That's Entertainment! III
1994 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Roland Young
1887-11-10
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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.
Filmography
That Man from Tangier
1953 · Movie
as George
St. Benny the Dip
1951 · Movie
as Matthew
Let's Dance
1950 · Movie
as Edmund Pohlwhistle
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Lux Video Theatre
1950 · TV Show
as Sumner
What's My Line?
1950 · TV Show
as Self
The Great Lover
1949 · Movie
as C.J. Dabney
You Gotta Stay Happy
1948 · Movie
as Ralph Tutwiler
Bond Street
1948 · Movie
as George Chester-Barrett
Studio One
1948 · TV Show
as Harold. Mummery
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · TV Show
as Self
And Then There Were None
1945 · Movie
as William Blore
Standing Room Only
1944 · Movie
as Ira Cromwell
Forever and a Day
1943 · Movie
as Henry Barringer
Tales of Manhattan
1942 · Movie
as Edgar
They All Kissed the Bride
1942 · Movie
as Marsh
The Lady Has Plans
1942 · Movie
as Ronald Dean
The Flame of New Orleans
1941 · Movie
as Charles Giraud
Topper Returns
1941 · Movie
as Cosmo Topper
Two-Faced Woman
1941 · Movie
as Oscar 'O.O.' Miller
The Philadelphia Story
1940 · Movie
as Uncle Willie
Star Dust
1940 · Movie
as Thomas Brooke
Irene
1940 · Movie
as Mr. Smith
Dulcy
1940 · Movie
as Roger Forbes
He Married His Wife
1940 · Movie
as Bill Carter
No, No, Nanette
1940 · Movie
as Mr. 'Happy' Jimmy Smith
Private Affairs
1940 · Movie
as Amos Bullerton
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939 · Movie
as Titus Jaywood
Here I Am a Stranger
1939 · Movie
as Professor Daniels
The Night of Nights
1939 · Movie
as Barry Keith-Trimble
The Young in Heart
1938 · Movie
as Col. Anthony 'Sahib' Carleton
Topper Takes a Trip
1938 · Movie
as Cosmo Topper
Sailing Along
1938 · Movie
as Anthony Gulliver
Topper
1937 · Movie
as Cosmo Topper
King Solomon's Mines
1937 · Movie
as Cmdr. John Good
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937 · Movie
as Sultan
Call It a Day
1937 · Movie
as Frank Haines
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936 · Movie
as George McWhirter Fotheringay
One Rainy Afternoon
1936 · Movie
as Maillot
Give Me Your Heart
1936 · Movie
as Edward 'Tubbs' Barrow
The Unguarded Hour
1936 · Movie
as William "Bunny" Jeffers
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Gypsy
1936 · Movie
as Alan Brooks
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935 · Movie
as Earl of Burnstead
David Copperfield
1935 · Movie
as Uriah Heep
Here Is My Heart
1934 · Movie
as Nicki
A Lady's Profession
1933 · Movie
as Lord Reginald Withers
His Double Life
1933 · Movie
as Priam Farrel
Blind Adventure
1933 · Movie
as Holmes
Pleasure Cruise
1933 · Movie
as Andrew Poole
They Just Had to Get Married
1933 · Movie
as Hillary Hume
One Hour with You
1932 · Movie
as Professor Olivier
This Is the Night
1932 · Movie
as Gerald Gray
Wedding Rehearsal
1932 · Movie
as Reggie Buckley Candysshe - Marquis of Buckminster
Street of Women
1932 · Movie
as Linkhorne 'Link' Gibson
Lovers Courageous
1932 · Movie
as Jeffrey
Hollywood on Parade No. A-5
1932 · Movie
as Self
A Woman Commands
1932 · Movie
as King Alexander
The Guardsman
1931 · Movie
as The Critic
The Pagan Lady
1931 · Movie
as Dr. Heath
The Squaw Man
1931 · Movie
as Sir John Applegate
Don't Bet on Women
1931 · Movie
as Herbert Drake
Annabelle's Affairs
1931 · Movie
as Roland Wimbleton
The Prodigal
1931 · Movie
as Doc
Madam Satan
1930 · Movie
as Jimmy Wade
New Moon
1930 · Movie
as Count Strogoff
The Bishop Murder Case
1929 · Movie
as Sigurd 'Erik' Arnesson
The Unholy Night
1929 · Movie
as Lord Montague
Wise Girls
1929 · Movie
as Duke Merrill
Her Private Life
1929 · Movie
as Charteris
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926 · Movie
as Lord Kyne
Grit
1924 · Movie
as Houdini Hart
Sherlock Holmes
1922 · Movie
as Dr. Watson
