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Richard Young

Actor

Richard Young

Born October 17, 1939 in Penfield, État de New York, États-UnisDied December 15, 201023 films

Richard Young (born in 1955 in Kissimmee, Florida) is an American actor who spent most of his career as a blandly competent, mostly-supporting player in various films and on television. Young began his career in the early 70s with TV guest spots and in Roger Corman's New World exploitation films like Fly Me and Night Call Nurses (both 1972). He went on to many other TV appearances, leading up to recurring roles on shows like Flamingo Road and Texas in the early 80s. Parts in higher profile films like High Risk (1981) and The Ice Pirates (1984) followed suit.

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Young is perhaps best known for his small role in the opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) as "Fedora," the leader of the tomb-robbers who chases the young Indiana Jones then gives the young Jones his own fedora which later becomes Jones' hat. That same year he had a decent supporting role in the prison-set action / drama An Innocent Man alongside Tom Selleck. He also had top-billed starring roles in 'B' action films like Final Mission (1984) and Saigon Commandos (1988), and a supporting part in the Corman production Lords of the Deep (1989), one of many films hoping to cash-in on all the hype behind The Abyss.

Horror fans know Young as the friendly psychiatrist Matt, who gets a spike driven through his forehead, in the fifth installment of the Friday the 13th series. Likewise, starring in the big budget international bomb Eye of the Widow (1991), which took three years to produce and wasn't even released in the U.S., seemed to drive a spike through his career as a leading man. Outside of a couple of TV appearances, he hasn't been seen in anything since.

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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade posterFirst watchIndiana Jones and the Last Crusade19897.9as FedoraIn 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail.View film

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Filmography

23 films as actor
  1. 1996Special Report: Journey to MarsAstronaut Charles Downing
  2. 1991Eye of the WidowPrince Malko Linge
  3. 1989An Innocent ManDanny Scalise
  4. 1989Lords of the DeepChadwick
  5. 1989Indiana Jones and the Last CrusadeFedora
  6. 1988Pancho BarnesRoger Chute
  7. 19881969Ralph's Cellmate
  8. 1988Saigon CommandosSgt. Mark Stryker
  9. 1986AssassinRobert Golem
  10. 1985Friday the 13th: A New BeginningMatthew Letter
  11. 1984Final MissionSergeant Vince Deacon
  12. 1984The Ice PiratesDebs
  13. 1981Splendor in the GrassBrian Stacey
  14. 1979Cocaine CowboysTerry
  15. 1979Swim TeamJohnny
  16. 1977Cherry Hill HighVintner
  17. 1976Banjo Hackett: Roamin' FreeLuke Mintore
  18. 1976Cry Your Purple Heart OutFrank
  19. 1975Let's Do It AgainBiggie's Crony #3
  20. 1974Inferno in ParadiseClay Martin
  21. 1973Fly MeDoctor
  22. 1972Night Call NursesKyle Toby
  23. 1971The Reluctant HeroesPvt. Golden