Roland Young
1887-11-10 ( 137 years old ) in London, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Movies

That's Entertainment! III 1994-07-01
That Man from Tangier 1953-05-08
St. Benny the Dip 1951-08-24
Let's Dance 1950-11-29
The Great Lover 1949-11-23
You Gotta Stay Happy 1948-10-28
Bond Street 1948-05-12
And Then There Were None 1945-10-31
Standing Room Only 1944-01-07
Forever and a Day 1943-01-21
Tales of Manhattan 1942-08-05
They All Kissed the Bride 1942-06-11
The Lady Has Plans 1942-01-20
Two-Faced Woman 1941-12-31
The Flame of New Orleans 1941-07-07
Topper Returns 1941-03-21
No, No, Nanette 1940-12-19
The Philadelphia Story 1940-12-05
Dulcy 1940-10-04
Private Affairs 1940-07-05
Irene 1940-04-23
Star Dust 1940-04-06
He Married His Wife 1940-01-19
The Night of Nights 1939-12-01
Here I Am a Stranger 1939-09-29
Yes, My Darling Daughter 1939-02-25
Topper Takes a Trip 1938-12-29
The Young in Heart 1938-07-06
Sailing Along 1938-04-15
Ali Baba Goes to Town 1937-10-29
Topper 1937-07-16
King Solomon's Mines 1937-06-17
Call It a Day 1937-04-17
Gypsy 1936-12-29
Give Me Your Heart 1936-09-17
The Man Who Could Work Miracles 1936-07-23
One Rainy Afternoon 1936-05-13
The Unguarded Hour 1936-04-10
Ruggles of Red Gap 1935-03-08
David Copperfield 1935-01-18
Here Is My Heart 1934-12-28
His Double Life 1933-12-14
Blind Adventure 1933-08-18
Pleasure Cruise 1933-04-01
A Lady's Profession 1933-03-03
They Just Had to Get Married 1933-01-05
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5 1932-12-16
Wedding Rehearsal 1932-10-01
Street of Women 1932-06-04
This Is the Night 1932-04-08
One Hour with You 1932-03-23
A Woman Commands 1932-02-12
Lovers Courageous 1932-01-23
The Guardsman 1931-10-20
The Pagan Lady 1931-09-07
The Squaw Man 1931-07-21
Annabelle's Affairs 1931-06-14
The Prodigal 1931-02-21
Don't Bet on Women 1931-02-15
New Moon 1930-12-23
Madam Satan 1930-09-20
The Bishop Murder Case 1929-12-31
Wise Girls 1929-09-21
The Unholy Night 1929-09-13
Her Private Life 1929-08-25
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette 1926-01-01
Grit 1924-01-07
Sherlock Holmes 1922-03-07

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