Robert Young
Acting
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 spite of having a "tier B" status, he co-starred with some of the studio's most illustrious actresses, such as Katharine Hepburn, Margaret Sullavan, Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Helen Hayes, Luise Rainer, Hedy Lamarr, and Helen Twelvetrees. Yet, most of his assignments consisted of B movies, also known as "programmers," which required two to three weeks of shooting (considered very brief shooting periods at the time). Actors who were relegated to such a hectic schedule appeared, as Young did, in some six to eight movies per year. As an MGM contract player, Young was resigned to the fate of most of his colleagues—to accept any film assigned to him or risk being placed on suspension—and many actors on suspension were prohibited from earning a salary from any endeavor at all (even those unrelated to the film industry). In 1936, MGM summarily loaned Young to Gaumont British for two films; the first was directed by Alfred Hitchcock with the other co-starring Jessie Matthews. While there he surmised that his employers intended to terminate his contract, but he was mistaken. He unexpectedly received one of his most rewarding roles late in his MGM career, in H.M. Pulham, Esq., featuring one of Hedy Lamarr's most effective performances. He once remarked that he was assigned only those roles which Robert Montgomery and other A-list actors had rejected. After his contract ended at MGM, Young starred in light comedies as well as in trenchant dramas for studios such as 20th Century Fox, United Artists, and RKO Radio Pictures. From 1943, Young assayed more challenging roles in films like Claudia, The Enchanted Cottage, They Won't Believe Me, The Second Woman, and Crossfire. His portrayal of unsympathetic characters in several of these later films—which was seldom the case in his MGM pictures—was applauded by numerous reviewers. Young's career began an incremental and imperceptible decline, despite a propitious beginning as a freelance actor without the nurturing of a major studio. He continued starring as a leading man in the late 1940s and early 1950s, but only in mediocre films, then he subsequently disappeared from the silver screen - only to reappear several years later on a much smaller one. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Young (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
That's Entertainment! III
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Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The Making of a Movie Classic
Self
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair
Dr. Marcus Welby
A Conspiracy of Love
Joe Woldarski
Mercy or Murder?
Roswell Gilbert
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
Dr. Marcus Welby
Hollywood’s Children
Self (archive footage)
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
Jim Anderson
The Father Knows Best Reunion
James Anderson
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
Judge Charles Raleigh
All My Darling Daughters
Judge Charles Raleigh
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Matter of Humanities
Marcus Welby
Highball Highway
Himself
Secret of the Incas
Stanley Moorehead
The Big Moment
Narrator
The Half-Breed
Dan Craig
Goodbye, My Fancy
Doctor James Merrill
The Second Woman
Jeff Cohalan
And Baby Makes Three
Vernon 'Vern' Walsh
Bride for Sale
Steve Adams
That Forsyte Woman
Philip Bosinney
Adventure in Baltimore
Dr. Andrew Sheldon
Relentless
Nick Buckley
Sitting Pretty
Harry King
Crossfire
Finlay
They Won't Believe Me
Larry Ballentine
Lady Luck
Larry Scott
The Searching Wind
Alex Hazen
Claudia and David
David Naughton
Those Endearing Young Charms
Lt. Hurley 'Hank' Travers
The Enchanted Cottage
Oliver Bradford
The Canterville Ghost
Cuffy Williams
Twenty Years After
(archive footage)
Claudia
David Naughton
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Samuel Magee
Slightly Dangerous
Bob Stuart
Journey for Margaret
John Davis
Cairo
Homer Smith, aka Juniper Jones
Joe Smith, American
Joe Smith
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Harry Moulton Pulham
Married Bachelor
Randolph Haven
Lady Be Good
Edward 'Eddie' Crane
Western Union
Richard Blake
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Jimmy Blake
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Douglas Lamont
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
Self
Sporting Blood
Myles Vanders
The Mortal Storm
Fritz Marberg
Florian
Anton Erban
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
Self
Northwest Passage
Langdon Towne
Northward, Ho!
Himself
Miracles for Sale
Michael Morgan
Maisie
Charles 'Slim' Martin
Bridal Suite
Neil McGill
Hollywood Hobbies
Self (uncredited)
Honolulu
Brooks Mason / George Smith
The Shining Hour
David Linden
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Bill Harrison
Hollywood Goes to Town
Self
The Toy Wife
Andre Vallaire
Paradise for Three
Fritz Hagedorn
Josette
Pierre Brassard
Three Comrades
Gottfried Lenz
Navy Blue and Gold
Roger 'Rog' Ash
The Bride Wore Red
Rudolph 'Rudi' Pal
The Romance of Celluloid
Self (archive footage)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Grand Duke Peter
Married Before Breakfast
Tom Wakefield
I Met Him in Paris
Gene Anders
Dangerous Number
Hank
Stowaway
Tommy Randall
The Longest Night
Charley Phelps
Sworn Enemy
Henry 'Hank' Sherman
The Bride Walks Out
Hugh McKenzie
The Three Wise Guys
Joe Hatcher
Secret Agent
Robert Marvin
It's Love Again
Peter Carlton
The Bride Comes Home
Jack Bristow
Remember Last Night?
Tony Milburn
Red Salute
Jeff
Calm Yourself
Preston Patton
Vagabond Lady
Tony Spear
West Point of the Air
Little Mike Stone
The Band Plays On
Tony Ferrera
Death on the Diamond
Larry Kelly
Paris Interlude
Pat
Whom the Gods Destroy
Jack Forrester
Hollywood Party
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The House of Rothschild
Capt. Fitzroy
Lazy River
William 'Bill' Drexel
Spitfire
John Stafford
Carolina
Will Connelly
The Right To Romance
Bobby Preble
Saturday's Millions
Jim Fowler
Tugboat Annie
Alec (Son)
Hell Below
Lieut. (JG) 'Brick' Walters
Today We Live
Claude William Hope
Men Must Fight
Geoffrey Aiken
Strange Interlude
Gordon Evans as a young man
The Kid from Spain
Ricardo
Unashamed
Dick Ogden
New Morals for Old
Ralph Thomas
The Wet Parade
Kip Tarleton
Hell Divers
Graham - Pilot Reporting Missing Airplanes (uncredited)
The Guilty Generation
Marco Ricca, also known as Marco Smith
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Dr.Claudet
The Black Camel
Jimmy Bradshaw
Calling Hubby's Bluff
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Campus Vamp
Student at Dance / at Beach (uncredited)