Acting

Robert Young

Born February 22, 1907 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died July 21, 1998 · aged 91

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…

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Secret of the Incas

Secret of the Incas · 1954

Secret of the Incas

MovieActionAdventure

Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.

Western Union

Western Union · 1941

When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II · 1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment! · 1974

That's Entertainment!

MovieDocumentaryFamily

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

They Won't Believe Me

They Won't Believe Me · 1947

They Won't Believe Me

MovieDramaRomance

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm · 1940

The Mortal Storm

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.

Crossfire

Crossfire · 1947

MovieCrimeMystery

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

Secret Agent

Secret Agent · 1936

MovieThrillerMystery

During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.

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Secret of the Incas

Secret of the Incas · 1954

Secret of the Incas

MovieActionAdventure

Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.

Stanley Moorehead

Western Union

Western Union · 1941

When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.

Richard Blake

That's Entertainment, Part II

That's Entertainment, Part II · 1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

(archive footage)

That's Entertainment!

That's Entertainment! · 1974

That's Entertainment!

MovieDocumentaryFamily

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

(archive footage) (uncredited)

They Won't Believe Me

They Won't Believe Me · 1947

They Won't Believe Me

MovieDramaRomance

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.

Larry Ballentine

The Mortal Storm

The Mortal Storm · 1940

The Mortal Storm

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.

Fritz Marberg

Crossfire

Crossfire · 1947

MovieCrimeMystery

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

Finlay

Secret Agent

Secret Agent · 1936

MovieThrillerMystery

During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.

Robert Marvin

The House of Rothschild

The House of Rothschild · 1934

The House of Rothschild

MovieDramaHistory

The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the business grows and helps to finance the war against Napoleon, but it's not always easy, especially because of the prejudices against Jews.

Capt. Fitzroy

The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost · 1944

The Canterville Ghost

MovieComedyFantasy

The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.

Cuffy Williams

The Enchanted Cottage

The Enchanted Cottage · 1945

The Enchanted Cottage

MovieDramaFantasy

A homely maid and a scarred ex-GI meet at the cottage where she works and where he was to spend his honeymoon prior to his accident. The two develop a bond and agree to marry, more out of loneliness than love. The romantic spirit of the cottage, however, overtakes them. They soon begin to look beautiful to each other, but no one else.

Oliver Bradford

The Second Woman

The Second Woman · 1950

The Second Woman

MovieDramaMystery

In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramodern clifftop house. Ellen is strongly attracted to Jeff, who's being plagued by unexplainable accidents, major and minor. Bad luck, persecution...or paranoia? Warned that Jeff could be dangerous, Ellen fears that he's in danger, as the menacing atmosphere darkens.

Jeff Cohalan

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

H.M. Pulham, Esq. · 1941

H.M. Pulham, Esq.

MovieDramaRomance

A middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society, still remembers the beautiful young woman who once brought him out of his shell.

Harry Moulton Pulham

Northwest Passage

Northwest Passage · 1940

Northwest Passage

MovieAdventureHistory

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.

Langdon Towne

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III · 1994

That's Entertainment! III

MovieDocumentaryMusic

Some of MGM's musical stars review the studio's history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Sworn Enemy

Sworn Enemy · 1936

MovieRomanceCrime

A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.

Henry 'Hank' Sherman

The Shining Hour

The Shining Hour · 1938

The Shining Hour

MovieDramaRomance

A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.

David Linden

That Forsyte Woman

That Forsyte Woman · 1949

That Forsyte Woman

MovieDramaRomance

Soames and Irene Forsyte have a marriage of convenience. Young Jolyon Forsyte is a black sheep who ran away with the maid after his wife's death. Teenager June Forsyte has found love with an artist, Phillip Bosinny. The interactions between the Forsytes and the people and society around them is the truss for this love story set in the rigid and strict times of the Victorian age.

Philip Bosinney

Navy Blue and Gold

Navy Blue and Gold · 1937

Navy Blue and Gold

Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.

Roger 'Rog' Ash

I Met Him in Paris

I Met Him in Paris · 1937

I Met Him in Paris

MovieComedyRomance

Kay Denham is off for a fling in Paris, leaving her suitor Berk behind. There, she meets two new suitors, Gene and George. Gene smooth-talks her into a junket to Switzerland, but George (with no illusions about his friend) appoints himself chaperone. Through a series of slapstick winter sports, Kay remains puzzled about George's disapproval of Gene...but there's a reason.

Gene Anders

The Emperor's Candlesticks

The Emperor's Candlesticks · 1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks

MovieDramaHistory

Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.

Grand Duke Peter

The Right To Romance

The Right To Romance · 1933

The Right To Romance

MovieDramaRomance

Against her better judgment, a dedicated and hard-working plastic surgeon (Ann Harding) finds herself falling in love with a playboy (Robert Young). Drama.

Bobby Preble

A Conspiracy of Love

A Conspiracy of Love · 1987

A Conspiracy of Love

A woman's husband apparently has deserted her and their daughter. So she decides to get on with her life which might include dissolving their union and seeing someone else. However, her in-laws, her husband's parents feel that she's acting very hastily, so she leaves their home with her daughter whom they love very much. She decides to limit their access to her daughter, but grandfather and granddaughter see each other on the sly.

Joe Woldarski

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

The Sin of Madelon Claudet · 1931

The Sin of Madelon Claudet

Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.

Dr.Claudet

Dr. Kildare

Dr. Kildare · 1961

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.

Dr. Gilbert Winfield

Climax!

Climax! · 1954

SeriesDramaMystery

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.

Lieutenant Commander Knowles

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marcus Welby, M.D. · 1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marcus Welby, M.D. is an American medical drama television program that aired on ABC from September 23, 1969, to July 29, 1976. It starred Robert Young as a family practitioner with a kind bedside manner and James Brolin as the younger doctor he often worked with, and was produced by David Victor and David J. O'Connell. The pilot, A Matter of Humanities, had aired as an ABC Movie of the Week on March 26, 1969.

Dr. Marcus Welby

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game · 1968

The Name of the Game

SeriesAction & AdventureSci-Fi & Fantasy

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and Robert Stack that ran from 1968 to 1971 on NBC, totaling 76 episodes of 90 minutes. It was a pioneering wheel series, setting the stage for The Bold Ones and the NBC Mystery Movie in the 1970s. The show had an extremely large budget for a television series.

Herman Allison

Father Knows Best

Father Knows Best · 1954

Father Knows Best

SeriesComedyFamily

Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.

Jim Anderson

The Partridge Family

The Partridge Family · 1970

The Partridge Family

SeriesComedyFamily

The Partridge Family is an American television sitcom series about a widowed mother and her five children who embark on a music career.

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law · 1971

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Dr. Marcus Welby

Vanished

Vanished · 1971

SeriesDramaCrime

Government agencies investigate the mysterious disappearance of a powerful presidential adviser.

Sen. Earl Gannon

Little Women

Little Women · 1978

SeriesDramaFamily

The two part miniseries chronicles the lives and loves of the four March sisters – Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth – growing up during the American Civil War. While their father leaves for battle, the sisters must rely on each other for strength in the face of tragedies both large and small.

Mr. Laurence

Window on Main Street

Window on Main Street · 1961

Window on Main Street

SeriesDramaComedy

Window on Main Street is an American half-hour comedy-drama television series starring Robert Young, which aired on CBS during the 1961-1962 season. Created by Roswell Rogers, Window on Main Street was produced by its star, Robert Young.