# Carleton Young

Captain Carleton Scott Young (October 21, 1905 – November 7, 1994) was an American character actor who was known for his deep voice.

## Early years

Born in Fulton, Oswego County, New York, Young was the second and only surviving child of State Highway Civil Engineer Joseph Henry Young and Minna Emma Pauline "Minnie" Adler. His parents were married September 18, 1897, in Marlborough, Essex, Massachusetts. They were divorced by 1920. Neither ever remarried. Young's elder brother; Reginald Adler Young, lived for 26 days in 1902, and died of an acute infection and convulsions. Young grew up in Syracuse, New York, but was living in Ogden, Utah, with his divorced father by 1930.

## Military service

Young enlisted in the U. S. Army when he was age 35 as a Private in the Air Corps. When he left the service his rank was Captain.

## Career

Young appeared in 235 American television and film roles, with his first being The Fighting Marines (1935). He ended his career in the 1973 television series The Magician, which starred Bill Bixby. He was a member of the John Ford Stock Company.

### Film

He played Billy the Kid's sidekick Jeff Travis in the first five films of the Billy the Kid film series from 1940 to 1941.
Other films in which Young was cast include Reefer Madness (1936), Navy Blues (1937), Dick Tracy (1937), Valley of the Sun (1942), Flying Leathernecks (1951), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), From Here to Eternity (1953), Walt Disney's adaptation of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) as John Howard, and The Horse Soldiers (1959). The same year, Young appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959).
Portraying a newspaper editor in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), he spoke one of the most famous lines in Western film history: "No Sir, this is the West: When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."

### Radio

His radio career included a brief star turn as the title role in a short-lived crime drama, The Whisperer (1951), somewhat loosely derived from the longtime crime hit The Whistler. 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.
Young's other roles in radio programs included:
| Program | Role |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Edmond Dantes |
| The Adventures of Ellery Queen | Ellery Queen$^{:108}$ |
| Front Page Farrell | David Farrell$^{:125}$ |
| Hollywood Mystery Time | Jim Laughton$^{:153}$ |
| Life Begins | Winfield Craig$^{:198}$ |
| Second Husband | Bill Cummings$^{:299}$ |
| Stella Dallas | Dick Grosvenor$^{:314}$ |

### Television

Other television programs in which Young was cast include: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951), Boston Blackie (1953), ABC Album (1953), Racket Squad (1953), The Whistler (1954), The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1955), Highway Patrol (1955) "Leave It to Beaver" (1959), and The Donna Reed Show (1959), Wagon Train (1960)

### Other activities

Young had a few interests beyond acting, forming the Los Angeles Smog Corp. to manufacture cans of "Genuine Los Angeles Smog", which reportedly were sold in the "Fun Shop" at Farmers Market. Hal Tamblin was listed as a vice president of the corporation, according to a 1962 item in The Times, and Art Ryon, author of The Times' "Ham on Ryon" column, claimed to be an executive of the whimsical outfit. Salesman Stan Goodman of Baldwinsville, NY, a longtime friend of Mr. Young, and his wife Noel, came up with the idea to sell the city's notoriously polluted air so tourists could take an authentic "slice" of Hollywood back home. Goodman's grandson, attorney Robert C. Goodman of San Francisco, still owns one of the few extant cans of vintage LA smog captured in time by Young's Los Angeles Smog Corp.

## Personal life

Young was married three times. His first wife was Helen Virginia Haberbosch. She was born March 14, 1913, in Los Angeles County, California. She died July 27, 1987, in Arcadia, Los Angeles, California. They were married September 31, 1931, in Santa Ana, Orange, California, and they were divorced before 1935. There is no record of any children born of this union. His second wife is unknown but they were divorced before 1945. From 1945 until his death in 1994 he was married to Ngum Yee "Emma" Hom. Her stage name was Noel Toy AKA the "Chinese Sally Rand". She 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. Noel Toy was an exotic dancer and actress whom he met when he caught her dance act at New York's Latin Quarter, and was smitten. They had no children.

## Selected filmography

* The Fighting Marines (1935, Serial) - Doctor [Ch. 4] (uncredited)
* Black Gold (1936) - Oilfield Roughneck (uncredited)
* Happy Go Lucky (1936) - Al
* The Mandarin Mystery (1936) - Drunk (uncredited)
* A Man Betrayed (1936) - Henchman Smokey
* Reefer Madness (1936) - Jack
* Larceny on the Air (1937) - Radio Announcer (uncredited)
* Join the Marines (1937) - Corporal
* Dick Tracy (1937, Serial) - Gordon Tracy, After
* Round-Up Time in Texas (1937) - Strike Messenger (uncredited)
* Circus Girl (1937) - Aerialist (uncredited)
* Git Along Little Dogies (1937) - First Holdup Man
* Navy Blues (1937) - Spencer
* The Hit Parade (1937) - Radio Announcer (uncredited)
* Michael O'Halloran (1937) - (uncredited)
* Come On, Cowboys (1937) - Federal Prosecutor (uncredited)
* Dangerous Holiday (1937) - Tango
* It Could Happen to You (1937) - Thug (uncredited)
* Atlantic Flight (1937) - Air Show Announcer (uncredited)
* S.O.S. Coast Guard (1937) - Henchman Dodds [Ch. 4]
* Stars Over Arizona (1937) - Henchman Curley (uncredited)
* A Bride for Henry (1937) - Hotel Guest (uncredited)
* She Married an Artist (1937) - Reporter (uncredited)
* Young Dynamite (1937) - Spike Dolan
* Race Suicide (1938) - Parker
* The Spy Ring (1938) - Polo Game Timekeeper (uncredited)
* The Old Barn Dance (1938) - Peabody
* Cassidy of Bar 20 (1938) - Jeff Caffrey
* Rawhide (1938) - Reporter (uncredited)
* Air Devils (1938) - Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
* Gangs of New York (1938) - Nolan's Henchman (uncredited)
* Gunsmoke Trail (1938) - Trampy Gambler at Roulette Table (uncredited)
* The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938, Serial) - Johnson, 'Aurora' Crewman [Ch. 4]
* The Marines Are Here (1938) - Navy Officer (uncredited)
* Outlaw Express (1938) - Henchman Ramon
* Prison Break (1938) - Prisoner (uncredited)
* The Wages of Sin (1938) - Bruce
* Heroes of the Hills (1938) - Connors
* Black Bandit (1938) - Henchman Cash
* Guilty Trails (1938) - Steve Yates
* Prairie Justice (1938) - Dry-Gulch Baker
* Gang Bullets (1938) - Hank Newell (uncredited)
* Honor of the West (1939) - Russ Whitley
* Convict's Code (1939) - Pete Jennings
* Risky Business (1939) - Reporter (uncredited)
* The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939, Serial) - Logan (Ch. 1)
* Smoky Trails (1939) - Henchman Mort
* Buck Rogers (1939) - Scott
* Code of the Streets (1939) - Eddie, lying trial witness (uncredited)
* Mesquite Buckaroo (1939) - Sands
* Big Town Czar (1939) - Thompson, Luger Henchman (uncredited)
* Stunt Pilot (1939) - Reporter Trent
* Riders of the Sage (1939) - Luke Halsey
* Girl from Rio (1939) - Tony - Band Leader
* Port of Hate (1939) - Don Cameron
* Sued for Libel (1939) - Radio Actor (uncredited)
* Torture Ship (1939) - Reporter (uncredited)
* Trigger Fingers (1939) - Bert Lee, Gang Leader
* The Pal from Texas (1939) - Fox
* Flaming Lead (1939) - Hank (Rustler Leader)
* El Diablo Rides (1939) - Herb Crenshaw
* Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939, Serial) - Benito Juarez [ch 1-2, 12]
* Adventure in Diamonds (1940) - Sailor (uncredited)
* Pals of the Silver Sage (1940) - Jeff Grey
* The Cowboy from Sundown (1940) - Nick Cuttler
* Adventures of Red Ryder (1940) - Sheriff Dade
* One Man's Law (1940) - Stevens (uncredited)
* Billy the Kid Outlawed (1940) - Jeff Travis
* Gun Code (1940) - Henchman Slim Doyle
* Up in the Air (1940) - Stevens
* Billy the Kid in Texas (1940) - Gil Bonney aka Gil Cooper
* Take Me Back to Oklahoma (1940) - Ace Hutchinson
* Pride of the Bowery (1940) - Norton - Fight Promoter (uncredited)
* Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940) - Jeff Blanchard
* Billy the Kid's Range War (1941) - Marshal Jeff Carson
* Buck Privates (1941) - Supply Sergeant (uncredited)
* Prairie Pioneers (1941) - Army Officer (uncredited)
* Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941, Serial) - Henchman Martin [Ch. 3-9]
* Two Gun Sheriff (1941) - Townsman (uncredited)
* Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals (1941) - Jeff
* Paper Bullets (1941) - Gangster Pokey Martin (uncredited)
* Badlands of Dakota (1941) - Ben Mercer (uncredited)
* Texas (1941) - Lashan Cowhand (uncredited)
* Keep 'Em Flying (1941) - Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
* A Missouri Outlaw (1941) - Henchman Luke Allen
* Billy the Kid's Round-Up (1941) - Jeff
* Thunder River Feud (1942) - Grover Harrison
* Code of the Outlaw (1942) - Henchman
* Valley of the Sun (1942) - Nolte (uncredited)
* South of Santa Fe (1942) - Henchman Steve (uncredited)
* Gang Busters (1942, Serial) - Highway Patrolman [Chs. 8, 11] (uncredited)
* Spy Smasher (1942, Serial) - Taylor, Barn Thug [Ch. 3] / Power Clerk (uncredited)
* Overland Mail (1942, Serial) - Lem, Henchman
* King of the Mounties (1942, Serial) - Gus (ch's. 1-2) (uncredited)
* Take It or Leave It (1944) - Program Director
* Thunderhead, Son of Flicka (1945) - Maj. Harris
* Blonde Alibi (1946) - Steward (uncredited)
* Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947) - Fred Elliott
* American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950) - Col. Elliott M. Phillips (uncredited)
* Double Deal (1950) - Reno Sebastian
* The Flying Missile (1950) - Colonel (uncredited)
* Operation Pacific (1951) - Pilot Briefing Officers on Carrier (uncredited)
* Gene Autry and the Mounties (1951) - Pierre Lablond
* Best of the Badmen (1951) - Wilson
* Chain of Circumstance (1951) - Lt. Sands
* Flying Leathernecks (1951) - Col. Riley
* People Will Talk (1951) - Technician (uncredited)
* The Mob (1951) - District Attorney (uncredited)
* The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - Colonel in Jeep (uncredited)
* The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) - German Staff Officer (uncredited)
* Anne of the Indies (1951) - Pirate Mate
* Red Mountain (1951) - Lt. Morgan
* Boots Malone (1952) - Racing Steward (uncredited)
* My Six Convicts (1952) - Capt. Haggarty
* Deadline - U.S.A. (1952) - Crane, Garrison's Daughters' Lawyer (uncredited)
* Diplomatic Courier (1952) - Brennan (uncredited)
* The Brigand (1952) - Carnot
* Washington Story (1952) - Congressional Clerk (uncredited)
* Army Bound (1952) - Doctor
* Toughest Man in Arizona (1952) - Cpl. Caxton (uncredited)
* Battle Zone (1952) - Colonel
* Kansas City Confidential (1952) - Martin
* The Steel Trap (1952) - Briggs, airline clerk
* Thunderbirds (1952) - Maj. Alberts (uncredited)
* Torpedo Alley (1952) - Psychiatrist
* Last of the Comanches (1953) - Maj. Lanning (uncredited)
* Salome (1953) - Officer (uncredited)
* San Antone (1953) - Confederate Office (uncredited)
* Man in the Dark (1953) - Assistant Surgeon (uncredited)
* Goldtown Ghost Riders (1953) - Jim Granby
* The Glory Brigade (1953) - Captain Hal Davis (uncredited)
* Safari Drums (1953) - Colin
* Cruisin' Down the River (1953) - Doctor (uncredited)
* A Blueprint for Murder (1953) - Ship's Det. Frank Connelly (uncredited)
* No Escape (1953) - Don Holden
* From Here to Eternity (1953) - Col. Ayres (uncredited)
* Mexican Manhunt (1953) - Slick Caruthers
* The Glenn Miller Story (1954) - Adjutant General (uncredited)
* Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) - Guard Captain Barrett
* Bitter Creek (1954) - Quentin Allen
* Loophole (1954) - Lie Detector Technician (uncredited)
* Prince Valiant (1954) - Herald (uncredited)
* Arrow in the Dust (1954) - Maj. Andy Pepperis
* Rogue Cop (1954) - Dist. Atty. Powell (uncredited)
* Woman's World (1954) - Executive Reception Guest (uncredited)
* 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) - John Howard
* Black Tuesday (1954) - Radio Broadcaster (voice, uncredited)
* Battle Cry (1955) - Maj. Jim Wellman - Battalion Executive Officer
* The Racers (1955) - Opening Narrator (uncredited)
* Seven Angry Men (1955) - Judge (uncredited)
* Daddy Long Legs (1955) - Commission Member (uncredited)
* Artists and Models (1955) - Col. Drury (uncredited)
* The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955) - Pershing's Aide (uncredited)
* The Bottom of the Bottle (1956) - Gossipy Woman's Husband (uncredited)
* Battle Stations (1956) - Rear Admiral (uncredited)
* Great Day in the Morning (1956) - Col. Gibson
* While the City Sleeps (1956) - Police Interrogator (uncredited)
* Miami Exposé (1956) - Carruthers
* Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) - Allan Kirk
* Flight to Hong Kong (1956) - Commander Larrabee (uncredited)
* Julie (1956) - Airport control tower official
* Three Brave Men (1956) - Board Chairman (uncredited)
* Official Detective (1957) TV series - episode "Bombing Terror" as Cornball Whittaker
* The Book of Acts Series (1957) - Jesus Christ
* Battle Hymn (1957) - Major Harrison
* The True Story of Jesse James (1957) - Neighboring Farmer (uncredited)
* The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) - Captain at Brooks Field Flight School (uncredited)
* Run of the Arrow (1957) - Surgeon (uncredited)
* Jet Pilot (1957) - Technical Sergeant in Palmer Field Control Tower (uncredited)
* Cry Terror! (1958) - Roger Adams
* The Perfect Furlough (1958) - Maj. Morrow (uncredited)
* The Last Hurrah (1958) - Winslow
* Here Come the Jets (1959) - Burton
* The Horse Soldiers (1959) - Col. Jonathan Miles
* North by Northwest (1959) - Fenning Nelson (uncredited)
* It Started with a Kiss (1959) - McVey (uncredited)
* Wake Me When It's Over (1960) - Radar Instructor (uncredited)
* Sergeant Rutledge (1960) - Capt. Shattuck
* The Music Box Kid (1960) - George Gordon (uncredited)
* The Gallant Hours (1960) - Col. Evans Carlson
* Spartacus (1960) - Herald (uncredited)
* The Big Show (1961) - Judge Richter
* Armored Command (1961) - Capt. Bart Macklin
* Twenty Plus Two (1961) - Colonel
* The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) - Maxwell Scott
* How the West Was Won (1962) - Poker Player with Cleve (uncredited)
* A Tiger Walks (1964) - Colonel (uncredited)
* Cheyenne Autumn (1964) - Carl Schurz's Aide (uncredited)