resting_place death_date death_place children birth_place |birth_name relatives birth_date image article_title occupation death_cause
inglewood park cemetery in inglewood , california 11 july 1971 santa monica , california , u.s. tony young new york city , new york , u.s. carleton garretson young daughter-in-law madlyn rhue 28 may 1907 carletong.jpg carleton g. young
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carleton g. young

carleton garretson young -lrb- may 26 , 1907 - july 11 , 1971 -rrb- was an american actor in film and television and the voice of the ellery queen radio detective character .
from january 10 , 1942 until august 1943 , he had the title role on `` the adventures of ellery queen '' , and from 1943 to 1952 , he played edmond dantès in mutual 's version of `` the count of monte cristo '' .
in 1951 , he played the leading character on the nbc radio program , `` the whisperer '' .
young appeared in a number of hollywood films , including `` the kissing bandit '' -lrb- 1948 -rrb- , starring frank sinatra , and three 1951 movies , `` his kind of woman '' -lrb- with robert mitchum -rrb- , `` hard , fast and beautiful '' -lrb- with claire trevor -rrb- and `` the blue veil '' -lrb- with jane wyman -rrb- .
he worked frequently in tv .
in 1959 , in the season-two episode of abc 's `` leave it to beaver '' , young played john bates , the father of series character gilbert bates -lrb- stephen talbot -rrb- .
that same year , he was cast , along with mary castle , in the episodes `` the big gamblers '' and `` the confidence gang '' of rex allen 's syndicated western series , `` frontier doctor . ''
other television roles were on `` the loretta young show '' , `` annie oakley '' , `` sheriff of cochise '' , `` how to marry a millionaire '' , `` perry mason '' , `` m squad '' , `` the rebel '' , and `` bourbon street beat '' .
in 1960 , he portrayed the character george mckean in `` a murderer 's return '' of the abc western series , `` the life and legend of wyatt earp '' , starring hugh o'brian .
young 's last television roles were in 1961 on the abc/warner brothers drama series , `` the roaring 20s '' and on nbc 's `` tales of wells fargo '' .
that same year , his son , tony young , starred in the short-lived cbs western , `` gunslinger '' .
carleton g. young is sometimes confused with the film actor carleton scott young .
young died of cancer on july 11 , 1971 , and is interred at inglewood park cemetery , in inglewood , california .
he and his son both died at the age of sixty-four .
