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British actor (1919–2016)

Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was a British born actor, who TV Guide called "the Charlie Chaplin of television". Young portrayed Wilbur Post in the television comedy Mister Ed (1961–1966) and voiced Disney's Scrooge McDuck for over 40 years, beginning in the 1974 Disneyland Records album An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players. He again voiced Scrooge in the Academy Award nominated short film Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983) and continued in the role in various other films, television series and video games up until his death. During the 1940s and 1950s, Young starred in his own variety comedy sketch shows The Alan Young Show on radio and television, the latter gaining him two Emmy Awards in 1951. He also appeared in a number of feature films, starting from 1946, including the 1960 film The Time Machine and from the 1980s gaining a new generation of viewers appearing in numerous Walt Disney Productions films as both an actor and voice actor.

Young was born as Angus Young on November 19, 1919, in North Shields, Northumberland, England, to Scottish parents. In his later years, he claimed he had been born in 1924. His father was a mine worker and a tap dancer, and his mother was a singer. The family moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, when Young was a toddler and to West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, when he was six years old. Young came to love radio when bedridden as a child because of severe asthma. In a 1967 interview he credited Christian Science for his healing of asthma. By the time he entered high school, Young had his own comedy radio series on the CBC network, but he left it during the Second World War to serve in the Royal Canadian Navy. He later resigned his Navy commission after learning he would be spending his time writing for a Navy show, and he attempted to join the Canadian Army. According to some sources, the Army rejected him owing to his childhood asthma.

After leaving the service, Young moved to Toronto and resumed his Canadian radio career, where he was discovered by an American agent who brought him to New York City in 1944 to appear on American radio. Young's film debut was in Margie (1946), and he was featured in Chicken Every Sunday (1949). In 1950, the television version of The Alan Young Show began. By 1951, the series received not only praise, but also several Primetime Emmy Awards, including Best Actor and Most Outstanding Personality for Young. After its cancellation, Young continued to act in films, among which Androcles and the Lion (1952) and Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955), and two George Pal films, Tom Thumb (1958) and The Time Machine (1960). He appeared in the NBC espionage drama Five Fingers ("Thin Ice", 1959), starring David Hedison. Young was best known, however, for Mister Ed (1961–66), a CBS television show, in which he starred as Wilbur Post, the owner of Mr. Ed, a talking horse who would not talk to anyone but him, thus causing comic situations for Wilbur Post, with his wife, neighbors, and acquaintances. In 1962 while not filming Mister Ed Young appeared as John Stetson (inventor of the famous western Stetson hat) on Death Valley Days in the episode "The Hat that Won the West." He also starred as Stanley Beamish in the unaired 1966 pilot episode of Mr. Terrific, but apparently declined to appear in the broadcast series in 1967 that followed. In the late 1960s, he retired from acting for several years. During that time, he gave lectures on Christian Science and help to start the broadcast division for the Christian Science Church. During the 1970s, Young became active in voice acting. After 1974, he voiced Scrooge McDuck in numerous Disney films and in the popular series DuckTales (1987–1990). In Mickey's Christmas Carol, he portrayed the character's miserly namesake. He also played Scrooge in video games such as the Kingdom Hearts series, DuckTales: Remastered in 2013, and the Mickey Mouse cartoon "Goofy's First Love" released in 2015. Apart from Scrooge McDuck, his other prominent roles were Farmer Smurf on The Smurfs, Haggis McHaggis on The Ren & Stimpy Show, 7 Zark 7 & Keyop in Battle of the Planets, and Hiram Flaversham in The Great Mouse Detective. He also guest starred on The Love Boat, The Incredible Hulk, The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show, and Spider Man and His Amazing Friends. Young later starred in the sitcom Coming of Age for two seasons from 1988 to 1989. In 1991, Alan Young returned to the stage, starring as Cap'n Andy Hawkes in the California Musical Theatre's adaptation of Show Boat. He had been called for the role after Van Johnson, who was initially cast in the part, was hospitalised. He had also appeared in the plays A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum and The Girl with the Freudian Slip. In 1993, he recreated his role as Filby for the mini sequel to George Pal's The Time Machine, reuniting him with Rod Taylor, who had played George, the Time Traveller. It was called Time Machine: The Journey Back, directed by Clyde Lucas. In 1994, Young co starred in the Eddie Murphy film Beverly Hills Cop III. He played the role of Uncle Dave Thornton, the Walt Disney esque founder of the fictional California theme park Wonderworld, and in that same year, Young played the role of Charlie in the television film, Hart to Hart: Home Is Where the Hart Is. After 1994, he played at least eight characters, including antique dealer Jack Allen on the radio drama Adventures in Odyssey. In 1997, he did the voice of Haggis McMutton in the PC game The Curse of Monkey Island. His later guest roles in animated series included Megas XLR, Static Shock, House of Mouse, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Duckman, Batman: The Animated Series and TaleSpin. In 2002, he had a cameo as the flower store worker in Simon Wells's remake of The Time Machine, and in 2010, he read H. G. Wells's original novel for 7th Voyage Productions, Inc. Young's television guest roles include Gibbsville, The Love Boat, Murder, She Wrote, St. Elsewhere, Coach, Party of Five, The Wayans Bros., USA High, Hang Time, ER, Maybe It's Me, and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch ("Sweet Charity", 1997) in which he played Zelda's love interest.

Young was married three times. He and Mary Anne Grimes were married from 1941 to 1947 and had two children. In interviews with Greg Bell, host of SiriusXM's satellite radio "Old Time Radio" program, Young described having dated Marilyn Monroe several times. Young married his second wife Virginia McCurdy in 1948 and they had two children. They divorced in 1995. Young married Mary Chipman the following year, in 1996, and they divorced the following year, in 1997. He dedicated his book Mr. Ed and Me to Chipman. Young supported Ronald Reagan, although he stated in a later interview that he was apolitical.

Young spent his final years at Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, a retirement community in Woodland Hills, California. He died there on May 19, 2016, at the age of 96, and was buried at sea.

Year Title Role Notes 1946 Margie Roy Hornsdale 1949 Chicken Every Sunday Geoffrey Lawson Mr. Belvedere Goes to College Avery Brubaker 1952 Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick Aaron Slick Androcles and the Lion Androcles 1955 Gentlemen Marry Brunettes Charlie Biddle / Mrs. Biddle / Mr. Henry Biddle 1958 Tom Thumb Woody 1960 The Time Machine David Filby / James Filby 1976 Baker's Hawk Paul Carson 1978 The Cat from Outer Space Doctor Winger 1983 Mickey's Christmas Carol Scrooge McDuck Voice, Animated short, also credited for "Story" 1985 The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal Himself Documentary 1986 The Great Mouse Detective Hiram Flaversham (voice) 1987 Alice Through the Looking Glass White Knight (voice) 1990 DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp Scrooge McDuck (voice) 1993 Time Machine: The Journey Back Filby "Time Machine: The Journey Back" Disney Sing Along Songs Scrooge McDuck (voice) "The Twelve Days of Christmas" 1994 Beverly Hills Cop III Dave Thornton 1996 The Flintstones Christmas in Bedrock Additional voices 1999 Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas Scrooge McDuck (voice) Direct to video 2002 The Time Machine Flower Store Worker 2004 Em & Me Grandfather San Diego Film Festival Award for Best ActorMonaco International Festival Best Actor Award 2004 Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas Scrooge McDuck (voice) Direct to video 2023 Once Upon a Studio Scrooge McDuck (voice) Archival recordings

Year Title Role Notes 1950–1953 The Alan Young Show Alan Television versionLead RolePrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (1951)Nominated Primetime Emmy for Most Outstanding Personality (1951) 1954 General Electric Theater Alan Parker "Wild Luke's Boy" 1955 Screen Director's Playhouse Ernest Stockhoeffer/Vernon Hathaway "The Life of Vernon Hathaway" 1955–1956 Studio One George Abernathy, Timothy "The Man Who Caught the Ball at Coogan's Bluff""This Will Do Nicely" 1956 Chevron Hall of Stars Robinson "I Killed John Harrington" Matinee Theatre "Ask Me No Questions" Studio 57 Hector Tutwilder "Swing Your Partner, Hector" 1956–1958 The Steve Allen Show Himself 5 episodes 1958 Alan Young (TV series) Alan 3 episodes 1959 Five Fingers Carl "Thin Ice" Encounter Wilbur Bowser "The Last of the Hot Pilots" 1960 Startime Clarence "Tennessee Ernie Ford Meets King Arthur" 1961–1966 Mister Ed Wilbur Post Lead Role143 episodes 1962 Death Valley Days John Batterson Stetson "The Hat That Won the West" 1966 Mr. Terrific Stanley Beamish TV pilot 1976 Gibbsville Kanzler "Saturday Night" 1978–1980 Battle of the Planets 7 Zark 7, Keyop Main Characters English dub 85 episodes 1978, 1983 The Love Boat Phil Sharpe (S2 E9 1978), Ross 2 episodes 1980 Humpty Humpty Dumpty (voice) 1981 Spider Man and His Amazing Friends Mr. Frump (voice) "The Fantastic Mr. Frump" 1982 The Incredible Hulk Cyclops (voice) "The Cyclops Project" Madame's Place Ridgley, the Butler Unaired Pilot 1982–1989 The Smurfs Farmer Smurf (voice)Miner Smurf (voice)Scaredy Smurf (voice) 49 episodes 1983 Alvin and the Chipmunks Grandpa Seville (voice) "Grandpa and Grandma Seville" The Dukes additional voices 7 episodes The New Scooby and Scrappy Doo Show Gaggy Rogers (voice) "Wedding Bell Boos!" Saturday Supercade additional voices 13 episodesMister TDoctor Kirby (voice)"Mystery on the Rocky Mountain Express" 1984 Robo Force S. O. T. A. TV film Down to Earth Alistar Coogan "Everything Old Is New Again" 1986 Murder, She Wrote Floyd Nelson "Keep the Home Fries Burning" 1987 St. Elsewhere Knox "A Coupla White Dummies Sitting Around Talking" 1987–1990 DuckTales Scrooge McDuck/Narrator (voice) Lead Role97 episodes 1988–1989 Coming of Age Ed Pepper 15 episodes 1990 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Scrooge McDuck (voice) "A DuckTales Valentine" TaleSpin Doctor Cooper (voice) "The Old Man and the Sea Duck" City Donald "Just a Passing Dad" 1991 Earth Angel Norman TV film 1992 Raw Toonage Scrooge McDuck (voice) "The Treasure of the Sierra Marsdre" 1993 Doogie Howser, M. D. Doctor Emmitt Randall "Eleven Angry People and Vinnie" Coach Ranger Farley "One for the Road" A Flintstone Family Christmas Mr. Gravelberry (voice) TV film 1994 Batman: The Animated Series Tod Baker (voice) "Baby Doll" Party of Five Jack Gordon "Homework" Hart to Hart Charlie Loomis "Home Is Where the Hart Is" 1994–1995 The Ren & Stimpy Show Haggis McHaggis (voice) 4 episodes 1995 Duckman Wilbur Nelson (voice) "America the Beautiful" Maybe This Time Arthur "Gracie Under Fire" The Wayans Bros. Reverend Benton "Loot" 1997 Sabrina the Teenage Witch Mr. Berry "Sweet Charity" USA High Mr. Phipps "Goodbye, Mr. Phipps" Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Jake Gillespie "Season 1 Episode 6 The Diner" 1998 Kelly Kelly Great Uncle Billy "The Kilt Show" The Tony Danza Show Doctor Harris "Mini pause" 1999 Mickey Mouse Works Scrooge McDuck (voice) 2 episodes 2000 Rude Awakening Priest "Truth Don't Fail Me Now" Hang Time Mr. McHenry "That '60s Show" ER Archie Mellonston "Benton Backwards" 2001 God, the Devil and Bob Wilbur Post (voice) "God's Girlfriend" FreakyLinks Henry "Subject: Sunrise at Sunset Streams" Maybe It's Me Abe Lasky "The Hair Episode" 2002 House of Mouse Scrooge McDuck (voice) 3 episodes 2004 Static Shock Dr. McDonald (voice) "Now You See Him" Megas XLR Jax (voice) 2 episodes 2015–2016 Mickey Mouse Scrooge McDuck (voice) "Goofy's First Love""No"

Year Title Role Notes 1939 Stag Party Himself 1940–1944 The Alan Young Show Alan Canadian version 1944–1949 The Alan Young Show Alan U. S. version 1945 The Old Gold Comedy TheaterKnown also as The Harold Lloyd Theatre Bob Bennett "Nothing but the Truth" 1947 Hedda Hopper's This Is Hollywood Roy Hornsdale "Margie" 1947–1948 Texaco Star Theatre Himself 1948–1949 The Jimmy Durante Show Co host 1949–1950 Family Theater Johnny the Leprechaun, Donald "The Leprechaun Who Didn't Listen""The Lion Tamer""My Terminal Moraine" 1950 The Jack Benny Program Himself 1952 Hollywood Star Playhouse Ernie "Nor Gloom of Night" 1979 Sears Radio Theater Harry Silverman, Otto Glitch, Steve "The Care and Feeding of a Sex Symbol""The Terrible Dream of Mr. Glitch""A Very Nice Couple" 1994–2009, 2012 Adventures in Odyssey Jack Allen 91 episodes