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Robert Young

1907 - 1998

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Robert George Young (February 22, 1907 – July 21, 1998) was an American film, television, and radio actor best known for his leading roles as Jim Anderson, the father character, in Father Knows Best (CBS, then NBC, then CBS again) and the physician Marcus Welby in Marcus Welby, M.D. (ABC). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Robert Young is the 5,496th most popular actor (down from 5,471st in 2024), the 8,545th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,983rd in 2019) and the 2,516th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Robert Young ranks 5,495 out of 13,578. Before him are Anthony Anderson, Choi Myung-gil, Park Hae-jin, Mickey Kuhn, and Trisha. After him are Dolly de Leon, Michael Flatley, Erwin Geschonneck, Jamie Campbell Bower, Lubna Azabal, Patrick St. Esprit, and Vladimir Gostyukhin.

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Among people born in 1907, Robert Young ranks 323. Before him are Manoelzinho, Alfredo Devincenzi, Giovanni Delise, Eric Brook, Iryna Vilde, and Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich. After him are Toni Frissell, Leslie Charteris, George W. Romney, Hilario López, Klaes Karppinen, and Ilias Tsirimokos. Among people deceased in 1998, Robert Young ranks 248. Before him are Mohamed Taki Abdoulkarim, Jeanette Nolan, Alberto Calderón, Alain Bosquet, Bruno Rodzik, and Lamberto Gardelli. After him are Viljo Heino, Jopie Selbach, Erling Evensen, Anna Maria Ortese, Tadeusz Ślusarski, and Bella Abzug.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Young ranks 8,547 out of 20,380. Before him are Vanessa Blue (1974), Kayden Kross (1985), Mickey Kuhn (1932), Alice Catherine Evans (1881), Anne Sewell Young (1871), and Robert Coover (1932). After him are Michael Flatley (1958), Fran Lebowitz (1950), Lewis Sheldon (1874), Robert Blust (1940), Patrick St. Esprit (1954), and Cliff Martinez (1954).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Robert Young ranks 2,517. Before him are Haley Lu Richardson (1995), Ginnifer Goodwin (1978), Sofia Carson (1993), Betsy Brandt (1976), Anthony Anderson (1970), and Mickey Kuhn (1932). After him are Michael Flatley (1958), Patrick St. Esprit (1954), Kevin Gage (1959), William Mapother (1965), Saoirse Ronan (1994), and Vera-Ellen (1921).

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