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 film ... s 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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| Organization | Category | Movie |
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Father Knows Best
as Jim Anderson
Episodes: 203
First Aired: Oct 03, 1954
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Dr. Marcus Welby
Episodes: 171
First Aired: Sep 23, 1969
Vanished
as Sen. Earl Gannon
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 08, 1971
Little Women
as Mr. Laurence
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 02, 1978
Climax!
as Lieutenant Commander Knowles
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 07, 1954
Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Gilbert Winfield
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 27, 1961
The Name of the Game
as Herman Allison
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
as Dr. Marcus Welby
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1971
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Nick Holloway
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1963
Window on Main Street
Episodes: 16
First Aired: Oct 02, 1961
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 02, 1950
Donny & Marie
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jan 23, 1976
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Jun 20, 1948
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
This Is Your Life
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1952
ABC Stage 67
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1966
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 24, 1956
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 1969
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Recipient
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 24, 1956
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jun 06, 1968
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 02, 1950
Dinah!
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 21, 1974
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