Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1920-08-12
Day of Death
2000-02-09
Place of Birth
Winchester, Virginia, USA
Buck Young
Biography
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.
Filmography (40)
Tarzan in Manhattan
1989
Who Is Julia?
1986
Last Resort
1986
Gidget's Summer Reunion
1985
Sam's Son
1984
I Take These Men
1983
Rehearsal for Murder
1982
Death Wish II
1982
Golden Gate
1981
Stand by Your Man
1981
The Five of Me
1981
The Killing of Randy Webster
1981
The Georgia Peaches
1980
The Jayne Mansfield Story
1980
