Alan Young

Alan Young

Personal Info

  • Name:

    Alan Young

  • Birthday:

    1919-11-19

  • Place of Birth: North Shields, Tyne-and-Wear, Northumberland, England, UK
  • Gender:

    Male

  • Know For:

    Acting

  • Popularity: 1.101
  • Also Known As

    Al Young

    Angus Young

Alan Young

Biography

Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was an English-Canadian-American actor, comedian, radio and television host, whom TV Guide called "the Charlie Chaplin of television".

Young was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England, to Scottish parents. He suffered from severe asthma as a child, which kept him bedridden for long periods of time. During this time, he developed a love of radio, and began performing on local radio stations in his teens.

In 1941, Young moved to the United States, where he continued his radio career. He also began appearing in television shows, and in 1950, he won an Emmy Award for Best Actor for his role in the sitcom The Alan Young Show.

Young's most famous role was as Wilbur Post in the television comedy Mister Ed (1961–1966). The show was about a man who could talk to his talking horse, and it was a huge success, running for five seasons. Young's performance in the show earned him another Emmy Award nomination.

After Mister Ed, Young continued to work in television and film. He also provided the voice of Scrooge McDuck for Disney from 1974 until his death in 2016.

Young was a versatile actor who was equally adept at comedy and drama. He was also a talented musician, and released several albums of music.

Young was married three times and had four children. He died in 2016 at the age of 96.

Top Movie Cast

The Time Machine
The Time Machinetrue- David Filby / James Filby

1960-05-25

7.3
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamptrue- Scrooge (voice)

1990-08-03

6.7
Baker's Hawk
Baker's Hawktrue- Mr. Carson

1976-12-12

6.2
The Treasure of the Golden Suns
The Treasure of the Golden Sunstrue- Scrooge McDuck (voice)

1987-09-18

7.8
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmastrue- (voice)

1993-12-24

6.3
The Great Mouse Detective
The Great Mouse Detectivetrue- Mr. Flaversham (voice)

1986-07-02

7.0
Black Beauty
Black Beautytrue- Narrator/Black Beauty/Nicholas Skinner (voice)

1978-10-28

6.6
Mickey's Christmas Carol
Mickey's Christmas Caroltrue- Scrooge McDuck - Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)

1983-10-19

7.6
Once Upon a Halloween
Once Upon a Halloweentrue- Mr. Flaversham

2005-09-26

6.2
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmastrue- Scrooge McDuck (archive footage)

1997-12-01

5.2
Androcles and the Lion
Androcles and the Liontrue- Androcles

1952-12-01

5.8
Scruffy
Scruffytrue- Narrator (voice)

1980-10-04

6.2
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
Gentlemen Marry Brunettestrue- Charlie Biddle / Mrs. Biddle / Mr. Henry Biddle

1955-10-29

5.2
Tom Thumb
Tom Thumbtrue- Woody

1958-12-04

6.3
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
Mr. Belvedere Goes to Collegetrue- Avery Brubaker

1949-04-15

6.7
Margie
Margietrue- Roy Hornsdale

1946-10-15

6.9
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
Aaron Slick from Punkin Cricktrue- Aaron Slick

1952-04-01

4.0
Chicken Every Sunday
Chicken Every Sundaytrue- Geoffrey Lawson

1949-01-18

6.0
Once Upon a Studio
Once Upon a Studiotrue- Scrooge McDuck (voice) (archive footage)

2023-09-24

8.3
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Istrue- Charley Loomis

1994-02-18

6.2
The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol
The Making of Mickey's Christmas Caroltrue- Self

1984-10-30

6.0
The Time Machine
The Time Machinetrue- Flower Store Worker

2002-03-04

6.3
The Cat from Outer Space
The Cat from Outer Spacetrue- Dr. Wenger

1978-06-09

5.9
Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit
Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbittrue- Mr. Monroe / Storekeeper (voice)

1982-01-09

6.0
Bad Cat
Bad Cattrue- Jim Harrison (voice)

1984-04-14

0.0
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glasstrue- The White Knight (voice)

1987-01-01

5.6
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzard
The Blinkins: The Bear and the Blizzardtrue

1986-01-01

5.6
Time Machine: The Journey Back
Time Machine: The Journey Backtrue- David Filby

1993-08-25

7.0
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beasttrue- Rene / Cockatoo (voice)

1983-11-25

5.5
Moondance
Moondancetrue- Ernie Bigalow

2004-10-05

0.0
Beverly Hills Cop III
Beverly Hills Cop IIItrue- Uncle Dave Thornton

1994-05-24

5.9
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastrue- Uncle Scrooge McDuck (voice)

1999-10-31

7.1
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmastrue- Uncle Scrooge McDuck (voice)

2004-11-15

7.0
Super Ducktales
Super Ducktalestrue- Scrooge McDuck / Prison Guard (voice)

1989-03-26

8.0

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Mickey's Christmas Carol
Mickey's Christmas Caroltrue

Writing

1983-10-19

7.6
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mousetrue

Writing

2001-11-06

6.9

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