Buck Young
ActingBiography
John Otto "Buck" Young (April 12, 1920 – February 9, 2000) was an American actor who played the role as Sergeant Whipple on the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series, and Deputy Joe Watson on The Andy Griffith Show. In 1944, during World War II, Young was drafted into the US Army Air Forces. He married actress Peggy Stewart in 1953 and had two children, Grey Young and Abigail Young who each acted in one film. He was the brother-in-law of Stewart's sister, Patricia O'Rourke, and her husband, Wayne Morris. In 1962, he appeared three times in James Arness's TV Western series Gunsmoke, playing “Carl” in S7E24’s “Coventry”, “Corporal Stone” in S7E27's “Wagon Girls” & “John” in S8E1’s “Call Me Dodie”. Buck Young took the part as Sgt Whipple in the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series at the beginning of the show in 1964. He acted in a total of 95 films and the Gomer Pyle. U.S.M.C. series. Buck Young also played in Barnaby Jones in the episode titled “The Last Contract” (12/31/1974). Young died on February 9, 2000, in Los Angeles at age 79.
Movies
(40 total)
Death Wish II
as Charles Pearce
Angel Face
as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited)
Breezy
as Paula's Escort
Mitchell
as Detective Aldridge
The Lady in Red
as Hennessey
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
as 1st Trooper
The Jayne Mansfield Story
as City Editor
Last Resort
as Mr. Emerson
Rehearsal for Murder
as Lieutenant McElroy
The Bamboo Saucer
as Pete (uncredited)
The Stranger
as Tom Nelson
The Magic of Lassie
as T.V. Announcer
Katherine
as Cop
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Air Police Colonel
The Georgia Peaches
as Big Ed
Mayday at 40,000 Feet
as Guard
Lepke
as Second Reporter
The Killing of Randy Webster
as Client
TV Shows
(62 total)
MacGyver
as Carl Jenkins
MacGyver
as Policeman
Columbo
as Guest at Wake
Columbo
as Guard
M*A*S*H
as Dan
M*A*S*H
as O'Brien
The Incredible Hulk
as Doctor
Wonder Woman
as Foreman
Dallas
as Seth Stone
Charlie's Angels
as Bartender
Hogan's Heroes
as Second Officer
Hogan's Heroes
as Factory Inspector (uncredited)
The Andy Griffith Show
as Deputy Joe Watson
Kojak
as Reporter
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
as Brigadier General Biles
Blue Thunder
as Police Captain
