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
- Tarzan in Manhattan as Doctor
1986
- Who Is Julia? as Police Officer
- Last Resort as Mr. Emerson
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 as Cliff Woodman
- Stand by Your Man as Policeman
- The Five of Me as Colonel
- The Killing of Randy Webster as Client
- Golden Gate
1980
- The Jayne Mansfield Story as City Editor
- The Georgia Peaches as Big Ed
- The Night the Bridge Fell Down
- Fun and Games as Businessman
- 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
- Project U.F.O. as Colonel at Forbes AFB Kansas
- Sam
- The Magic of Lassie as T.V. Announcer
- The Millionaire as Garageman
- The New Adventures of Heidi as Jensen
1977
- The Incredible Hulk
- Lou Grant
- Mayday at 40,000 Feet as Guard
- Green Eyes as Policeman
- Claws as Pilot
- The Hostage Heart as Eddie
1976
- Quincy, M.E.
- Charlie's Angels as Bartender
- The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West as Rancher Uriah
- Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby as 1st Trooper
1975
1973
- Kojak as Reporter
- Police Story as Lomax
- Breezy as Paula's Escort
- The Stranger as Tom Nelson
1972
- M*A*S*H as Dan
- Emergency! as Captain-Engine 45
- The Streets of San Francisco
1971
- Columbo as Guest at Wake
- Cannon
- McMillan & Wife as Traffic Cop
- They Call It Murder as Charlie
- The Late Liz as Logan Pearson
1968
- Adam-12 as Sgt. Willard
- Lancer
- The Mod Squad
- 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
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. as Sgt. Whipple
- Daniel Boone as Henry Foxx
1963
- The Fugitive as Police Sergeant
1962
- The Virginian as Walker
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Deputy Joe Watson
- My Three Sons as Police Officer
1959
- The Rebel as Salvo Savage
- Not for Hire
1958
- Bat Masterson as Bill Bassett
- U.S. Marshall as Deputy Johnson
1955
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
- Gunsmoke as Bud Grant
- Highway Patrol as Gas Station Attendant
1954
1953
- Angel Face as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)