1. Roland Young began his acting career on the London stage, but later found success in America and received an Academy Award nomination for his role in the film Topper.
18 Facts About Roland Young
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In 1960, Young was posthumously honored with two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in the television and motion pictures industries.
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Roland Young was educated at Sherborne School, Sherborne, Dorset and University College London before being accepted into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art where his classmate was Gordon Richards.
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Roland Young made his first stage appearance in London's West End in Find the Woman in 1908, and in 1912 he made his Broadway debut in Hindle Wakes.
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Roland Young made his film debut in the 1922 silent film Sherlock Holmes, in which he played Watson opposite John Barrymore as Holmes.
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Roland Young appeared in Cecil B de Mille's The Squaw Man, and played opposite Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in The Guardsman.
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Roland Young appeared with Evelyn Brent in Columbia's The Pagan Lady and Pola Negri in RKO's A Woman Commands.
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Roland Young had a starring role in a risque comedy for Fox entitled Pleasure Cruise alongside Genevieve Tobin.
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Roland Young began to work as a freelance performer and found himself in constant demand.
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Roland Young appeared with Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve Tobin and Maurice Chevalier in One Hour With You and with Kay Francis in Street of Women.
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Roland Young returned to Hollywood and appeared in a diverse group of films that included comedies, murder mysteries, and dramas, and worked on Broadway.
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Topper's wife was played by Billie Burke, who wrote in her memoir that Roland Young "was dry and always fun to work with".
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Roland Young continued to play supporting roles in comedies such as Yes, My Darling Daughter, with Fay Bainter and Priscilla Lane, but over the next few years the importance of his roles again decreased.
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Roland Young achieved another success as Uncle Willie in The Philadelphia Story with Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart.
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Roland Young's last starring role was in the final instalment of the Topper series, Topper Returns in 1941, with Billie Burke, Joan Blondell and Carole Landis.
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Roland Young continued working steadily through the 1940s, playing small roles opposite some of Hollywood's leading actresses, such as Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Paulette Goddard and Greta Garbo in her final film, Two-Faced Woman.
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Roland Young has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for film at 6523 Hollywood Blvd.
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Roland Young was married twice, to Marjorie Kummer from 1921 until 1940, and to Patience DuCroz from 1948 until his death at home in New York City at 65 in 1953.