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Amiable supporting player and occasional lead who broke into film in the early 1940s. Young appeared in several bit parts under his given name, Byron Barr, and the pseudonym, Bryant Fleming, before adopting the name of his character in the 1942 feature, "The Gay Sisters". While he proved capable in several dramatic parts (notably as the sleazy emcee in the haunting "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" which brought him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar), Young seemed destined to play debonair cads and slightly inebriated playboys who never win the female lead in the end in sophisticated light comedies such as "Desk Set" (1957), "Teacher's Pet" (1958) and "That Touch of Mink" (1962)....
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Filmography

Game of Death - ( Jim Marshall / 1978 / Released / )
The Hindenburg - ( Edward Douglas / 1975 / Released / )
The Killer Elite - ( Lawrence Weyburn / 1975 / Released / )
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - ( Quill / 1974 / Released / )
Lovers and Other Strangers - ( Hal Henderson / 1971 / Released / )
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? - ( Rocky / 1969 / Released / )
Strange Bedfellows - ( Richard Bramwell / 1965 / Released / )
A Ticklish Affair - ( Cmdr Key Weedon / 1963 / Released / )
Five Miles to Midnight - ( David Barnes / 1963 / Released / United Artists Pictures Inc. )
For Love or Money - ( "Sonny" John Dayton Smith / 1963 / Released / Universal )
Kid Galahad - ( Willy Grogan / 1962 / Released / )
That Touch of Mink - ( Roger / 1962 / Released / )
The Story on Page One - ( Larry Ellis / 1960 / Released / Fox Films, Ltd. )
Ask Any Girl - ( Evan Doughton / 1959 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Teacher's Pet - ( Dr Hugo Pine / 1958 / Released / )
The Tunnel of Love - ( Dick Pepper / 1958 / Released / )
Desk Set - ( Mike Cutler / 1957 / Released / )
The Desperate Hours - ( Chuck / 1955 / Released / )
Young at Heart - ( Alex Burke / 1955 / Released / )
City That Never Sleeps - ( Johnny Kelly / 1953 / Released / )
The Girl Who Had Everything - ( Vance Court / 1953 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Torch Song - ( Cliff Willard / 1953 / Released / )
You For Me - ( / 1952 / Released / )
Wake of the Red Witch - ( / 1948 / Released / )

TV Credits
Spectre ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
Gibbsville ( 1976 / Released ): Actor
Sherlock Holmes in New York ( 1976 / Released ): Actor
The Turning Point of Jim Malloy ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
The Ambassador ( 1974 / Released ): Actor
The Great Ice Rip-Off ( 1974 / Released ): Actor
The Neon Ceiling ( 1971 / Released ): Actor
Companions in Nightmare ( 1968 / Released ): Actor
The Spiral Staircase ( 1961 / Released ): Actor
The Twilight Zone ( 1959 / Released ): Actor
Alcoa/Goodyear Theater ( 1958 / Released ): Actor
Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater ( 1950 / Released ): Actor
Silver Theater ( 1949 / Released ): Actor

Full Biography (Back to top)


Amiable supporting player and occasional lead who broke into film in the early 1940s. Young appeared in several bit parts under his given name, Byron Barr, and the pseudonym, Bryant Fleming, before adopting the name of his character in the 1942 feature, "The Gay Sisters". While he proved capable in several dramatic parts (notably as the sleazy emcee in the haunting "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" which brought him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar), Young seemed destined to play debonair cads and slightly inebriated playboys who never win the female lead in the end in sophisticated light comedies such as "Desk Set" (1957), "Teacher's Pet" (1958) and "That Touch of Mink" (1962). Young's third and fifth wives were actresses Elizabeth Montgomery and Kim Schmidt; he allegedly shot the latter three weeks into the marriage before turning the gun on himself.

Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:
Bryant Fleming
Byron Barr
Byron Elsworth Barr
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Family
daughter:Jennifer Young (Gig Young filed a non-paternity suit claiming he wasn't her father; left her $10 in his will)
wife:Kim Schmidt (fifth wife; born c. 1947; German-born; married in September 1978; wed for only three weeks; allegedly shot to death by Young on October 19, 1978)
wife:Shelia Stapler (married c. 1939; divorced)
wife:Sophia Rosenstein (married c. 1950 until her death in 1952)
wife:Elaine Whitman (married in 1953; divorced in 1966 divorced; gave birth to a daughter Jennifer, but Young was later suspicious that child wasn't his and rejected her (and left her $10 in his will))
wife:Elizabeth Montgomery (married in 1956; divorced in 1963; third wife)

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Education
Pasadena Playhouse
Awards (Back to top)

Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actor "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" 1969
Oscar Best Supporting Actor "They Shoot Horses, Don't They?" 1969

Milestones (Back to top)

1975 Last films included "The Hindenburg" and "The Killer Elite"; appeared in the Bruce Lee film "Game of Death" which was shot mostly in 1973 but held up until 1979 because star Bruce Lee died during its
1958 Received a second Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the comedy, "Teacher's Pet", starring Clark Gable and Doris Day
1951 Received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his work in drama about alcoholism, "Come Fill the Cup", starring James Cagney
1942 First featured film role in "The Gay Sisters"; played character named "Gig Young" and subsequently adopted the name for himself
1941 Signed by Warner Bros.
Served in WWII

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