Otis Young

Acting

Otis Young

Born July 4, 1932 · Providence, Rhode Island, United States

Died October 11, 2001 · aged 69

Otis E. Young (July 4, 1932 in Providence, Rhode Island – October 11, 2001) was an African-American actor. He was only the second African-American actor to co-star in a television Western, The Outcasts (1968-1969), with Don Murray, the first being Raymond St Jacques who had co-starred on the final season of Rawhide in 1965, as cattle drover Simon Blake. Young played another memorable role as Jack …

Known For

The Last DetailThe Last Detail · 1973
The Last Detail
7.01973
MovieDramaComedy
Two Navy men are ordered to bring a young offender to prison, but decide to show him one last good time along the way.
Blood BeachBlood Beach · 1980
Blood Beach
4.81980
MovieScience FictionHorror
Something or someone is attacking people one by one on the beach. Some of them are mutilated, but most of them are sucked into the sand, disappearing without a trace. What is the creature responsible? Where does it live, and where did it come from? And is there any chance of it reproducing? Meanwhile, David Huffman and Mariana Hill are once-almost-married old friends, reunited over the death of her mother on the beach, and searching for clues in the abandoned buildings where they used to play when they were young.
The Hollywood KnightsThe Hollywood Knights · 1980
The Hollywood Knights
5.81980
MovieComedy
Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night, 1965. Everything from drag racing to Vietnam to high school love.
CounterpointCounterpoint · 1967
Counterpoint
6.21967
MovieWarDrama
In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO tour with his 70-piece symphony orchestra in newly-liberated Belgium. While fleeing from a German counterattack, Evans and his orchestra members are captured by a Panzer division and taken to an old chateau in Luxembourg. Despite orders to execute every prisoner, General Schiller, an avid music lover, commands Evans to give a private concert for him.
Twin DetectivesTwin Detectives · 1976
Twin Detectives
8.01976
MovieCrimeMystery
Identical twin brothers who own a detective agency hatch a plan to expose a phony group of psychics, but soon find themselves involved in a murder.
Valley of MysteryValley of Mystery · 1967
Valley of Mystery
7.51967
MovieActionAdventure
A Meridian Airlines flight from Miami to Caracas crashes in the Venezuelan jungle, stranding 130 passengers and crew in hostile surroundings.
The ClonesThe Clones · 1973
The Clones
4.61973
MovieActionScience Fiction
A scientist discovers a plot to clone other scientists so the government can control the weather.
After ImageAfter Image · 2001
After Image
4.42001
MovieThrillerDrama
The story of a clairvoyant who falls in love with a crime photographer. Soon, both become involved in the search for a pathological murderer.

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Daniel BooneDaniel Boone · 1964
Daniel Boone
7.01964
SeriesAction & AdventureWestern
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.

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