John Young (actor)John Young was a British actor from Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the father of the actor Paul Young.CareerYoung joined the Edinburgh Gateway Company in 1953, playing Tammas Biggar in Graham Moffat's Bunty Pulls the Strings. His film credits include The Wicker Man, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Black Angel, The Dollar Bottom and Chariots of Fire. On television, he played Rev Iain McPherson in the ITV soap opera Take the High Road for a number of years.