John Young (actor)

John Young (16 June 1916 – 30 October 1996)^[1] was a British actor from Edinburgh, Scotland. He is the father of the actor Paul Young.

Career

Young joined the Edinburgh Gateway Company in 1953, playing Tammas Biggar in Graham Moffat's Bunty Pulls the Strings.^[2] His film credits include The Wicker Man (1973, as the fishmonger), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, as Frank, the historian, and the "I'm not dead!" man), Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979, as Matthias), Black Angel (1980), The Dollar Bottom (1980) and Chariots of Fire (1981). On television, he played Rev Iain McPherson in the ITV soap opera Take the High Road for a number of years.

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Company	Director	Notes
1953	The Forrigan Reel	Grant of Forrigan	Gateway Theatre Company, Edinburgh	James Gibson	play by James Bridie
1953	Bunty Pulls the Strings	Tammas Biggar	Gateway Theatre Company, Edinburgh	James Gibson	play by Graham Moffat
1981	Let Wives Tak Tent	Montgomery	The Scottish Theatre Company	David Thompson	play by Robert Kemp

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1969	Ring of Bright Water	Guard
1971	The Massacre of Glencoe	Colonel Hill
1973	The Wicker Man	Fishmonger
1975	Monty Python and the Holy Grail	Dead Body / Historian Frank
1977	Moonshine County Express	Starkey's Man
1978	My Way Home	Shop assistant
1979	Monty Python's Life of Brian	Matthias, Son of Deuteronomy of Gath
1979	Black Jack	Dr. Hunter
1980	Black Angel	The Old Man	Short
1980	The Dollar Bottom		Short
1981	Chariots of Fire	Reverend. J.D. Liddell
1981	Time Bandits	Reginald
1983	Every Picture Tells a Story	Artist

Further reading

• Elder, Michael (2003), What do You do During the Day?, Eldon Productions, ISBN 9-780954-556808

References

1. "Obituary : John Young - The Independent". Independent.co.uk. 2 November 1996. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
2. Elder, Michael (2003), What do You do During the Day?, Eldon Productions, p. 31 - 56. ISBN 9-780954-556808

External links

• John Young at IMDb