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Alan Young

Actor / Comedian / Radio Personality / Television Presenter / Film Director / Screenwriter | * 11/19/1919 († 96, 05/19/2016) | North Shields, Tyne-and-Wear, England (United Kingdom (UK))
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Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was a British-born actor, whom TV Guide called "the Charlie Chaplin of television". Young portrayed Wilbur Post in the television comedy Mister Ed (1961–1966) and voiced Disney's Scrooge McDuck for over 40 years, beginning in the 1974 Disneyland Records album An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players. He again voiced Scrooge in the Academy Award-nominated short film Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) and continued in the role in various other films, television series and video games up until his death. During the 1940s and 1950s, Young starred in his own variety-comedy sketch shows The Alan Young Show on radio and television, the latter gaining him two Emmy Awards in 1951. He also appeared in a number of feature films, starting from 1946, including the 1960 film The Time Machine and from the 1980s gaining a new generation of viewers appearing in numerous Walt Disney Productions films as both an actor and voice actor. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Animation | Kids & Family

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Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with Alan Young as Actor(31)

as Scrooge McDuck (voice) (archive footage)2023 Once Upon a Studio
as Ernie Bigalow2004 Moondance
as Uncle Scrooge McDuck (voice)2004 Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
as Flower Store Worker2002 The Time Machine
as Uncle Scrooge McDuck (voice)1999 Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
as Uncle Dave1994 Beverly Hills Cop III
as The White Knight (voice)1987 Alice Through the Looking Glass
as Scrooge McDuck1987 The Treasure of the Golden Suns
as Hiram Flaversham (voice)1986 The Great Mouse Detective
as Scrooge McDuck (voice)1983 Mickey's Christmas Carol
as Rene / Cockatoo (voice)1983 Beauty and the Beast
as Mr. Monroe / Storekeeper (voice)1982 Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit
as Narrator (voice)1980 Scruffy
as Dr. Wenger1978 The Cat from Outer Space
as Narrator/Black Beauty/Nicholas Skinner (voice)1978 Black Beauty
as Mr. Carson1976 Baker's Hawk
as David Filby / James Filby1960 The Time Machine
as Woody1958 Tom Thumb
as Charlie Biddle / Mrs. Biddle / Mr. Henry Biddle1955 Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
as himself1952 Stars in the Eye
as Androcles1952 Androcles and the Lion
as Geoffrey Lawson1949 Chicken Every Sunday
as Avery Brubaker1949 Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Roy Hornsdale1946 Margie

TV Shows/Series with Alan Young as Actor(54)

as Scrooge McDuck (voice)2001 Disney's House of Mouse
as Wilbur Post (voice)2000 God, the Devil and Bob
as Dr. McDonald (voice)2000 Static Shock
as Jake Gillespie (segment "The Diner")1998 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
as Dr. Harris1997 The Tony Danza Show
as Reverend Benton1995 The Wayans Bros.
as Arthur1995 Maybe This Time
1994 Duckman
as Archie Mellonston1994 ER
as Tod Baker (voice)1992 Batman: The Animated Series
1989 Coach
as Scrooge McDuck (voice)1987 DuckTales
as Floyd Nelson1984 Murder, She Wrote
as Gaggy Rogers (voice)1983 The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show
as Keyop (voice) / 7-Zark-7 (voice)1978 Battle of the Planets
as Phil Sharp1977 The Love Boat
as Mr. Monroe / Storekeeper (voice)1977 ABC Weekend Special
as himself1963 The Danny Kaye Show
as Wilbur Post1961 Mister Ed
as himself1957 The Lux Show
as himself1956 The Steve Allen Show
as Volunteer Santa Claus1956 The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Comedian1956 The Steve Allen Show
as Alan Parker1953 GE Theater
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as George Abernathy1948 Studio One
as Timothy Palmer1948 Studio One

Movies with Alan Young as Crew(2)


Full Name: Alan Young
Born: Wednesday, 11/19 1919 (November) in North Shields, Tyne-and-Wear, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Thursday, 05/19 2016 (May) in Woodland Hills (aged: 96)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Alan Young (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Al Young"
"Angus Young"
Alan Young frequently works together with these people:
Charlton Heston (20x, Actor)
Peter Cullen (15x, Actor)
Leslie Nielsen (14x, Actor)
Robert Costanzo (14x, Actor)
Tom Poston (14x, Actor)
Red Buttons (13x, Actor)
Jack Carter (13x, Actor)
Nina Foch (13x, Actress)
Everett Sloane (12x, Actor)
James Daly (12x, Actor)
Richard Kiley (12x, Actor)
Burny Mattinson (11x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:310294, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 03/24/2024