{{Short description|English actor (1898–1959)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{more footnotes|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox person | name=Arthur Young | image=Actor_Arthur_Young.jpg | caption= in ''An Inspector Calls'' (1954) | birth_name=Arthur Henry Young | birth_date={{Birth date|1898|9|2|df=yes}} | birth_place=Bristol, England | death_date={{Death date and age|1959|2|24|1898|9|2|df=yes}} | death_place=London, England | spouse={{marriage|Beatrice Kane|1924|1959}} | occupation=Actor }} '''Arthur Young''' (2 September 1898 &ndash; 24 February 1959) was an English actor, notable for roles including Gladstone in the 1951 ''The Lady with a Lamp''.<ref name="bfi">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4fc984e|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007081629/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba4fc984e|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 October 2016|title=Arthur Young|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ae75ab4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924194208/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ae75ab4|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 September 2017|title=The Lady with the Lamp (1951)|publisher=}}</ref> He can be seen as a window cleaner in the film ''Radio Parade of 1935''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b3d1c35|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005104438/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b3d1c35|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 October 2016|title=Radio Parade of 1935 (1935)|publisher=}}</ref> He regularly appeared in BBC radio plays and was a member of the Corporation’s Drama Repertory Company in the late 1950s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d80cd287f82e4d15afd440f554636690|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216032550/https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d80cd287f82e4d15afd440f554636690|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 December 2018|title=The BBC Drama Repertory Company in 'THE DISAGREEABLE OYSTER'|date=9 August 1957|publisher=|issue=1761|pages=43|via=BBC Genome}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/lost8.html|title=Saturday Night Theatre 1950-1960, DIVERSITY website - radio drama, plays|first=Alison Deacon, Nigel|last=Deacon|website=www.suttonelms.org.uk}}</ref> His stage work encompassed West End revue, as well as Stratford.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5g2PBAAAQBAJ&q=arthur+young+london+stage+1950-1959&pg=PA161|title=The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|first=J. P.|last=Wearing|date=16 September 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810893085|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/1kv/arthur-young/past?page=2|title=Arthur Young - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref>

==Personal life== Young was born on 2 September 1898 in Bristol.<ref name="bfi"/> His parents were Henry Young and Elizabeth Wales Young (1876–1972).

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 1934 | ''Lorna Doone'' | King's Messenger | Film debut (Uncredited) |- | 1935 | ''No Limit'' | Doctor | |- | 1936 | ''Wedding Group'' | Dr. Granger | |- | 1937 | ''Victoria the Great'' | William Gladstone | |- | 1940 | ''21 Days'' | Asher | |- | 1943 | ''San Demetrio London'' | Captain George Waite | |- | 1945 | ''I'll Be Your Sweetheart'' | Judge | Uncredited |- | 1947 | ''The Root of All Evil'' | Grice | |- | 1948 | ''My Brother Jonathan'' | Sir Joseph Higgins | |- | rowspan=3|1949 | ''Portrait from Life'' | Club Pianist | Uncredited |- | ''The Perfect Alibi'' | Edward Carter | TV Movie |- | ''The Singing Princess'' | Calif Oman | Voice |- | 1950 | ''The Twenty Questions Murder Mystery'' | Doctor | |- | 1951 | ''The Lady with a Lamp'' | William Gladstone | |- | 1953 | ''Isn't Life Wonderful!'' | Sir George Probus | |- | rowspan=6|1954 | ''John of the Fair'' | 'Doc' Claydon | |- | ''An Inspector Calls'' | Mr Birling | |- | ''John Wesley'' | King George II | |- | ''Five Days'' | Hyson | |- | ''Misalliance'' | Mr. Tarleton | TV Movie |- | ''Stranger from Venus'' | Scientist | |- | 1955 | ''No Smoking'' | Joe Dawson | |- | 1956 | ''The Gelignite Gang'' | Scobie | Final film |- |}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0949278|Arthur Young}}

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