Robert Young
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
The Mortal Storm
(Fritz Marberg)
Secret Agent
(Robert Marvin)
They Won't Believe Me
(Larry Ballentine)
Stowaway
(Tommy Randall)
Crossfire
(Finlay)
Secret of the Incas
(Stanley Moorehead)
Cairo
(Homer Smith, aka Juniper Jones)
That Forsyte Woman
(Philip Bosinney)
The Enchanted Cottage
(Oliver Bradford)
Journey for Margaret
(John Davis)
Lady Be Good
(Edward 'Eddie' Crane)
Western Union
(Richard Blake)
Northwest Passage
(Langdon Towne)
The Second Woman
(Jeff Cohalan)
Honolulu
(Brooks Mason / George Smith)
The Black Camel
(Jimmy Bradshaw)
Spitfire
(John Stafford)
The Canterville Ghost
(Cuffy Williams)
Maisie
(Charles 'Slim' Martin)
The Emperor's Candlesticks
(Grand Duke Peter)
Remember Last Night?
(Tony Milburn)
Tugboat Annie
(Alec (Son))
Sitting Pretty
(Harry King)
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
(Harry Moulton Pulham)
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
(Douglas Lamont)
It's Love Again
(Peter Carlton)
Death on the Diamond
(Larry Kelly)
Today We Live
(Claude William Hope)
West Point of the Air
(Little Mike Stone)
Three Comrades
(Gottfried Lenz)
The Shining Hour
(David Linden)
The Bride Walks Out
(Hugh McKenzie)
The Bride Wore Red
(Rudolph 'Rudi' Pal)
The Kid from Spain
(Ricardo)
Strange Interlude
(Gordon Evans as a young man)
Goodbye, My Fancy
(Doctor James Merrill)
I Met Him in Paris
(Gene Anders)
The Wet Parade
(Kip Tarleton)
Navy Blue and Gold
(Roger 'Rog' Ash)
Married Before Breakfast
(Tom Wakefield)
The Toy Wife
(Andre Vallaire)
Men Must Fight
(Geoffrey Aiken)
Red Salute
(Jeff)
And Baby Makes Three
(Vernon 'Vern' Walsh)
The Half-Breed
(Dan Craig)
Relentless
(Nick Buckley)
The Longest Night
(Charley Phelps)
Slightly Dangerous
(Bob Stuart)
The Right To Romance
(Bobby Preble)
Lazy River
(William 'Bill' Drexel)
Rich Man, Poor Girl
(Bill Harrison)
Hell Below
(Lieut. (JG) 'Brick' Walters)
The Guilty Generation
(Marco Ricca, also known as Marco Smith)
Sworn Enemy
(Henry 'Hank' Sherman)
Florian
(Anton Erban)
My Darling Daughters' Anniversary
(Judge Charles Raleigh)
Claudia and David
(David Naughton)
Adventure in Baltimore
(Dr. Andrew Sheldon)
Miracles for Sale
(Michael Morgan)
Lady Luck
(Larry Scott)
The Searching Wind
(Alex Hazen)
New Morals for Old
(Ralph Thomas)
Paradise for Three
(Fritz Hagedorn)
Unashamed
(Dick Ogden)
The House of Rothschild
(Capt. Fitzroy)
The Bride Comes Home
(Jack Bristow)
Carolina
(Will Connelly)
Married Bachelor
(Randolph Haven)
Hollywood Hobbies
(Himself (uncredited))
The Bands Plays On
(Tony Ferrera)
Calm Yourself
(Preston Patton)
The Big Moment
(Narrator)
Bridal Suite
(Neil McGill)
Bride for Sale
(Stephen Tracy Adams)
Marcus Welby, M.D.
(Marcus Welby)
Paris Interlude
(Pat)
Marcus Welby, M.D.: A Holiday Affair
(Dr. Marcus Welby)
Josette
(Pierre Brassard)
Vagabond Lady
(Tony Spear)
Dangerous Number
(Hank)
The Campus Vamp
(Student at Dance / at Beach (uncredited))
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
(Dr.Claudet)
That's Entertainment!
((archive footage) (uncredited))
Those Endearing Young Charms
(Lt. Hurley 'Hank' Travers)
Sporting Blood
(Myles Vanders)
A Conspiracy of Love
(Joe Woldarski)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
(Samuel Magee)
Northward, Ho!
(Himself)
Highball Highway
(Himself)
The Trial of Mary Dugan
(Jimmy Blake)
The Father Knows Best Reunion
(James Anderson)
Claudia
(David Naughton)
Joe Smith, American
(Joe Smith)
Whom the Gods Destroy
(Jack Forrester)
The Three Wise Guys
(Joe Hatcher)
Hollywood Party
(Radio Announcer (uncredited))
A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound
(Self)
Hell Divers
(Graham - Pilot Reporting Missing Airplanes (uncredited))
Hollywood: Style Center of the World
(Self)
Hollywood Goes to Town
(Self)
Saturday's Millions
(Jim Fowler)
That's Entertainment! III
((archive footage))
That's Entertainment, Part II
((archive footage))
All My Darling Daughters
(Judge Charles Raleigh)
The Romance of Celluloid
(Self (archive footage))
Twenty Years After
((archive footage))
Myrna Loy: So Nice to Come Home To
((archive footage))
Mercy or Murder?
(Roswell Gilbert)
Father Knows Best: Home for Christmas
(Jim Anderson)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: 50 Years of Magic
(Self)
Hollywood’s Children
(Self (archive footage))
The Return of Marcus Welby, M.D.
(Dr. Marcus Welby)
Marcus Welby, M.D.
(Dr. Marcus Welby)
Donny & Marie
(Self)
The Merv Griffin Show
(Self)
Window on Main Street
Father Knows Best
(Jim Anderson)
This Is Your Life
(Self)
Climax!
(Lieutenant Commander Knowles)
ABC Stage 67
(Self - Host)
Vanished
(Sen. Earl Gannon)
The Steve Allen Show
(Self - Guest)
Dr. Kildare
(Dr. Gilbert Winfield)
Little Women
(Mr. Laurence)
The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour
(Self)
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
The Name of the Game
(Herman Allison)
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
(Dr. Marcus Welby)
The Steve Allen Show
(Self - Recipient)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
(Nick Holloway)
What's My Line?
(Self - Panelist)