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Actor Born: November 19, 1919 in North Shields, England Biography:Born in England, "Alan Young" was raised in Canada, where his precocious talents won him work on network radio while he was still a teenager. Already quite popular in his adopted country, "Young" was given an ABC network radio program in the States in 1944, which confined his wide-ranging talent for music and mimicry in a standard sitcom format. Still youthful looking enough to pass for a high school kid, "Young"'s screen debut was in the teen romance "Margie" (1946), which led to several years of collegiate roles (he was a college senior in "Mr. Belvedere Goes to College", even though he was 30 at the time). In 1950, the actor headlined a comedy-variety TV series, CBS' The Alan Young Show, which spotlighted his pantomime skills; unfortunately, the series degenerated into yet another situation comedy when it returned to CBS in 1953 after an 11-month hiatus. In the mid-'50s, "Young" was offered the lead... Full Biography
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