Buck Young
Acting
- Born
- August 12, 1920
- Died
- February 9, 2000
- Place of Birth
- Winchester, Virginia, USA
- Known For
- Мужской
Biography
John Otto "Buck" Young (April 12, 1920 – February 9, 2000) was an American actor who played the role as Sergeant Whipple on the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series, and Deputy Joe Watson on The Andy Griffith Show. In 1944, during World War II, Young was drafted into the US Army Air Forces. He married actress Peggy Stewart in 1953 and had two children, Grey Young and Abigail Young who each acted in one film. He was the brother-in-law of Stewart's sister, Patricia O'Rourke, and her husband, Wayne Morris. In 1962, he appeared three times in James Arness's TV Western series Gunsmoke, playing “Carl” in S7E24’s “Coventry”, “Corporal Stone” in S7E27's “Wagon Girls” & “John” in S8E1’s “Call Me Dodie”. Buck Young took the part as Sgt Whipple in the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series at the beginning of the show in 1964. He acted in a total of 95 films and the Gomer Pyle. U.S.M.C. series. Buck Young also played in Barnaby Jones in the episode titled “The Last Contract” (12/31/1974). Young died on February 9, 2000, in Los Angeles at age 79.
Filmography
Columbo
as Guest at Wake, as Guard
1971
MacGyver
as Policeman, as Carl Jenkins
1985
M*A*S*H
as Dan, as O'Brien
1972
Ironside
1967
The Andy Griffith Show
as Deputy Joe Watson
1960
Adam-12
as Sgt. Willard
1968
The Fugitive
as Newsman, as Officer, as Mr. Franklin, as Police Sergeant
1963
Quincy, M.E.
1976
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
Hill Street Blues
1981
Charlie's Angels
as Bartender
1976
Lassie
1954
The Virginian
as Walker
1962
My Three Sons
as Police Officer
1960
T. J. Hooker
as Zabrowski
1982
Cannon
1971
Hogan's Heroes
as Factory Inspector (uncredited), as Second Officer
1965
Simon & Simon
1981
Highway to Heaven
1984
The F.B.I.
as Peter McGrath, as SAC Bennett Adams, as Agent, as Gregory Lucas, as Davis, as S.A.C. Brockton
1965
The Incredible Hulk
as Doctor
1977
Daniel Boone
as Henry Foxx
1964
Lou Grant
1977
Gunsmoke
as Jim Redigo, as John, as Carney, as Bud Grant, as Andy, as Carl, as Cpl. Stone
1955
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Sgt. Whipple
1964
Kojak
as Reporter
1973
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
Matt Houston
1982
The Mod Squad
1968
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Brigadier General Biles
1979
Wonder Woman
as Foreman
1975