Collier Hudson Young (August 19, 1908 – December 25, 1980) was an American film producer and writer, who worked on many films in the 1950s, before becoming a television producer for such shows as
NBC
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's ''
Ironside'' and
CBS
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's ''
The Wild, Wild West'', as well as the
supernatural
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anthology
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series ''
One Step Beyond One Step Beyond may refer to:
Music
* ''One Step Beyond'' (Dungeon album) or the title song, 2004
* ''One Step Beyond'' (Jackie McLean album), 1963
* '' One Step Beyond...'', an album by Madness, or the title song (see below), 1979
* ''One Step ...
'' (1959–61).
Biography
Young was the son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Young who in 1938 lived in Indianapolis, Indiana. He went to
Dartmouth College
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and graduated in 1930. Collier Young was originally an advertiser before he got into film producing and writing.
Young was married five times: to Ruth Valerie Edmunds of Toronto, Canada, on May 3, 1938, in New York City, to actress and director,
Ida Lupino
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, from 1948 to 1951, to actress
Joan Fontaine
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from 1952 to 1961 and businesswoman and former model, Marjory Ann "Meg" Marsh, in 1965. Young's film production credits included ''
Outrage
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Books
* ''Outrage'', a novel by Henry Denker 1982
* ''Outrage'', a play by Itamar Moses 2 ...
'' (1950) and ''
The Hitch-Hiker
''The Hitch-Hiker'' is a 1953 American film noir thriller co-written and directed by Ida Lupino, starring Edmond O'Brien, William Talman and Frank Lovejoy, about two friends taken hostage by a hitchhiker during an automobile trip to Mexico.
...
'' (1953), both with Lupino as director. He produced the movies ''
Huk!
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'' (1956) and ''
The Halliday Brand
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Plot
Clay ...
'' (1957).
After his divorce from Lupino, Young was executive director of her 1957–58 CBS sitcom ''
Mr. Adams and Eve'', co-starring Lupino's then-husband,
Howard Duff
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. Elements of his screenplay for ''
The Bigamist'' mined his serial relationships with Lupino and Fontaine, who played the deceived wives of that film.
He was creator of the long-running TV series ''
Ironside'', starring
Raymond Burr
Raymond William Stacy Burr (May 21, 1917September 12, 1993) was a Canadian actor known for his lengthy Hollywood film career and his title roles in television dramas ''Perry Mason'' and '' Ironside''.
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. Young also produced the television show, ''
The Rogues'', in 1964–65, starring
Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer (; 28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French-American actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in American fi ...
,
David Niven
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,
Gig Young
Gig Young (born Byron Elsworth Barr; November 4, 1913 – October 19, 1978) was an American actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in ''Come Fill the Cup'' (1952) and '' Teacher's Pet'' ...
,
Robert Coote
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, and
Gladys Cooper
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper, (18 December 1888 – 17 November 1971) was an English actress, theatrical manager and producer, whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television.
Beginning as a teenager in Edwardian musi ...
. ''The Rogues'' won the
Golden Globe
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award for "Best TV Show" in 1965.
Death
Young died on December 25, 1980, as the result of a road accident, at age 72.
References
External links
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Photograph of Young and Joan Fontaine*
1908 births
1980 deaths
De Havilland family
Road incident deaths in California
Writers from Asheville, North Carolina
American film producers
Burials at Arlington National Cemetery
20th-century American businesspeople
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