esq.

    asHarry Moulton Pulham

    1941

    Married Bachelor

    asRandolph Haven

    1941

    Lady Be Good

    asEdward 'Eddie' Crane

    1941

    Western Union

    asRichard Blake

    1941

    The Trial of Mary Dugan

    asJimmy Blake

    1940

    Dr. Kildare's Crisis

    asDouglas Lamont

    1940

    A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound

    asSelf

    1940

    Sporting Blood

    asMyles Vanders

    1940

    The Mortal Storm

    asFritz Marberg

    1940

    Florian

    asAnton Erban

    1940

    Hollywood: Style Center of the World

    asSelf

    1940

    Northwest Passage

    asLangdon Towne

    1940

    Northward, Ho!

    asHimself

    1939

    Miracles for Sale

    asMichael Morgan

    1939

    Maisie

    asCharles 'Slim' Martin

    1939

    Bridal Suite

    asNeil McGill

    1939

    Hollywood Hobbies

    asSelf (uncredited)

    1939

    Honolulu

    asBrooks Mason / George Smith

    1938

    The Shining Hour

    asDavid Linden

    1938

    Rich Man, Poor Girl

    asBill Harrison

    1938

    Hollywood Goes to Town

    asSelf

    1938

    The Toy Wife

    asAndre Vallaire

    1938

    Paradise for Three

    asFritz Hagedorn

    1938

    Josette

    asPierre Brassard

    1938

    Three Comrades

    asGottfried Lenz

    1937

    Navy Blue and Gold

    asRoger 'Rog' Ash

    1937

    The Bride Wore Red

    asRudolph 'Rudi' Pal

    1937

    The Romance of Celluloid

    asSelf (archive footage)

    1937

    The Emperor's Candlesticks

    asGrand Duke Peter

    1937

    Married Before Breakfast

    asTom Wakefield

    1937

    I Met Him in Paris

    asGene Anders

    1937

    Dangerous Number

    asHank

    1936

    Stowaway

    asTommy Randall

    1936

    The Longest Night

    asCharley Phelps

    1936

    Sworn Enemy

    asHenry 'Hank' Sherman

    1936

    The Bride Walks Out

    asHugh McKenzie

    1936

    The Three Wise Guys

    asJoe Hatcher

    1936

    Secret Agent

    asRobert Marvin

    1936

    It's Love Again

    asPeter Carlton

    1935

    The Bride Comes Home

    asJack Bristow

    1935

    Remember Last Night?

    asTony Milburn

    1935

    Red Salute

    asJeff

    1935

    Calm Yourself

    asPreston Patton

    1935

    Vagabond Lady

    asTony Spear

    1935

    West Point of the Air

    asLittle Mike Stone

    1934

    The Band Plays On

    asTony Ferrera

    1934

    Death on the Diamond

    asLarry Kelly

    1934

    Paris Interlude

    asPat

    1934

    Whom the Gods Destroy

    asJack Forrester

    1934

    Hollywood Party

    asRadio Announcer (uncredited)

    1934

    The House of Rothschild

    asCapt. Fitzroy

    1934

    Lazy River

    asWilliam 'Bill' Drexel

    1934

    Spitfire

    asJohn Stafford

    1934

    Carolina

    asWill Connelly

    1933

    The Right To Romance

    asBobby Preble

    1933

    Saturday's Millions

    asJim Fowler

    1933

    Tugboat Annie

    asAlec (Son)

    1933

    Hell Below

    asLieut. (JG) 'Brick' Walters

    1933

    Today We Live

    asClaude William Hope

    1933

    Men Must Fight

    asGeoffrey Aiken

    1932

    Strange Interlude

    asGordon Evans as a young man

    1932

    The Kid from Spain

    asRicardo

    1932

    Unashamed

    asDick Ogden

    1932

    New Morals for Old

    asRalph Thomas

    1932

    The Wet Parade

    asKip Tarleton

    1932

    Hell Divers

    asGraham - Pilot Reporting Missing Airplanes (uncredited)

    1931

    The Guilty Generation

    asMarco Ricca, also known as Marco Smith

    1931

    The Sin of Madelon Claudet

    asDr.Claudet

    1931

    The Black Camel

    asJimmy Bradshaw

    1929

    Calling Hubby's Bluff

    asParty Guest (uncredited)

    1928

    The Campus Vamp

    asStudent at Dance / at Beach (uncredited)

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    (171 episode)asDr. Marcus Welby

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    (2 episode)asSelf

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    (203 episode)asJim Anderson

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asLieutenant Commander Knowles

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Host

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    (2 episode)asSen. Earl Gannon

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Guest

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    (1 episode)asDr. Gilbert Winfield

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    (2 episode)asMr. Laurence

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (2 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asHerman Allison

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    (2 episode)asDr. Marcus Welby

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    (1 episode)asSelf

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Guest

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    (3 episode)asSelf - Mystery Guest

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    (1 episode)asNick Holloway

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Panelist

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    (1 episode)asSelf - Nominee

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