Personal Info
Richard Young
Acting
Biography
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.
Young is perhaps best known for hi…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Special Report: Journey to Mars
as Astronaut Charles Downing
Eye of the Widow
as Prince Malko Linge
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
as Fedora
An Innocent Man
as Danny Scalise
Lords of the Deep
as Chadwick
1969
as Ralph's Cellmate
Pancho Barnes
as Roger Chute
Saigon Commandos
as Sgt. Mark Stryker
Assassin
as Robert Golem
Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
as Matthew Letter
TV Shows
Salem's Lot
as Nolly · 2 ep.
Beauty and the Beast
as Buddy · 1 ep.
Amazing Stories
as Davy Crockett · 1 ep.
Murder, She Wrote
as Nick Halsey · 1 ep.
Hunter
as Jesse · 1 ep.
Highway to Heaven
as Sheriff · 2 ep.
Knight Rider
as Sonny Prince · 1 ep.
Cheers
as Frank · 1 ep.
Flamingo Road
5 ep.
Laverne & Shirley
1 ep.