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Ned Young was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Young began his acting career with roles in such films as "The Devil's Playground" (1946), "Retreat, Hell!" (1952) and "Springfield Rifle" (1952). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the fifties, appearing in "The Iron Mistress" (1952) with Alan Ladd, the Virginia Mayo drama "She's Back on Broadway" (1953) an...

Filmography

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Terror in a Texas Town (1958)

Crime Wave (1954)

Riding Shotgun (1954)

The Eddie Cantor Story (1954)

Captain Scarlett (1953)

Pierre du Cloux

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Crime Wave (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Nobody Leaves You Alone

Crime Wave (1954) -- (Movie Clip) That's Gershwin

Biography

Ned Young was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Young began his acting career with roles in such films as "The Devil's Playground" (1946), "Retreat, Hell!" (1952) and "Springfield Rifle" (1952). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the fifties, appearing in "The Iron Mistress" (1952) with Alan Ladd, the Virginia Mayo drama "She's Back on Broadway" (1953) and the crime drama "Crime Wave" (1954) with Sterling Hayden. Nearing the end of his career, he tackled roles in the adaptation "Riding Shotgun" (1954) with Randolph Scott and the western "Terror in a Texas Town" (1958) with Sterling Hayden. Young last acted in the Rock Hudson suspenseful adaptation "Seconds" (1966). Young passed away in September 1968 at the age of 54.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Terror in a Texas Town (1958)

Crime Wave (1954)

Riding Shotgun (1954)

The Eddie Cantor Story (1954)

Captain Scarlett (1953)

Pierre du Cloux

So This Is Love (1953)

She's Back on Broadway (1953)

House of Wax (1953)

The Iron Mistress (1952)

Henri Contrecourt

Retreat, Hell! (1952)

Springfield Rifle (1952)

Aladdin and His Lamp (1952)

Inside Straight (1951)

Love That Brute (1950)

Gun Crazy (1950)

A Lady Without Passport (1950)

Border Incident (1949)

Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)

The Gallant Blade (1948)

The Swordsman (1947)

Unexpected Guest (1947)

Gay Blades (1946)

The Devil's Playground (1946)

Dead Men Walk (1943)

Dr. [David] Bently

Ladies' Day (1943)

Bombs over Burma (1942)

Writer (Feature Film)

Inherit the Wind (1999)

The Defiant Ones (1986)

Inherit the Wind (1960)

The Defiant Ones (1958)

Jailhouse Rock (1957)

Based on a Story by

Passage West (1951)

From a story by

Rusty Leads the Way (1948)

Joe Palooka in the Knockout (1947)

Original Screenplay

Life Events

Videos

Crime Wave (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Nobody Leaves You Alone Sterling Hayden as LAPD Sgt. Sims, with de-facto nameless associates suggests they ring ex-con Lacey (Gene Nelson) for what is in fact his second appearance, still in bed with wife Ellen (Phyllis Kirk), when sure enough, San Quentin escapee Morgan (Ned Young), wounded in the gas station robbery, turns up, in Andre de Toth’s Crime Wave, 1954.

Crime Wave (1954) -- (Movie Clip) That's Gershwin Opening at what probably really is (as later reported on police radio) Maple Ave. in downtown LA, goons Morgan (Ned Young) and Hastings (Charles Buchinsky-later-Bronson) then Penny (Ted de Corsia) show up, making trouble for gas jockey Dub Taylor, in Crime Wave, 1954, starring Sterling Hayden.

Defiant Ones, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Long Gone Producer-director Stanley Kramer begins what is perhaps his first altogether topical social-issue film with Sidney Poitier singing a W.C. Handy song, handcuffed to Tony Curtis, events leading to Sheriff Muller (Theodore Bikel) on the radio, in The Defiant Ones, 1958.

Defiant Ones, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Old Fashioned Prayer Meeting Caught trying to steal food at a Southern work camp, handcuffed escaped cons Cullen (Sidney Poitier) and Joker (Tony Curtis) look like they'll be lynched at the whim of crew boss Mac (Claude Akins), until Big Sam (Lon Chaney Jr.) intervenes, in Stanley Kramer's The Defiant Ones, 1958.

Inherit The Wind (1960) -- (Movie Clip) Read Your Darwin Preliminaries in the rural Tennessee trial over the teaching of evolution in public school, heavyweight lawyers Brady (Fredric March) and Drummond (Spencer Tracy) with a jury candidate (Gordon Polk), Harry Morgan presiding, Dick York the accused, in Stanley Kramer's Inherit The Wind, 1960.

Jailhouse Rock (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Baby I Don't Care Another Mike Stoller-Jerry Leiber tune, ex-con Vince (Elvis Presley) performing at a pool party, then acting with his crooked mentor (Mickey Shaughnessy) and his movie co-star (Jennifer Holden), in Jailhouse Rock, 1957.

Jailhouse Rock (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Title Song Ex-con Vince (Elvis Presley) introducing his act for a TV show, the title song composed by Mike Stoller and Jerry Leiber, choreographed by the star, from Jailhouse Rock, 1957.

Defiant Ones, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) You're A Maker Or A Taker Escaped, handcuffed and incompatible convicts Joker (Tony Curtis) and Cullen (Sidney Poitier) finally reach the work camp where the latter was once incarcerated, slowly warming to each other on their first night in flight, in Stanley Kramer's The Defiant Ones, 1958.

Defiant Ones, The (1958) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Go South First shot of handcuffed prisoners Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier after the truck crash, no time for chat, while back at the site the dog trainer, sheriff and state police captain (King Donovan, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw) prepare to pursue, in Stanley Kramer's The Defiant Ones, 1958.

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