Noah Young

Noah Young (born February 2, 1887 in North Park , Colorado , † April 18, 1958 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor.

life and career

Noah Young was born in Colorado, the youngest son of Noah Young Sr. and his wife Mary Anson, both of whom were of English descent. He first became a professional weightlifter , both in the circus and in professional competitions. So he ran about a mile in eight and a half minutes while carrying a 75-pound man on his back. From 1918 Young worked as an actor for Hal Roach Studios , by 1935 he appeared in almost 170 films (almost exclusively for Roach). Because of his impressive stature, he was usually entrusted with the depiction of strong, but often brutal and simple-minded characters in supporting roles. For example, he acted as a grim policeman in Harold Lloyd 's classic silent film Skyscraper of all things! from 1923 with. He was one of Lloyd's most prominent supporting actors and appeared in almost 50 of Lloyd's films, mostly as an annoying antagonist like in For Heaven's Sake .

Young also starred in five films by Laurel and Hardy , also under contract with Roach. Among other things, he played the brutal murderer in Do Detectives Think? , from whom Stan and Ollie are supposed to protect a judge as private detectives, as well as Stan's fearsome boxing opponent in The Battle of the Century . After the start of the sound film era , Young mostly played only minor roles because he had problems with his voice. His last film was the Laurel and Hardy comedy We're from the Scottish Infantry Regiment from 1935. He then went on to work as a real estate agent. Noah Young was never married, but lived with Hattie Bonney, a racing driver's widow, for decades. He died of a heart attack in 1958 at the age of 71.

Filmography (selection)

• 1918: Kicking the Germ Out of Germany
• 1919: Bumping Into Broadway
• 1919: Ask Father
• 1919: From Hand to Mouth
• 1920: His Royal Slyness
• 1920: To Eastern Westerner
• 1920: Haunted Spooks
• 1920: Höhenrausch (High and Dizzy)
• 1921: A Sailor-Made Man
• 1921: Now or Never
• 1921: Father Joy (I Do)
• 1921: High Society (Among Those Present)
• 1922: Grandmother's Favorite (Grandma's Boy)
• 1923: Skyscrapers of all places! (Safety load!)
• 1926: For heaven's sake (For Heaven's Sake)
• 1927: The First Auto
• 1927: Sugar Daddies
• 1927: The Robbery's Revenge (Do Detectives Think?)
• 1927: The Disobedient Daughter (Why Girls Say No)
• 1927: The Battle of the Century (The Battle of the Century)
• 1929: Warning, Harold, Warning! (Welcome Danger)
• 1930: Harold, hold on! (Feet First)
• 1932: Movie Crazy (Movie Crazy)
• 1934: The Cat's Paw
• 1935: The Fixer Uppers
• 1935: We're from the Scottish Infantry Regiment (Bonnie Scotland)

Web links

• Noah Young in the Internet Movie Database (English)