Alan Young
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
99
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-11-19
Day of death
2016-05-19 (96 years old)
Place of Birth
North Shields, Tyne-and-Wear, Northumberland, England, UK
Alan Young
Biography
Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was an English-Canadian-American actor, comedian, radio and television host, whom TV Guide called "the Charlie Chaplin of television". Young was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England, to Scottish parents. He suffered from severe asthma as a child, which kept him bedridden for long periods of time. During this time, he developed a love of radio, and began performing on local radio stations in his teens. In 1941, Young moved to the United States, where he continued his radio career. He also began appearing in television shows, and in 1950, he won an Emmy Award for Best Actor for his role in the sitcom The Alan Young Show. Young's most famous role was as Wilbur Post in the television comedy Mister Ed (1961–1966). The show was about a man who could talk to his talking horse, and it was a huge success, running for five seasons. Young's performance in the show earned him another Emmy Award nomination. After Mister Ed, Young continued to work in television and film. He also provided the voice of Scrooge McDuck for Disney from 1974 until his death in 2016. Young was a versatile actor who was equally adept at comedy and drama. He was also a talented musician, and released several albums of music. Young was married three times and had four children. He died in 2016 at the age of 96.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Murder, She Wrote
ER
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
Batman: The Animated Series
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch
DuckTales
Party of Five
The Ren & Stimpy Show
Coach
St. Elsewhere
TaleSpin
Mickey Mouse
Studio One
Studio One
Matinee Theater
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Static Shock
Mister Ed
Duckman
Doogie Howser, M.D.
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show
The Steve Allen Show
Disney's House of Mouse
Disney's House of Mouse
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Camp Lazlo
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Wayans Bros.
The Danny Kaye Show
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Studio 57
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
Hang Time
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Mickey Mouse Works
The Time Machine
Super Ducktales
Scruffy
No
Screen Director's Playhouse
Tom Thumb
Beverly Hills Cop III
Margie
The Great Mouse Detective
Once Upon a Studio
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
Battle of the Planets
Weekend Special
Moondance
Down to Earth
Rude Awakening
Startime
Raw Toonage
FreakyLinks
God, the Devil and Bob
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
The Time Machine
The Lux Show
The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
USA High
Maybe This Time
The Cat from Outer Space
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Alice Through the Looking Glass
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
The Incredible Hulk
This Is the Life
Chicken Every Sunday
Androcles and the Lion
Once Upon a Halloween
Bad Cat
The Treasure of the Golden Suns
Gibbsville
Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit
Beauty and the Beast
Five Fingers
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol
Coming of Age
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
General Electric Theater
Baker's Hawk
Kelly Kelly
Television: The First Fifty Years
Black Beauty
Time Machine: The Journey Back
Five Fingers : Thin Ice
TV Land Confidential
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Stars in the Eye
Life of Vernon Hathaway
