Noah Young
Noah Young, Jr. 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; 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.
Selected filmography
The Non-Stop Kid Kicking the Germ Out of Germany Two Scrambled Bees in His Bonnet No Place Like Jail Nothing But Trouble Just Rambling Along - PolicemanHear 'Em Rave She [Loves Me Not (1918 film)|She Loves Me Not] Do You Love Your Wife? - CopWanted - $5,000 Hustling for Health - Train Conductor / The Health Inspector Ask Father - Large Office Worker On the Fire Hoots Mon! Look Out Below A Sammy In Siberia - Burly Soldier Just Dropped In Young Mr. Jazz - Bowery Cafe Waiter Crack Your Heels Ring Up the Curtain - An ActorSi, Senor Before Breakfast The Marathon - A Suitor Pistols for Breakfast Swat the Crook Off the Trolley Spring Fever - Office worker with large moustacheBilly Blazes, Esq. - Crooked Charley Just Neighbors - At the Old Stage Door Never Touched Me A Jazzed Honeymoon Chop Suey & Co. Heap Big Chief Don't Shove - Tough guyBe My Wife The Rajah He Leads, Others Follow Soft Money Count the Votes Pay Your Dues His Only Father Bumping Into Broadway - The Bearcat's BouncerCaptain Kidd's Kids - Big Pirate From Hand to Mouth - Conspirator All Lit Up - The HusbandHis Royal Slyness - Count Nichola ThroweHaunted Spooks - An Eastern Westerner - Tiger Lip Tompkins, The BullyHigh and Dizzy - Man who breaks hotel room door Now or Never - Farm Owner Among Those Present - Horse Handler I Do - The AgitationA Sailor-Made Man - The Rowdy ElementGrandma's Boy - Sheriff of Dabney CountySafety Last! - The LawThe Noon Whistle - A millworkerKill or Cure - Car ownerGas and Air Zeb vs. Paprika Brothers Under the Chin Wide Open Spaces The Battling Orioles - Sid StantonBlack Cyclone - Cowboy Should Sailors Marry? - Verbena's Ex-husbandFor Heaven's Sake - Bull Brindle, The RoughneckDon Mike - Reuben PettigillWhy [Girls Say No] - Angry Motorist Love Makes 'Em Wild - JanitorThe Land Beyond the Law - Hanzup HarryThe First Auto - Ned Jarvish Sugar Daddies - Brittle's Brother-in-lawGun Gospel - Jack GoodshotDo Detectives Think? - The Tipton Slasher Ham and Eggs at the Front - Army SergeantThe Battle of the Century - Thunder-Clap Callahan Sharp Shooters - TomA Thief in the Dark - MonkWelcome Danger - Officer Patrick ClancyFeet First - SailorEverything's Rosie - Auction Shill Knocked Out Forbidden Adventure - Bill Movie Crazy - Traffic Cop The Cat's-Paw - Strongarm The Fixer-Uppers - Bartender at Café des Artistes Vagabond Lady - Man in Manhole Bonnie Scotland - Highland Quartette Member