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Biography

Robert Young is best known for two roles Jim Anderson on "Father Knows Best" and Dr. Marcus Welby. Robert led a different life than…more

Born

2/22/1907, Chicago, Illinois

Died

7/7/1998

Birth Name

Robert Young

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (3)

Role
- Marcus Welby, M.D.
  Dr. Marcus Welby
  - S 1: Ep 14 Diagnosis: Fear
    12/30/69
  - S 1: Ep 13 Neither Punch nor Judy
    12/23/69
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Chemistry of Hope
    12/16/69
  - S 1: Ep 11 Let Ernest Come Over
    12/9/69
  - S 1: Ep 10 Homecoming
    11/25/69
  - + 172 More Credits
- Window on Main Street
  Cameron "Cam" Garrett Brooks
  - S 1: Ep 3 Doctor to Town
    10/16/61
  - S 1: Ep 2 First Romance
    10/9/61
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Return (pilot)
    10/2/61
- Father Knows Best
  Jim Anderson
  - S 6: Ep 32 Betty's Graduation
    5/23/60
  - S 6: Ep 31 Not His Type
    5/16/60
  - S 6: Ep 30 Bud Lives It Up
    5/9/60
  - S 6: Ep 29 Betty's Career Problem
    4/25/60
  - S 6: Ep 28 Blind Date
    4/18/60
  - + 199 More Credits
Guest Star (31)

Role
- Over Easy
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 18 December 6, 1977
    12/6/77
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 157 May 13, 1977
    5/13/77
  - S 2: Ep 98 February 5, 1976
    2/5/76
  - S 1: Ep 153 June 9, 1975
    6/9/75
- Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law
  Dr. Marcus Welby
  - S 3: Ep 20 I've Promised You a Father
    3/9/74
- The Kopykats
  Guest Host
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Kopykats # 5
    3/8/72
- The Morecambe & Wise Show
  Guest Star
  - S 12: Ep 1 Robert Young / Anita Harris / Francis Matthews
    9/19/71
  - S 11: Ep 2 Robert Young / Susan Maughan / Arthur Lowe
    4/22/71
- Kraft Music Hall
  Host
  - S 13: Ep 10 Kraft Presents Robert Young
    12/2/70
- Christopher Closeup
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 17 Let George Do It
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 62 November 26, 1969
    11/26/69
  - S 4: Ep 16 September 22, 1969
    9/22/69
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 24 October 2, 1969
    10/2/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 13 September 17, 1969
    9/17/69
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 46 September 9, 1969
    9/9/69
  - S 5: Ep 17 September 29, 1970
    9/29/70
- The Name of the Game
  Herman Allison
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Protector
    11/15/68
- ABC Stage 67
  Host
  - S 1: Ep 22 The American Boy
    3/9/67
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 222 July 14, 1966
    7/14/66
  - S 7: Ep 123 February 6, 1970
    2/6/70
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Nick Holloway
  - S 3: Ep 21 Holloway's Daughters
    5/11/66
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Admiral Matt Callahan
  - S 3: Ep 10 The Admiral
    12/29/65
- The Bell Telephone Hour
  Host
  - S 8: Ep 5 Thanksgiving #5
    11/21/65
- Dr. Kildare
  Dr. Gilbert Winfield
  - S 4: Ep 15 Lullaby for an Indian Summer
    1/7/65
- The Bell Telephone Hour
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 3 Show #3
    11/24/64
- Maigret
  Court Usher
  - S 2: Ep 8 Raise Your Right Hand
    12/11/61
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 12 David Allen; Irene Kral; The Nicolais Dancers / The 10th Annual Magazine Awards
    12/28/59
  - S 2: Ep 48 Robert Young; Martha Raye; Milton Caniff; Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme
    9/8/57
- The Garry Moore Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 13 December 30, 1958
    12/30/58
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest Duo
  - S 10: Ep 3 EPISODE #433
    9/21/58
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  scheduled guest
  - S 12: Ep 2 scheduled: The stars of the upcoming TV season
    9/21/58
- What's My Line?
  Guest Panelist
  - S 9: Ep 2 EPISODE #379
    9/8/57
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest
  - S 8: Ep 34 EPISODE #359
    4/21/57
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 34 Robert Young with the "Mother of the Year" Awards / Carlos Ramirez
    5/13/56
- Climax!
  Lieutenant Commander Knowles
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest #2
  - S 6: Ep 3 EPISODE #225
    9/19/54
- Ford Theatre: All Star Theatre
  Tom Warren
  - S 2: Ep 35 Keep It in the Family
    5/27/54
- The Ken Murray Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 31 5/12/1951
    5/12/51
Director (6)

Role
- Battlestar Galactica
  Director
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
  Director
- Jeeves and Wooster
  Director
- Bergerac
  Director
- Hammer House of Horror
  Director
- Minder (1979)
  Director

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Trivia
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- After Marcus Welby, MD came to an end, Robert Young became the spokesperson for Sanka, a popular decaffeinated coffee.
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- Robert Young has been awarded three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. One star is located on 6933 Hollywood Blvd for his skills in motion pictures. Another star is located on 1620 Vine Street for his acting in radio. The third star is for his roles on the television and is located on 6360 Hollywood Blvd. The maximum number of stars that can be awarded is five.
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- Robert Young is one of the more famous graduates of Abraham Lincoln High School located in Los Angeles, California. His acting education as with most actors of his day was not in college but at local playhouses. Robert Young received this training at Pasadena Playhouse.
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- Robert Young: I was an introvert in an extrovert profession.
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- Robert Young: All those years at MGM I hid a black terror behind a cheerful face.
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- Robert Young told a reporter that he was once having a disagreement with his daughter. When he did not know the answer to her problem she fired back at him, "Jim Anderson always knows." To which Rober Young reponded, "Jim Anderson has two writers. Bob Young doesn't have any."
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