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Roland Young (11 November 1887 – 5 June 1953) was an English actor.
Young made his first stage appearance in London's West End in Find the Woman in 1908, and in 1912 he made his Broadway debut in Hindle Wakes. He appeared in two comedies written for him by Clare Kummer, Good Gracious Annabelle! (1916) and A Successful Calamity (1917) before he served with the United States Army during World War I. He returned to New York when the war ended, and married Kummer's daughter, Frances. For the next few years he alternated between New York and London. He made his film debut in the 1922 silent film Sherlock Holmes, in which he played Watson opposite John Barrymore as Holmes.
He signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and made his talkie debut in The Unholy Night (1929), directed by Lionel Barrymore. He was loaned to Warner Bros. to appear in Her Private Life, with Billie Dove and Fox Film Corporation, winning critical approval for his comedic performance as Jeanette MacDonald's husband in Don't Bet on a Woman. He was again paired with MacDonald in the film version of Good Gracious Annabelle!, titled Annabelle's Affairs. He appeared in Cecil B. de Mille's The Squaw Man, and played opposite Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in The Guardsman (both 1931). He appeared with Evelyn Brent in Columbia's The Pagan Lady (1932) and Pola Negri in RKO's A Woman Commands (1932). His final film under his MGM contract was Lovers Courageous (1932), opposite Robert Montgomery. In 1933 he had a starring role in the risqué comedy for Fox Film called Pleasure Cruise along side Genevieve Tobin.
Young began to work as a freelance performer and found himself in constant demand. He appeared with Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin and Maurice Chevalier in One Hour With You (1932) and with Kay Francis in Street of Women (1932). Alexander Korda invited him to return to Britain to make his British film debut in Wedding Rehearsal (1932). He returned to Hollywood and appeared in a diverse group of films that included comedies, murder mysteries, and dramas, and also worked on Broadway. Among his films of this period were Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), David Copperfield (1935) (playing Uriah Heep), and the H.G. Wells fantasy The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936).
In 1937, he achieved one of the most important successes of his career in Topper, as a bank president haunted by the ghosts of his clients, played by Cary Grant and Constance Bennett. It was one of the most successful films of the year, and Young was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Topper's wife was played by Billie Burke, who wrote in her memoir that Young "was dry and always fun to work with". They also appeared together in The Young in Heart (1938), and both of the Topper sequels, Topper Takes a Trip (1938) and Topper Returns (1941).
He continued working steadily through the 1940s, playing small roles opposite some of Hollywood's leading actresses, such as Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Paulette Goddard and Greta Garbo in her final film, Two-Faced Woman (1941). In the 1950s, Young appeared on several episodic television series, including Lux Video Theatre, Studio One, Pulitzer Prize Playhouse and The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre.
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Filmography (Movies)
That's Entertainment! III
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/07/1994
That Man from Tangier
Character:George
Release Date:08/05/1953
St. Benny the Dip
Character:Matthew
Release Date:24/08/1951
Let's Dance
Character:Edmund Pohlwhistle
Release Date:29/11/1950
The Great Lover
Character:C.J. Dabney
Release Date:23/11/1949
You Gotta Stay Happy
Character:Ralph Tutwiler
Release Date:28/10/1948
Bond Street
Character:George Chester-Barrett
Release Date:12/05/1948
And Then There Were None
Character:William Blore
Release Date:31/10/1945
Standing Room Only
Character:Ira Cromwell
Release Date:07/01/1944
Forever and a Day
Character:Henry Barringer
Release Date:21/01/1943
Tales of Manhattan
Character:Edgar
Release Date:05/08/1942
They All Kissed the Bride
Character:Marsh
Release Date:11/06/1942
The Lady Has Plans
Character:Ronald Dean
Release Date:20/01/1942
Two-Faced Woman
Character:Oscar 'O.O.' Miller
Release Date:31/12/1941
The Flame of New Orleans
Character:Charles Giraud
Release Date:07/07/1941
Topper Returns
Character:Cosmo Topper
Release Date:21/03/1941
No, No, Nanette
Character:Mr. 'Happy' Jimmy Smith
Release Date:19/12/1940
The Philadelphia Story
Character:Uncle Willie
Release Date:05/12/1940
Dulcy
Character:Roger Forbes
Release Date:04/10/1940
Private Affairs
Character:Amos Bullerton
Release Date:05/07/1940
Irene
Character:Mr. Smith
Release Date:23/04/1940
Star Dust
Character:Thomas Brooke
Release Date:06/04/1940
He Married His Wife
Character:Bill Carter
Release Date:19/01/1940
The Night of Nights
Character:Barry Keith-Trimble
Release Date:01/12/1939
Here I Am a Stranger
Character:Professor Daniels
Release Date:29/09/1939
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Character:Titus Jaywood
Release Date:25/02/1939
Topper Takes a Trip
Character:Cosmo Topper
Release Date:29/12/1938
The Young in Heart
Character:Col. Anthony 'Sahib' Carleton
Release Date:06/07/1938
Sailing Along
Character:Anthony Gulliver
Release Date:15/04/1938
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Character:Sultan
Release Date:29/10/1937
Topper
Character:Cosmo Topper
Release Date:16/07/1937
King Solomon's Mines
Character:Cmdr. John Good
Release Date:17/06/1937
Call It a Day
Character:Frank Haines
Release Date:17/04/1937
Gypsy
Character:Alan Brooks
Release Date:29/12/1936
Give Me Your Heart
Character:Edward 'Tubbs' Barrow
Release Date:17/09/1936
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Character:George McWhirter Fotheringay
Release Date:23/07/1936
One Rainy Afternoon
Character:Maillot
Release Date:13/05/1936
The Unguarded Hour
Character:William "Bunny" Jeffers
Release Date:10/04/1936
Ruggles of Red Gap
Character:Earl of Burnstead
Release Date:08/03/1935
David Copperfield
Character:Uriah Heep
Release Date:18/01/1935
Here Is My Heart
Character:Nicki
Release Date:28/12/1934
His Double Life
Character:Priam Farrel
Release Date:14/12/1933
Blind Adventure
Character:Holmes
Release Date:18/08/1933
Pleasure Cruise
Character:Andrew Poole
Release Date:01/04/1933
A Lady's Profession
Character:Lord Reginald Withers
Release Date:03/03/1933
They Just Had to Get Married
Character:Hillary Hume
Release Date:05/01/1933
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
Character:Self
Release Date:16/12/1932
Wedding Rehearsal
Character:Reggie Buckley Candysshe - Marquis of Buckminster
Release Date:01/10/1932
Street of Women
Character:Linkhorne 'Link' Gibson
Release Date:04/06/1932
This Is the Night
Character:Gerald Gray
Release Date:08/04/1932
One Hour with You
Character:Professor Olivier
Release Date:23/03/1932
A Woman Commands
Character:King Alexander
Release Date:12/02/1932
Lovers Courageous
Character:Jeffrey
Release Date:23/01/1932
The Guardsman
Character:The Critic
Release Date:20/10/1931
The Pagan Lady
Character:Dr. Heath
Release Date:07/09/1931
The Squaw Man
Character:Sir John Applegate
Release Date:21/07/1931
Annabelle's Affairs
Character:Roland Wimbleton
Release Date:14/06/1931
The Prodigal
Character:Doc
Release Date:21/02/1931
Don't Bet on Women
Character:Herbert Drake
Release Date:15/02/1931
New Moon
Character:Count Strogoff
Release Date:23/12/1930
Madam Satan
Character:Jimmy Wade
Release Date:20/09/1930
The Bishop Murder Case
Character:Sigurd 'Erik' Arnesson
Release Date:31/12/1929
Wise Girls
Character:Duke Merrill
Release Date:21/09/1929
The Unholy Night
Character:Lord Montague
Release Date:13/09/1929
Her Private Life
Character:Charteris
Release Date:25/08/1929
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Character:Lord Kyne
Release Date:01/01/1926
Grit
Character:Houdini Hart
Release Date:07/01/1924
Sherlock Holmes
Character:Dr. Watson
Release Date:07/03/1922
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