Stephen Young (actor)


Stephen Young is a retired Canadian actor and television host. He worked mostly as a character actor and had supporting roles in the films Patton, Soylent Green, and The Silent Partner.

Early life and education

Young was born in Toronto, Ontario to a financier father. He attended high school at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute where he was student president. Afterwards, he signed with the Cleveland Indians, but his professional bid ended when he seriously injured his knee playing ice hockey. He spent the next few years as a salesman, then wound up in radio and TV commercial production.

Career

While travelling with a friend on a European excursion in the early 1960s, Young by chance got a bit part in the epic Cleopatra, then landed similar minor assignments in such other European-filmed epics as 55 Days at Peking, The Leopard, The Fall of the Roman Empire, and The Thin Red Line.
Upon returning to Toronto, Young decided to become a full-time actor, originally billing himself under his birth name and appearing in leads on both daytime and primetime TV dramas, including the Toronto-based daytime serial Moment of Truth. He headed the cast of the Canadian adventure series Seaway. Moving to Hollywood in 1966, he subsequently starred as young lawyer Ben Caldwell, assistant to high-profile criminal attorney Clinton Judd in the drama Judd, for the Defense. The series was abruptly cancelled after only two seasons. Stephen Young also guest-starred in the cult science fiction TV series The Starlost in the episode "Astro-Medics".
Young's theatrical film role appearances include Patton, Soylent Green, Rage, Lifeguard, Deadline, and his final appearance in the 2013 low budget independent film The Angel Inn.
Young was a friend of John Candy and worked together on a few projects, including a lead role in the low-budget horror thriller The Clown Murders, as well as the Interior Decorator in Who's Harry Crumb?, and Freddie in The Silent Partner, the latter of which he also produced.
He appeared in television films, including the low-budget project The Mask of Sheba, The Death Squad, Between Friends, A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester, Strange Justice and Execution of Justice, both in 1999, and The Last Debate.
Young briefly hosted the Canadian game show Just Like Mom.
In addition to recurring roles, Young guest starred, playing characters for a number of popular Canadian and American television series including The Mod Squad, the character Dallet on both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman, two episodes of The Littlest Hobo, Magnum, P.I., Danger Bay, Airwolf, and In The Heat of the Night, among others. In 1993, on the Canadian crime-fighting series Counterstrike, Young portrayed Senator David Carmichael who dies on an icy road while being chased by journalists working for Morton Downey Jr.'s character Monroe Park, who slandered him on his controversial news-talk show The Raw Truth. He also appeared in the Canadian series Traders, followed by the 2002 television film A Portrait of Murder playing Detective Nick Sousa.

Filmography

Film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1965–1966SeawayNick King30 episodes
196612 O'Clock HighCaptain Jerry Clinton1 episode
1967-1969Judd for the DefenseBen Caldwell49 episodes
1969The Mask of ShebaTravis ComancheTV movie
1972The Mod SquadKip Hanson1 episode
1972Oh, Nurse!Jimmy, InternTV movie
1972The ABC Afternoon PlaybreakMike RodmanEpisode: "This Child Is Mine"
1973The Starlost Dr. ChrisEpisode: "Astro-Medics"
1974The Death SquadLieutenant AndreceTV movie
1975Police WomanRay Bradford1 episode
1975, 1976The Streets of San FranciscoDwayne Rogers / Father Wilson2 episodes
1976McMillan & WifeLt. Don Corbett1 episode
1976The Six Million Dollar ManDallet1 episode
1976The Bionic WomanDallett1 episode
1977Hawaii Five-OQuincyEpisode: "To Die in Paradise"
1978CHiPsGerald Billings1 episode
1979, 1981The Littlest HoboScott Phillips / Lloyd Wells2 episodes
1981Hart to HartSgt. CosgroveEpisode: "Homemade Murder"
1982Trapper John, M.D.Tom1 episode
1982Portrait of a ShowgirlCongressmanTV movie
1983Between FriendsMartinTV movie
1983Magnum, P.I.Don Cassidy1 episode
1984Love Leads the Way: A True StoryMike McshaneTV movie
1985Picking Up the PiecesAsst. Principal Josh ColeTV movie
1985Danger BayClemmons1 episode
1987AirwolfMartin Lundahl1 episode
198721 Jump StreetR.B. Greaves1 episode
1988HunterSenator Alan Young1 episode
1990Murder, She WroteErnie Dolan1 episode
1991In The Heat of the NightMike Lawrence1 episode
1993CounterstrikeSenator David CarmichaelEpisode: "The Raw Truth"
1995A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous JokesterTV movie
1997TradersDouglas WalkerEpisode: "Family Legacy"
1998When Husbands CheatPeter FisherTV movie
1999Strange JusticeSen. DanforthTV movie
1999Execution of JusticeGeorge MosconeTV movie
2000The Last DebateRichard MeredithTV movie
2002A Portrait of Murder Det. Nick SousaTV movie