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Richard Young
Actor
Born October 17, 1939Died December 15, 2010 (71 years)
Richard Young (born in 1955 in Kissimmee, Florida) is an American actor who spent most of his career as a blandly competent, mostly-supporting player in various films and on television. Young began his career in the early 70s with TV guest spots and in Roger Corman's New World exploitation films like Fly Me and Night Call Nurses (both 1972). He went on to many other TV appearances, leading up to recurring roles on shows like Flamingo Road and Texas in the early 80s. Parts in higher profile films like High Risk (1981) and The Ice Pirates (1984) followed suit.
Young is perhaps best known for his small role in the opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) as "Fedora," the leader of the tomb-robbers who chases the young Indiana Jones then gives the young Jones his own fedora which later becomes Jones' hat. That same year he had a decent supporting role in the prison-set action / drama An Innocent Man alongside Tom Selleck. He also had top-billed starring roles in 'B' action films like Final Mission (1984) and Saigon Commandos (1988), and a supporting part in the Corman production Lords of the Deep (1989), one of many films hoping to cash-in on all the hype behind The Abyss.
Horror fans know Young as the friendly psychiatrist Matt, who gets a spike driven through his forehead, in the fifth installment of the Friday the 13th series. Likewise, starring in the big budget international bomb Eye of the Widow (1991), which took three years to produce and wasn't even released in the U.S., seemed to drive a spike through his career as a leading man. Outside of a couple of TV appearances, he hasn't been seen in anything since.
Young is perhaps best known for his small role in the opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) as "Fedora," the leader of the tomb-robbers who chases the young Indiana Jones then gives the young Jones his own fedora which later becomes Jones' hat. That same year he had a decent supporting role in the prison-set action / drama An Innocent Man alongside Tom Selleck. He also had top-billed starring roles in 'B' action films like Final Mission (1984) and Saigon Commandos (1988), and a supporting part in the Corman production Lords of the Deep (1989), one of many films hoping to cash-in on all the hype behind The Abyss.
Horror fans know Young as the friendly psychiatrist Matt, who gets a spike driven through his forehead, in the fifth installment of the Friday the 13th series. Likewise, starring in the big budget international bomb Eye of the Widow (1991), which took three years to produce and wasn't even released in the U.S., seemed to drive a spike through his career as a leading man. Outside of a couple of TV appearances, he hasn't been seen in anything since.
Filmography
| 2016 | Tomorrow When the War Began (TV Series) · as Jack |
| 2004 | Salem's Lot (2004) (TV Series) · as Nolly |
| 1996 | Special Report: Journey to Mars · as Astronaut Charles Downing |
| 1991 | Eye of the Widow · as Prince Malko Linge |
| 1990 | Fatal Skies · as Deputy Derwood |
| 1989 | An Innocent Man · as Danny Scalise |
| 1989 | Lords of the Deep · as Chadwick |
| 1989 | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade · as Fedora |
| 1988 | 1969 · as Ralph's Cellmate |
| 1988 | Pancho Barnes · as Roger Chute |
| 1988 | Saigon Commandos · as Sgt. Mark Stryker |
| 1987 | Blue Heart · as Cast |
| 1987 | Beauty and the Beast (TV Series) |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Amazing Stories (1985) (TV Series) · as Davy Crockett |
| 1985 | Friday the 13th: A New Beginning · as Matthew Letter |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Nick Halsey |
| 1984 | Highway to Heaven (TV Series) · as Sheriff |
| 1984 | |
| 1984 | Final Mission · as Sergeant Vince Deacon |
| 1984 | The Ice Pirates · as Debs |
| 1984 | Nickel Mountain · as Jeff Freund |
| 1983 | Emerald Point N.A.S. (TV Series) · as Roger Pauley |
| 1982 | Cheers (TV Series) · as Frank |
| 1982 | Knight Rider (TV Series) · as Sonny Prince |
| 1982 | Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (TV Series) · as Deerwell |
| 1982 | The Mississippi (TV Series) · as Earl Mack |
| 1981 | Splendor in the Grass · as Brian Stacey |
| 1981 | High Risk · as Pilot |
| 1980 | Flamingo Road (TV Series) |
| 1980 | Texas (TV Series) · as Mr. Hannibal |
| 1979 | Cocaine Cowboys · as Terry |
| 1979 | Swim Team · as Johnny |
| 1977 | Cherry Hill High · as Vintner |
| 1976 | Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free · as Luke Mintore |
| 1976 | Laverne & Shirley (TV Series) |
| 1976 | How to Score with Girls · as Frank |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again · as Biggie's Crony #3 |
| 1975 | Ryan's Hope (TV Series) · as Lt. Hayes |
| 1975 | Ellery Queen (TV Series) |
| 1975 | Switch (TV Series) · as Larry Castle |
| 1974 | Nakia (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1974 | Inferno in Paradise · as Clay Martin |
| 1973 | Fly Me · as Doctor |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Craig Webster |
| 1972 | Night Call Nurses · as Kyle Toby |
| 1972 | Kung Fu (TV Series) · as Verne |
| 1971 | The Reluctant Heroes · as Pvt. Golden |
| 1969 | Room 222 (TV Series) |
| 1969 | Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Horst |
| 1967 | Ironside (TV Series) |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Mason Carter |
| 1961 | The Avengers (TV Series) · as Sir Jeremy Broadfoot |
| 1954 | Disneyland (TV Series) · as Frank Manley |