Noah Young, Jr. (February 2, 1887 – April 18, 1958) was a champion
weightlifter
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and actor.
Biography
Young was born in
Cañon City
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,
Colorado
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. His father, Noah Young, was a foreman of the Glenrock coal mine who later became a coal mine inspector for the State of Wyoming; and his mother was Mary Anson, of English descent. Noah Young Sr. came from a family of coal miners in
Lancashire
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The non-metropolitan county of Lancashi ...
,
England
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; and he dabbled in bare knuckle fighting before heading to America in 1874 and settling in
Colorado
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. He was allegedly once an Indian scout and became friends with
William F. Cody
William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846January 10, 1917), known as "Buffalo Bill", was an American soldier, Bison hunting, bison hunter, and showman. He was born in Le Claire, Iowa, Le Claire, Iowa Territory (now the U.S. state of Iowa), but ...
.
Noah Young Jr. joined the
Hal Roach
Harry Eugene "Hal" Roach Sr.Randy Skretvedt, Skretvedt, Randy (2016), ''Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies'', Bonaventure Press. p.608. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer, director, a ...
studios as an actor, mainly playing comic villains. He appeared in several
Laurel and Hardy
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comedies but was more notable as a foil for
Harold Lloyd
Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.Obituary ''Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55.
One of the most influential film co ...
, whom he supported in over 50 films. Young died in Los Angeles, California.California Death Index
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany
''Kicking the Germ Out of Germany'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. The film is now considered a lost film.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as The Boy
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* Lige Conley (as Lige Cromley)
* Mildred F ...
'' (1918, Short)
* ''
Two Scrambled
''Two Scrambled'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. The film is presumed to be lost. Like many American films of the time, ''Two Scrambled'' was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boa ...
Hear 'Em Rave
''Hear 'Em Rave'' is a 1918 American short film, short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. The runtime of the short film is 11 minutes, and it was released on December 1, 1918 in the United States.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Da ...
Do You Love Your Wife?
''Do You Love Your Wife?'' is a 1919 American film starring Stan Laurel.
Cast
* Stan Laurel as The janitor
* Bunny Bixby
* Mary Burns
* Mildred Forbes
* William Gillespie
* Bud Jamison
* Gus Leonard
* Belle Mitchell
* Marie Mosquini
* Lois Neil ...
'' (1919, Short) - Cop
* ''
Wanted - $5,000
Wanted may refer to:
Law enforcement
* Fugitive, a person wanted by the authorities
* Wanted poster, a poster put up to inform the public of one or more criminals whom authorities wish to apprehend
Film
* ''Wanted!'', a 1937 British comedy film
...
'' (1919, Short)
* '' Hustling for Health'' (1919, Short) - Train Conductor / The Health Inspector (uncredited)
* '' Ask Father'' (1919, Short) - Large Office Worker (uncredited)
* ''
On the Fire
''On the Fire'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Some prints have the title of the film as ''The Chef''. Prints of the film survive in several film archives,Hoots Mon!'' (1919, Short)
* ''
Look Out Below
''Look Out Below'' is a 1919 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. Prints of this film survive.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd - The Boy
* Bebe Daniels - The Girl
* Snub Pollard - Snub
* Sammy Brooks
* Billy Fay
* Lew Harvey
* Bud Jamison
* Ma ...
'' (1919, Short)
* ''
A Sammy In Siberia
''A Sammy In Siberia'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Plot
An inept American soldier (Lloyd) stationed in Russia during that country's civil war, becomes separated from his unit during a march in heavy snow. He fle ...
Just Dropped In
''Just Dropped In'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as The Boy
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* Mildred Forbes
* Estelle Harrison
* Wallace Howe
* Margaret Joslin
* Belle Mitchell
* William Pe ...
'' (1919, Short)
* '' Young Mr. Jazz'' (1919, Short) - Bowery Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
* ''
Crack Your Heels
''Crack Your Heels'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as The Boy
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* Sammy Brooks
* Billy Fay
* Lew Harvey
* Wallace Howe
* Margaret Joslin (as Margaret Joslyn)
* M ...
'' (1919, Short)
* ''
Ring Up the Curtain
''Ring Up the Curtain'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. The film survives and is available on DVD.
'' (1919, Short) - An Actor
* ''
Si, Senor
''Si, Senor'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It is believed to be lost.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* Sammy Brooks
* Billy Fay
* Estelle Harrison
* Lew Harvey
* Wallace Howe
* Dee Lampton ...
'' (1919, Short)
* ''
Before Breakfast
''Before Breakfast'' is a 1919 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as The Boy
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* Sammy Brooks
* Lew Harvey
* Noah Young
See also
* List of American films of 1919
* Harold Lloyd ...
'' (1919, Short)
* '' The Marathon'' (1919, Short) - A Suitor (uncredited)
* ''
Pistols for Breakfast
''Pistols for Breakfast'' is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.
Plot
A young man (Fay) goes out to eat breakfeast with his friend (Harrison). As a restaurant ...
'' (1919, Short)
* ''
Swat the Crook
''Swat the Crook'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film exists.Off the Trolley
''Off the Trolley'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Plot
Bebe and Snub are employees on a trolley car. Harold sneaks the fare from Bebe's coin dispenser to board the vehicle for the purpose of romantically pursuing ...
'' (1919, Short)
* ''
Spring Fever
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Overview
The term ''spring fever'' may refer to an increa ...
'' (1919, Short) - Office worker with large moustache
* '' Billy Blazes, Esq.'' (1919, Short) - Crooked Charley (uncredited)
* ''
Just Neighbors
''Just Neighbors'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Prints of the film survive in the film archives at George Eastman House, the UCLA Film and Television Archive, Filmoteca Española and the National Film, Television ...
Never Touched Me
''Never Touched Me'' is a 1919 American short film, short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print exists in the Staatliches Filmarchive.
Plot
Harold is one of several suitors attempting to woo Bebe. Several fights break out among the hopefu ...
'' (1919, Short)
* ''
A Jazzed Honeymoon
''A Jazzed Honeymoon'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. In this eight-minute short, a newly married couple have adventures on a steamship.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as The Boy
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* Sammy Brooks
...
Heap Big Chief
''Heap Big Chief'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Previously thought to be a lost film, a print was located at the Cinema Museum in London in 2018. The recovered film was later shown to audiences on the second day ...
Be My Wife
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Its presence in ''Low'' tones down the electronic feel of the rest of the album. The song also features a more c ...
He Leads, Others Follow
''He Leads, Others Follow'' is a 1919 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It is presumed to be lost.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* Sammy Brooks
* Lige Conley (as Lige Cromley)
* Charles Inslee
* Dee Lamp ...
'' (1919, Short)
* ''
Soft Money
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'' (1919, Short)
* ''
Count the Votes
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'' (1919, Short)
* ''
Pay Your Dues
''Pay Your Dues'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Plot
A chapter of the Ancient Order of Simps lodge is initiating three new members who each must undergo a rough hazing. All three candidates are blindfolded. Ju ...
'' (1919, Short)
* ''
His Only Father
''His Only Father'' is a 1919 American short comedy film directed by Hal Roach and Frank Terry, and starring Harold Lloyd. This was the last one-reel short Lloyd worked on before going onto two reelers with his next film "Bumping Into Broadway ...
His Royal Slyness
''His Royal Slyness'' is a 1920 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It marked the final collaboration with frequent co-star Snub Pollard, who moved on to star in his own series of films following this release. This film was re ...
'' (1920, Short) - Count Nichola Throwe
* ''
Haunted Spooks
''Haunted Spooks'' is a 1920 American silent Southern Gothic comedy film produced and co-directed by Hal Roach, starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis.
Plot
The action in ''Haunted Spooks'' centres around Harold's romantic problems. It is se ...
'' (1920, Short) - (uncredited)
* ''
An Eastern Westerner
''An Eastern Westerner'' is a 1920 American silent Western comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A copy of the film exists.
Plot
The Boy is the hedonistic son of wealthy eastern parents. One night when he returns home at 2 a.m. from a night of ...
High and Dizzy
''High and Dizzy'' is a 1920 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Plot
The film revolves around a young woman who sleepwalks and the doctor who is attempting to treat her. The climactic scene involves the young woman sleepwalking ...
'' (1920, Short) - Man who breaks hotel room door (uncredited)
* '' Now or Never'' (1921, Short) - Farm Owner (uncredited)
* ''
Among Those Present
''Among Those Present'' is a 1921 American "three-reeler" silent comedy film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis and Mary Pickford .
Plot
Mrs. O'Brien (Herring) is eager to be accepted as part of high societ ...
I Do
I Do may refer to:
* "I do", a phrase used in some marriage vows; used by brides and grooms in response to questions posed by either the officiant or the other marriage partner
Film and TV Film
* ''I Do'' (1921 film), a silent comedic short f ...
'' (1921, Short) - The Agitation
* ''
A Sailor-Made Man
''A Sailor-Made Man'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Newmeyer and starring Harold Lloyd.
Plot
"The Boy" (Lloyd) is an idle playboy and heir to $20,000,000, relaxing at an exclusive resort. When he sees "The Girl" (Mildr ...
'' (1921) - The Rowdy Element
* '' Grandma's Boy'' (1922) - Sheriff of Dabney County
* ''
Safety Last!
''Safety Last!'' is a 1923 American silent romantic-comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It includes one of the most famous images from the silent-film era: Lloyd clutching the hands of a large clock as he dangles from the outside of a skyscraper ...
'' (1923) - The Law
* ''
The Noon Whistle
''The Noon Whistle'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
Cast
* Stan Laurel as Tanglefoot
* James Finlayson as O'Hallahan, the foreman
* Katherine Grant as Secretary
* Sammy Brooks as A millworker (as Sam Brooks)
* ...
'' (1923, Short) - A millworker
* '' Kill or Cure'' (1923, Short) - Car owner
* '' Gas and Air'' (1923, Short)
* ''
Zeb vs. Paprika
''Zeb vs. Paprika'' is a 1924 silent film, silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. The film is a parody of the classic horse racing event on October 20, 1923, between American Kentucky Derby winner Zev (horse), Zev and British Derby winner Pap ...
The Battling Orioles
''Battling Orioles'' is a 1924 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and Ted Wilde and starring Glenn Tryon, Blanche Mehaffey, and John T. Prince.Munden p. 444
Synopsis
When a young barber's girlfriend is effectively kidnapped by ...
'' (1924) - Sid Stanton
* ''
Black Cyclone
''Black Cyclone'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Fred Jackman featuring Rex the King of Wild Horses.
Plot
As described in a film magazine review, Rex, a wild horse of the plains, pays court to The Lady, an aristocratic m ...
'' (1925) - Cowboy (uncredited)
* ''
Should Sailors Marry?
''Should Sailors Marry?'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film featuring Clyde cook and Oliver Hardy.
Plot
A wife waits for her brawling sailor ex-husband (Noah Young). His friends sneer at him for ever being married. She has come to get ba ...
'' (1925, Short) - Verbena's Ex-husband
* '' For Heaven's Sake'' (1926) - Bull Brindle, The Roughneck
* ''
Don Mike
''Don Mike'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Fred Thomson, Ruth Clifford and Noah Young.Guide to the Silent Years of American Cinema p.266 It is set in Old California.
Cast
* Fred Thomson as Don ...
'' (1927) - Reuben Pettigill
* ''
Why Girls Say No
''Why Girls Say No'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film featuring Max Davidson.
Plot
Every boy on the street is in love with Becky. But her father, Papa Whisselberg, insists that they be Jewish. While getting her hair cut, Becky encounte ...
Love Makes 'Em Wild
''Love Makes 'Em Wild'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by Albert Ray and written by Harold Shumate. The film stars John Harron, Sally Phipps, Ben Bard, Arthur Housman, J. Farrell MacDonald and Natalie Kingston. The film was released on ...
The First Auto
''The First Auto'' is a 1927 film about the transition from horses to cars and the rift it causes in one family. It stars Charles Emmett Mack and Patsy Ruth Miller, with Barney Oldfield having a guest role in the movie. While mainly a silent f ...
'' (1927) - Ned Jarvish (uncredited)
* ''
Sugar Daddies
''Sugar Daddies'' is a silent comedy short film starring Jimmy Finlayson, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy prior to their official billing as the duo Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy were a British-American comedy duo act during the early Cl ...
'' (1927, Short) - Brittle's Brother-in-law
* ''
Gun Gospel
''Gun Gospel'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Marion Jackson and Don Ryan. It is based on the 1926 novel ''Gun Gospel'' by William Dawson Hoffman. The film stars Ken Maynard, Virginia Brown F ...
'' (1927) - Jack Goodshot
* '' Do Detectives Think?'' (1927, Short) - The Tipton Slasher (uncredited)
* ''
Ham and Eggs at the Front
''Ham and Eggs at the Front'' is a 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Tom Wilson, Heinie Conklin and Myrna Loy - all in blackface.Leider, Emily W. ''Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood''. Universit ...
'' (1927) - Army Sergeant
* ''
The Battle of the Century
''The Battle of the Century'' is a 1927 silent short film starring comedy double act Laurel and Hardy, who appeared in 107 films between 1921 and 1951.
The film is famous for its use of more than 3,000 cream pies (although the Guinness Book of ...
A Thief in the Dark
''A Thief in the Dark'' is a 1928 American silent mystery film directed by Albert Ray, written by C. Graham Baker and William Kernell (based on a plot idea from director Ray), and starring George Meeker, Doris Hill, Gwen Lee, Marjorie Beebe, Mi ...
'' (1928) - Monk
* ''
Welcome Danger
''Welcome Danger'' is a 1929 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Clyde Bruckman and starring Harold Lloyd. A sound version and silent version were filmed. Ted Wilde began work on the silent version, but became ill and was replaced by Bruck ...
'' (1929) - Officer Patrick Clancy
* ''
Feet First
''Feet First'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film starring Harold Lloyd, a popular daredevil comedian during the 1920s and early 1930s. It was Lloyd's second sound film.
The film's copyright was renewed in 1957, so it will not be in the p ...
'' (1930) - Sailor
* ''
Everything's Rosie
''Everything's Rosie'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code slapstick comedy film directed by Clyde Bruckman, from a screenplay by Ralph Spence, Tim Whelan, and Al Boasberg, based on a story by Boasberg. Although the screenplay was credited as origina ...
'' (1931) - Auction Shill Knocked Out (uncredited)
* '' Forbidden Adventure'' (1931) - Bill (uncredited)
* ''
Movie Crazy
''Movie Crazy'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Harold Lloyd in his third sound feature.
The film's copyright was renewed in 1959.
Plot
Harold Hall, a young man with little or no acting ability, desperately wants to be in the ...
'' (1932) - Traffic Cop (uncredited)
* ''
The Cat's-Paw
''The Cat's-Paw'' (1934) is a comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Sam Taylor. It was Lloyd's seventh and final collaboration with Taylor and the fourth of his seven starring roles in sound.
''The Cat’s Paw'', a novel by Clarence ...
'' (1934) - Strongarm (uncredited)
* '' The Fixer-Uppers'' (1935, Short) - Bartender at Café des Artistes (uncredited)
* ''
Vagabond Lady
''Vagabond Lady'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Sam Taylor and written by Frank Butler. The film stars Robert Young and Evelyn Venable. The film was released on May 3, 1935, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Plot
Irresponsible, happy-go-luc ...
'' (1935) - Man in Manhole (uncredited)
* ''
Bonnie Scotland
''Bonnie Scotland'' is a 1935 American film directed by James W. Horne and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was produced by Hal Roach for Hal Roach Studios. Although the film begins in Scotland, a large part of the action is set in British India.
...
'' (1935) - Highland Quartette Member (uncredited) (final film role)