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Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 12, 1920
Died
February 9, 2000
Place of Birth
Winchester, Virginia, USA
Buck Young
0.5 Popularity
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.
Known For
Credits
Tarzan in Manhattan
1989
3.8
Who Is Julia?
as Police Officer
1986
7.2
Last Resort
as Mr. Emerson
1986
3.2
MacGyver
as Carl Jenkins
1985
7.7
MacGyver
as Policeman
1985
7.7
Gidget's Summer Reunion
as Bob
1985
6.0
Highway to Heaven
1984
7.4
Sam's Son
as Marv Gates
1984
5.9
Brothers
1984
7.2
Blue Thunder
as Police Captain
1984
6.9
I Take These Men
as Judge
1983
1.0
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
Rehearsal for Murder
as Lieutenant McElroy
1982
6.0
T. J. Hooker
as Zabrowski
1982
6.4
Death Wish II
as Charles Pearce
1982
6.3
Simon & Simon
1981
6.7
Golden Gate
1981
0.0
Stand by Your Man
as Policeman
1981
7.3
The Five of Me
as Colonel
1981
9.0
The Killing of Randy Webster
as Client
1981
5.8
Hill Street Blues
1981
7.6
The Georgia Peaches
as Big Ed
1980
5.6
The Jayne Mansfield Story
as City Editor
1980
5.9
The Night the Bridge Fell Down
1980
4.6
Fun and Games
as Businessman
1980
5.0
The $5.20 an Hour Dream
as Bartender
1980
0.0
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Brigadier General Biles
1979
7.0
The Lady in Red
as Hennessey
1979
5.8
The Millionaire
as Garageman
1978
0.0
The New Adventures of Heidi
as Jensen
1978
4.0
The Magic of Lassie
as T.V. Announcer
1978
5.4
Dallas
as Seth Stone
1978
6.8
Sam
1978
0.0
The Incredible Hulk
1977
7.2
The Incredible Hulk
as Doctor
1977
7.2
Lou Grant
1977
7.3
The Hostage Heart
as Eddie
1977
0.0
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
as Guard
1977
6.4
Green Eyes
as Policeman
1977
0.0
Claws
as Pilot
1977
4.0
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
as 1st Trooper
1976
3.8
Quincy, M.E.
1976
7.5
Charlie's Angels
as Bartender
1976
6.7
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West
as Rancher Uriah
1976
4.8
Wonder Woman
as Foreman
1975
7.0
Katherine
as Cop
1975
5.8
Mitchell
as Detective Aldridge
1975
3.2
Crossfire
as Captain
1975
0.0
Breezy
as Paula's Escort
1973
6.8
Kojak
as Reporter
1973
7.0
The Stranger
as Tom Nelson
1973
3.5
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
6.9
M*A*S*H
as Dan
1972
7.9
M*A*S*H
as O'Brien
1972
7.9
They Call It Murder
as Charlie
1971
5.4
Columbo
as Guest at Wake
1971
8.1
Columbo
as Guard
1971
8.1
Cannon
1971
6.5
The Late Liz
as Logan Pearson
1971
0.0
The Bamboo Saucer
as Pete (uncredited)
1968
4.9
The Mod Squad
1968
6.3
Lancer
1968
4.7
Adam-12
as Sgt. Willard
1968
7.0
Ironside
1967
6.8
The Young Warriors
as Schumacher
1967
6.0
Not With My Wife, You Don't
as Air Police Colonel
1966
6.0
The F.B.I.
as Gregory Lucas
1965
5.5
The F.B.I.
as Peter McGrath
1965
5.5
The F.B.I.
as SAC Bennett Adams
1965
5.5
The F.B.I.
as Agent
1965
5.5
The F.B.I.
as Davis
1965
5.5
The F.B.I.
as S.A.C. Brockton
1965
5.5
Hogan's Heroes
as Second Officer
1965
7.5
Hogan's Heroes
as Factory Inspector (uncredited)
1965
7.5
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
as Sgt. Whipple
1964
7.2
Daniel Boone
as Henry Foxx
1964
6.9
The Fugitive
as Police Sergeant
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Officer
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Newsman
1963
7.2
The Fugitive
as Mr. Franklin
1963
7.2
The Virginian
as Walker
1962
6.5
The Andy Griffith Show
as Deputy Joe Watson
1960
7.6
My Three Sons
1960
6.5
🎬
Not for Hire
1959
0.0
The Rebel
as Salvo Savage
1959
5.1
Bat Masterson
as Bill Bassett
1958
6.1
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.4
🎬
Official Detective
1957
0.0
U.S. Marshall
as Deputy Johnson
1956
7.5
Highway Patrol
as Gas Station Attendant
1955
5.8
Gunsmoke
as Bud Grant
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Jim Redigo
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Carl
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Cpl. Stone
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as John
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Andy
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Carney
1955
6.6
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.6
Lassie
1954
6.1
Angel Face
as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
1953
7.1