13 Facts About Carleton Young

Captain Carleton Scott Young was an American character actor who was known for his deep voice.

Carleton Young's parents were married September 18,1897, in Marlborough, Essex, Massachusetts.

Carleton Young grew up in Syracuse, New York, but was living in Ogden, Utah, with his divorced father by 1930.

Carleton Young enlisted in the US Army when he was age 35 as a Private in the Air Corps.

Carleton Young appeared in 235 American television and film roles, with his first being The Fighting Marines.

Carleton Young ended his career in the 1973 television series The Magician, which starred Bill Bixby.

Carleton Young was a member of the John Ford Stock Company.

Carleton Young played Billy the Kid's sidekick Jeff Travis in the first five films of the Billy the Kid film series from 1940 to 1941.

Carleton Young played attorney Philip Gault, whose voice was destroyed in an accident, and who developed a sardonic whisper to compensate until his voice was restored, using a whispering persona to infiltrate the underworld, where he steered unsuspecting mobsters into the clutches of the law as represented by his real identity as a lawyer.

Carleton Young had a few interests beyond acting, forming the Los Angeles Smog Corp.

Carleton Young was born March 14,1913, in Los Angeles County, California.

Carleton Young died July 27,1987, in Arcadia, Los Angeles, California.

Carleton Young was born December 27,1918, in San Francisco, California, USA and died December 24,2003, in Los Angeles, California, USA They were married on December 20,1945, in New York City.