Richard Young
Richard Young (born in 1955 in Kissimmee, Florida) is an American actor who spent most of his career as a blandly competent, mostly-supporting player in various films and on television. Young began his career in the early 70s with TV guest spots and in Roger Corman's New World exploitation films like Fly Me and Night Call Nurses (both 1972). He went on to many other TV appearances, leading up to recurring roles on shows like Flamingo Road and Texas in the early 80s. Parts in higher profile films like High Risk (1981) and The Ice Pirates (1984) followed suit. Young is perhaps best known for his small role in the opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) as "Fedora," the leader of the tomb-robbers who chases the young Indiana Jones then gives the young Jones his own fedora which later becomes Jones' hat. That same year he had a decent supporting role in the prison-set action / drama An Innocent Man alongside Tom Selleck. He also had top-billed starring roles in 'B' action films like Final Mission (1984) and Saigon Commandos (1988), and a supporting part in the Corman production Lords of the Deep (1989), one of many films hoping to cash-in on all the hype behind The Abyss. Horror fans know Young as the friendly psychiatrist Matt, who gets a spike driven through his forehead, in the fifth installment of the Friday the 13th series. Likewise, starring in the big budget international bomb Eye of the Widow (1991), which took three years to produce and wasn't even released in the U.S., seemed to drive a spike through his career as a leading man. Outside of a couple of TV appearances, he hasn't been seen in anything since.
Known for
ActingBirthday
October 17, 1939Deathday
December 15, 2010Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
22Place of birth
Penfield, État de New York, États-UnisCast credits
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
FedoraFriday the 13th: A New Beginning
Matthew LetterNight Call Nurses
Kyle TobyCry Your Purple Heart Out
FrankSaigon Commandos
Sgt. Mark StrykerSwim Team
JohnnyFly Me
DoctorThe Reluctant Heroes
Pvt. GoldenFinal Mission
Sergeant Vince DeaconAn Innocent Man
Danny ScaliseEye of the Widow
Prince Malko LingeLords of the Deep
ChadwickInferno in Paradise
Clay MartinAssassin
Robert GolemBanjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Luke MintoreSplendor in the Grass
Brian StaceyThe Ice Pirates
DebsSpecial Report: Journey to Mars
Astronaut Charles DowningCocaine Cowboys
TerryCherry Hill High
Vintner1969
Ralph's Cellmate