Stephen Young (actor)

Stephen Young
Young in Judd for the Defense (1969)
Born
Stephen Levy

(1939-05-19) May 19, 1939
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Television host
Years active1963–2013

Stephen Young (born Stephen Levy;[1] May 19, 1939[2]) is a retired Canadian actor and television host. He worked mostly as a character actor and had supporting roles in the films Patton (1970), Soylent Green (1973),[3] and The Silent Partner (1978).[1]

Early life and education

Young was born in Toronto, Ontario[2] to a financier father. He attended high school at Forest Hill Collegiate Institute where he was student president.[4] Afterwards, he signed with the Cleveland Indians, but his professional bid ended when he seriously injured his knee playing ice hockey. He spent the next few years as a salesman, then wound up in radio and TV commercial production.[4]

Career

While travelling with a friend on a European excursion in the early 1960s, Young by chance got a bit part in the epic Cleopatra (1963), then landed similar minor assignments in such other European-filmed epics as 55 Days at Peking (1963), The Leopard (1963), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), and The Thin Red Line (1964).[4]

Upon returning to Toronto, Young decided to become a full-time actor, originally billing himself under his birth name and appearing in leads on both daytime and primetime TV dramas, including the Toronto-based daytime serial Moment of Truth.[4] He headed the cast of the Canadian adventure series Seaway.[4] Moving to Hollywood in 1966, he subsequently starred as young lawyer Ben Caldwell, assistant to high-profile criminal attorney Clinton Judd (Carl Betz) in the drama Judd, for the Defense.[1] The series was abruptly cancelled after only two seasons. Stephen Young also guest-starred in the cult science fiction TV series The Starlost in the episode "Astro-Medics" (1973).[2]

Young's theatrical film role appearances include Patton (1970), Soylent Green (1970), Rage (1972), Lifeguard (1976),[3] Deadline (1980),[5] and his final appearance in the 2013 low budget independent film The Angel Inn.

Young was a friend of John Candy and worked together on a few projects, including a lead role in the low-budget horror thriller The Clown Murders (1976), as well as the Interior Decorator in Who's Harry Crumb? (1989), and Freddie in The Silent Partner (1978), the latter of which he also produced.[1]

He appeared in television films, including the low-budget project The Mask of Sheba (1969), The Death Squad (1974), Between Friends (1983), A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous Jokester (1995), Strange Justice and Execution of Justice, both in 1999, and The Last Debate (2000).[5][2]

Young briefly hosted the Canadian game show Just Like Mom (1980–81).

In addition to recurring roles, Young guest starred, playing characters for a number of popular Canadian and American television series including The Mod Squad (1972), the character Dallet on both The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman (1976), two episodes of The Littlest Hobo (1979, 1981), Magnum, P.I. (1983), Danger Bay (1985), Airwolf (1987), and In The Heat of the Night (1991), among others. In 1993, on the Canadian crime-fighting series Counterstrike, Young portrayed Senator David Carmichael who dies on an icy road while being chased by journalists working for Morton Downey Jr.'s character Monroe Park, who slandered him on his controversial news-talk show The Raw Truth. He also appeared in the Canadian series Traders (1997), followed by the 2002 television film A Portrait of Murder (also known as The Rendering) playing Detective Nick Sousa.[5][2]

Filmography

Film

Television

Stephen Young television credits
YearTitleRoleNotes Ref.
1965–1966SeawayNick King30 episodes[4][1]
196612 O'Clock HighCaptain Jerry Clinton1 episode[2]
1967-1969Judd for the DefenseBen Caldwell49 episodes[2]
1969The Mask of ShebaTravis ComancheTV movie[2]
1972The Mod SquadKip Hanson1 episode[2]
1972Oh, Nurse!Jimmy, InternTV movie[5]
1972The ABC Afternoon PlaybreakMike RodmanEpisode: "This Child Is Mine"[2]
1973The Starlost (The Invasion)Dr. ChrisEpisode: "Astro-Medics"[2]
1974The Death SquadLieutenant AndreceTV movie[5][2]
1975Police WomanRay Bradford1 episode[2]
1975, 1976The Streets of San FranciscoDwayne Rogers / Father Wilson2 episodes[2]
1976McMillan & WifeLt. Don Corbett1 episode[2]
1976The Six Million Dollar ManDallet1 episode[2]
1976The Bionic WomanDallett1 episode[2]
1977Hawaii Five-OQuincyEpisode: "To Die in Paradise"
1978CHiPsGerald Billings1 episode[2]
1979, 1981The Littlest HoboScott Phillips / Lloyd Wells2 episodes[2]
1981Hart to HartSgt. CosgroveEpisode: "Homemade Murder"[2]
1982Trapper John, M.D.Tom1 episode[2]
1982Portrait of a ShowgirlCongressmanTV movie[5]
1983Between FriendsMartinTV movie[5][2]
1983Magnum, P.I.Don Cassidy1 episode[2]
1984Love Leads the Way: A True StoryMike McshaneTV movie[5]
1985Picking Up the PiecesAsst. Principal Josh ColeTV movie[5]
1985Danger BayClemmons1 episode[2]
1987AirwolfMartin Lundahl1 episode[2]
198721 Jump StreetR.B. Greaves1 episode[2]
1988HunterSenator Alan Young1 episode[2]
1990Murder, She WroteErnie Dolan1 episode[2]
1991In The Heat of the NightMike Lawrence1 episode
1993 Counterstrike Senator David Carmichael Episode: "The Raw Truth"
1995A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Jealous JokesterUnknownTV movie[5][2]
1997TradersDouglas WalkerEpisode: "Family Legacy"[6]
1998When Husbands CheatPeter FisherTV movie[5][2]
1999Strange JusticeSen. DanforthTV movie[5][2]
1999Execution of JusticeGeorge MosconeTV movie[5][2]
2000The Last DebateRichard MeredithTV movie[5][2]
2002A Portrait of Murder (The Rendering)Det. Nick SousaTV movie[5][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Knelman, Martin (19 August 2014). Laughing on the Outside: The Life of John Candy. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 9781466878433. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 "Stephen Young". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media / NBCUniversal. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Stephen Young". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Brinsmead, Ralph E., ed. (3 December 1965). "Playing Nick King Takes a Lot of Hustling" (PDF). CBC Times. 18 (51) (December 11 – 17, 1965 ed.). Winnipeg: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: 35. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 "Stephen Young: Filmography". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Stephen Young". Apple TV+. Apple, Inc. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
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