Buck Young
Born: 1920-08-12 in Winchester, Virginia, USA
Died: 2000-02-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
John Otto "Buck" Young (April 12, 1920 – February 9, 2000) was an American actor who played the role as Sergeant Whipple on the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series, and Deputy Joe Watson on The Andy Griffith Show. In 1944, during World War II, Young was drafted into the US Army Air Forces. He married actress Peggy Stewart in 1953 and had two children, Grey Young and Abigail Young who each acted in one film. He was the brother-in-law of Stewart's sister, Patricia O'Rourke, and her husband, Wayne Morris. In 1962, he appeared three times in James Arness's TV Western series Gunsmoke, playing “Carl” in S7E24’s “Coventry”, “Corporal Stone” in S7E27's “Wagon Girls” & “John” in S8E1’s “Call Me Dodie”. Buck Young took the part as Sgt Whipple in the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series at the beginning of the show in 1964. He acted in a total of 95 films and the Gomer Pyle. U.S.M.C. series. Buck Young also played in Barnaby Jones in the episode titled “The Last Contract” (12/31/1974). Young died on February 9, 2000, in Los Angeles at age 79.
Filmography
1989
1986
- Last Resort as Mr. Emerson
- Who Is Julia? as Police Officer
1985
- MacGyver as Carl Jenkins
- Gidget's Summer Reunion as Bob
1984
- Highway to Heaven
- Brothers
- Blue Thunder as Police Captain
- Sam's Son as Marv Gates
1983
- I Take These Men as Judge
1982
- T. J. Hooker as Zabrowski
- Matt Houston
- Death Wish II as Charles Pearce
- Rehearsal for Murder as Lieutenant McElroy
1981
- Hill Street Blues
- Simon & Simon
- The Five of Me as Colonel
- The Killing of Randy Webster as Client
- Stand by Your Man as Policeman
- Golden Gate
1980
- The Jayne Mansfield Story as City Editor
- Fun and Games as Businessman
- The Night the Bridge Fell Down
- The Georgia Peaches as Big Ed
- The $5.20 an Hour Dream as Bartender
1979
- Buck Rogers in the 25th Century as Brigadier General Biles
- The Lady in Red as Hennessey
1978
- Dallas as Seth Stone
- The Millionaire as Garageman
- The Magic of Lassie as T.V. Announcer
- The New Adventures of Heidi as Jensen
- Sam
1977
- The Incredible Hulk
- Lou Grant
- Green Eyes as Policeman
- Claws as Pilot
- The Hostage Heart as Eddie
- Mayday at 40,000 Feet as Guard
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Bartender
- Quincy, M.E.
- Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby as 1st Trooper
- The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West as Rancher Uriah
1975
1973
- Kojak as Reporter
- Breezy as Paula's Escort
- The Stranger as Tom Nelson
1972
1971
- Columbo as Guest at Wake
- Cannon
- They Call It Murder as Charlie
- The Late Liz as Logan Pearson
1968
- Adam-12 as Sgt. Willard
- The Mod Squad
- Lancer
- The Bamboo Saucer as Pete (uncredited)
1967
- Ironside
- The Young Warriors as Schumacher
1966
- Not With My Wife, You Don't! as Air Police Colonel
1965
- Hogan's Heroes as Second Officer
- The F.B.I. as Gregory Lucas
1964
- Daniel Boone as Henry Foxx
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Sgt. Whipple
1963
- The Fugitive as Police Sergeant
1962
- The Virginian as Walker
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Deputy Joe Watson
- My Three Sons
1959
- The Rebel as Salvo Savage
- Not for Hire
1958
- Bat Masterson as Bill Bassett
1956
- U.S. Marshall as Deputy Johnson
1955
- Gunsmoke as Bud Grant
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Highway Patrol as Gas Station Attendant
1954
1953
- Angel Face as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)