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Alan Young

1919 - 2016

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Alan Young (born Angus Young; 19 November 1919 - 19 May 2016) was a British actor. Young is best known for portraying Wilbur Post in the television comedy Mister Ed (1961–1966) and voicing 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. He was considered by TV Guide to be "the Charlie Chaplin of television". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2024). Alan Young is the 3,937th most popular actor (down from 3,722nd in 2024), the 3,406th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,014th in 2019) and the 472nd most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Alan Young ranks 3,937 out of 13,578. Before him are Susanne Lothar, Jim Cummings, Brian G. Hutton, Kevin Dunn, Jason Beghe, and Desi Arnaz Jr.. After him are Judith Light, Jane Greer, Stanislav Lyubshin, Vladimir Sokoloff, Park Chanyeol, and Ronald Pickup.

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Among people born in 1919, Alan Young ranks 214. Before him are Veikko Huhtanen, Mohammad Yunus Khalis, Margot Hielscher, Billy Vaughn, Mustai Karim, and Pauline Kael. After him are Loki Schmidt, Lawrence Tierney, Richard Bergmann, Nilla Pizzi, Arnold Meri, and Wilson Greatbatch. Among people deceased in 2016, Alan Young ranks 299. Before him are Joseph Keller, Robert Fano, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, Phyllis Schlafly, Miriam Defensor Santiago, and Charmian Carr. After him are Alcindo, Arturo Pomar, José Parra Martínez, David Padilla, Axel Schandorff, and Michel Rousseau.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alan Young ranks 3,407 out of 8,785. Before him are G. D. H. Cole (1889), Roy Jenkins (1920), Emil Voigt (1883), Jimmie Nicol (1939), Duncan Grant (1885), and Geoff Bent (1932). After him are Israel Regardie (1907), Ronald Pickup (1940), Constance Collier (1878), Hugh Trevor-Roper (1914), Thérèse Coffey (1971), and John Keegan (1934).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Alan Young ranks 472. Before him are Gladys Cooper (1888), Michael Ball (1962), Warwick Davis (1970), Michael Gothard (1939), Jimmy Gardner (1924), and Edith Evans (1888). After him are Ronald Pickup (1940), Constance Collier (1878), John Steiner (1941), Vanessa Kirby (1988), Edward Hardwicke (1932), and Flora Robson (1902).

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