Noah Young Explained
| Noah Young |
| Birth Name: | Noah Young Jr. |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1887 |
| Birth Place: | Cañon City, Colorado, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actor, weightlifter |
| Yearsactive: | 1918 - 1935 |
Noah Young, Jr. (February 2, 1887 - April 18, 1958) was a champion weightlifter and actor.
Biography
Young was born in Cañon City, Colorado. His father, Noah Young, was a foreman of the Glenrock coal mine who later became a coal mine inspector for the State of Wyoming;[1] [2] and his mother was Mary Anson, of English descent. Noah Young Sr. came from a family of coal miners in Lancashire, England; and he dabbled in bare knuckle fighting before heading to America in 1874 and settling in Colorado. He was allegedly once an Indian scout and became friends with William F. Cody.
Noah Young Jr. joined the Hal Roach studios as an actor, mainly playing comic villains. He appeared in several Laurel and Hardy comedies but was more notable as a foil for Harold Lloyd, whom he supported in over 50 films. Young died in Los Angeles, California.[3]
Selected filmography
- The Non-Stop Kid (1918, Short)
- Kicking the Germ Out of Germany (1918, Short)
- Two Scrambled (1918, Short)
- Bees in His Bonnet (1918, Short)
- No Place Like Jail (1918, Short)
- Nothing But Trouble (1918, Short)
- Just Rambling Along (1918, Short) - Policeman
- Hear 'Em Rave (1918, Short)
- She Loves Me Not (1918, Short)
- Do You Love Your Wife? (1919, Short) - Cop
- Wanted - $5,000 (1919, Short)
- Hustling for Health (1919, Short) - Train Conductor / The Health Inspector (uncredited)
- Ask Father (1919, Short) - Large Office Worker (uncredited)
- On the Fire (1919, Short)
- Hoots Mon! (1919, Short)
- Look Out Below (1919, Short)
- A Sammy In Siberia (1919, Short) - Burly Soldier (uncredited)
- Just Dropped In (1919, Short)
- Young Mr. Jazz (1919, Short) - Bowery Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
- Crack Your Heels (1919, Short)
- Ring Up the Curtain (1919, Short) - An Actor
- Si, Senor (1919, Short)
- Before Breakfast (1919, Short)
- The Marathon (1919, Short) - A Suitor (uncredited)
- Pistols for Breakfast (1919, Short)
- Swat the Crook (1919, Short)
- Off the Trolley (1919, Short)
- Spring Fever (1919, Short) - Office worker with large moustache
- Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919, Short) - Crooked Charley (uncredited)
- Just Neighbors (1919, Short) - (uncredited)
- At the Old Stage Door (1919, Short)
- Never Touched Me (1919, Short)
- A Jazzed Honeymoon (1919, Short)
- Chop Suey & Co. (1919, Short)
- Heap Big Chief (1919, Short)
- Don't Shove (1919, Short) - Tough guy
- Be My Wife (1919, Short)
- The Rajah (1919, Short)
- He Leads, Others Follow (1919, Short)
- Soft Money (1919, Short)
- Count the Votes (1919, Short)
- Pay Your Dues (1919, Short)
- His Only Father (1919, Short)
- Bumping Into Broadway (1919, Short) - The Bearcat's Bouncer
- Captain Kidd's Kids (1919, Short) - Big Pirate (uncredited)
- From Hand to Mouth (1919, Short) - Conspirator (uncredited)
- All Lit Up (1920, Short) - The Husband
- His Royal Slyness (1920, Short) - Count Nichola Throwe
- Haunted Spooks (1920, Short) - (uncredited)
- An Eastern Westerner (1920, Short) - Tiger Lip Tompkins, The Bully
- High and Dizzy (1920, Short) - Man who breaks hotel room door (uncredited)
- Now or Never (1921, Short) - Farm Owner (uncredited)
- Among Those Present (1921, Short) - Horse Handler (uncredited)
- I Do (1921, Short) - The Agitation
- A Sailor-Made Man (1921) - The Rowdy Element
- Grandma's Boy (1922) - Sheriff of Dabney County
- Safety Last! (1923) - The Law
- The Noon Whistle (1923, Short) - A millworker
- Kill or Cure (1923, Short) - Car owner
- Gas and Air (1923, Short)
- Zeb vs. Paprika (1924, Short)
- Brothers Under the Chin (1924, Short)
- Wide Open Spaces (1924, Short)
- The Battling Orioles (1924) - Sid Stanton
- Black Cyclone (1925) - Cowboy (uncredited)
- Should Sailors Marry? (1925, Short) - Verbena's Ex-husband
- For Heaven's Sake (1926) - Bull Brindle, The Roughneck
- Don Mike (1927) - Reuben Pettigill
- Why Girls Say No (1927, Short) - Angry Motorist (uncredited)
- Love Makes 'Em Wild (1927) - Janitor
- The Land Beyond the Law (1927) - Hanzup Harry
- The First Auto (1927) - Ned Jarvish (uncredited)
- Sugar Daddies (1927, Short) - Brittle's Brother-in-law
- Gun Gospel (1927) - Jack Goodshot
- Do Detectives Think? (1927, Short) - The Tipton Slasher (uncredited)
- Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927) - Army Sergeant
- The Battle of the Century (1927, Short) - Thunder-Clap Callahan (uncredited)
- Sharp Shooters (1928) - Tom
- A Thief in the Dark (1928) - Monk
- Welcome Danger (1929) - Officer Patrick Clancy
- Feet First (1930) - Sailor
- Everything's Rosie (1931) - Auction Shill Knocked Out (uncredited)
- Forbidden Adventure (1931) - Bill (uncredited)
- Movie Crazy (1932) - Traffic Cop (uncredited)
- The Cat's-Paw (1934) - Strongarm (uncredited)
- The Fixer-Uppers (1935, Short) - Bartender at Café des Artistes (uncredited)
- Vagabond Lady (1935) - Man in Manhole (uncredited)
- Bonnie Scotland (1935) - Highland Quartette Member (uncredited) (final film role)
Notes and References
- Our paper, Volume 21 By Massachusetts Reformatory (Concord, Mass.) 1905 pg.46
- Passenger Manifest SS Malodo June 19, 1930
- California Death Index
