Alan Young

Personal Info

Birthday

November 19, 1919

Day of Death

2016-05-19

(96 years old)

Place of Birth

North Shields, Tyne-and-Wear, Northumberland, England, UK

Also Known As

Al Young

Angus Young

Alan Young

Biography

Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was an English-Canadian-American actor, comedian, radio and television host, whom TV Guide called "the Charlie Chaplin of television". Young was born in North Shields, Northumberland, England, to Scottish parents.

He suffered from severe asthma as a child, which kept him bedridden for long periods of time. During this time, he developed a love of radio, and began performing on local radio stations in his teens. In 1941, Young moved to the United States, where he continued his radio career.

Known For

Murder, She Wrote

The Love Boat

Coach

The Ren & Stimpy Show

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch

Batman: The Animated Series

DuckTales

Filmography

2023
Once Upon a Studio
as Scrooge McDuck (voice) (archive footage)
2005
Once Upon a Halloween
as Mr. Flaversham
2004
Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas
as Uncle Scrooge McDuck (voice)
Moondance
as Ernie Bigalow
2002
The Time Machine
as Flower Store Worker
1999
Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas
as Uncle Scrooge McDuck (voice)
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self / Wilbur Post (archive footage)
1997
Christmas Unwrapped: The History of Christmas
as Scrooge McDuck (archive footage)
1994
Beverly Hills Cop III
as Uncle Dave Thornton
Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is
as Charley Loomis
1993
Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas
as (voice)
Time Machine: The Journey Back
as David Filby
1990
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
as Scrooge (voice)
1989
Super Ducktales
as Scrooge McDuck / Prison Guard (voice)
1987
The Treasure of the Golden Suns
as Scrooge McDuck (voice)
Alice Through the Looking Glass
as The White Knight (voice)
1986
The Great Mouse Detective
as Mr. Flaversham (voice)
1984
The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol
as Self
Bad Cat
as Jim Harrison (voice)
1983
Beauty and the Beast
as Rene / Cockatoo (voice)
Mickey's Christmas Carol
as Scrooge McDuck - Ebenezer Scrooge (voice)
1982
Bunnicula, the Vampire Rabbit
as Mr. Monroe / Storekeeper (voice)
1980
Scruffy
as Narrator (voice)
1978
Black Beauty
as Narrator/Black Beauty/Nicholas Skinner (voice)
The Cat from Outer Space
as Dr. Wenger
1976
Baker's Hawk
as Mr. Carson
1961
Five Fingers : Thin Ice
as Karl
1958
Tom Thumb
as Woody
1955
Life of Vernon Hathaway
as Ernest Stockhoeffer
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
as Charlie Biddle / Mrs. Biddle / Mr. Henry Biddle
1952
Androcles and the Lion
as Androcles
Stars in the Eye
as Himself
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick
as Aaron Slick
1949
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
as Avery Brubaker
Chicken Every Sunday
as Geoffrey Lawson
1946
Margie
as Roy Hornsdale