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Robert George Young (February 22, 1907 – July 21, 1998) was an American film, television, and radio actor best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father character, in Father Knows Best (CBS, then NBC, then CBS again) and the physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. . In 1978, Young produced a documentary that "stressed the ...
Jan 20, 1991 · Actor Robert Young, who for 10 years served as the ideal TV patriarch in "Father Knows Best" and went on to star in "Marcus Welby, M.D.," attempted suicide at his Westlake Village home last week ...
Robert Young. Actor: Crossfire. Quiet, soft-spoken Robert grew up in California and had some stage experience with the Pasadena Playhouse before entering films in 1931. His movie career consisted of playing characters who were charming, good-looking--and bland. In fact, his screen image was such that he usually never got the girl. Louis B. Mayer would say, "He has no sex appeal," but he had a ...
Robert Young. Actor: Crossfire. Quiet, soft-spoken Robert grew up in California and had some stage experience with the Pasadena Playhouse before entering films in 1931. His movie career consisted of playing characters who were charming, good-looking--and bland. In fact, his screen image was such that he usually never got the girl. Louis B. Mayer would say, "He has no sex appeal," but he had a ...
Jul 23, 1998 · TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Robert Young, an actor who created solid, wholesome, common-sense characters on television in ''Father Knows Best ...
Jul 17, 2024 · Robert Young (born February 22, 1907, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died July 21, 1998, Westlake Village, California, U.S.) was an American actor who costarred in numerous movies but was best remembered for his later portrayal of benevolent authority figures when he starred in the title roles of the television classics Father Knows Best and Marcus ...
Jul 23, 1998 · Robert Young, the handsome leading man of films of the 1930s and 1940s who parlayed his considerable charm into television stardom in "Father Knows Best" and "Marcus Welby, M.D.," has died.
Jul 21, 1998 · 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 ...
Jul 22, 1998 · Robert Young Obituary NPR's Andy Bowers reports on the death of actor Robert Young. He died today at his California home of natural causes at the age of 91. A self-described "B" movie actor in the ...
Robert George Young was an American television, film, and radio actor, best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father of Father Knows Best and as physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D.. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Young was the son of an Irish immigrant father and an American mother. When Young was a child, the family moved ...