
Richard Young
Born
October 17, 1939
Died
December 15, 2010 (71 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Penfield, État de New York, États-Unis
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

Salem's Lot
Nolly · (2 episodes)
2004

Special Report: Journey to Mars
Astronaut Charles Downing
1996

Eye of the Widow
Prince Malko Linge
1991

An Innocent Man
Danny Scalise
1989

Lords of the Deep
Chadwick
1989

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Fedora
1989

Pancho Barnes
Roger Chute
1988

1969
Ralph's Cellmate
1988

Saigon Commandos
Sgt. Mark Stryker
1988

Beauty and the Beast
(1 episode)
1987

Assassin
Robert Golem
1986

Amazing Stories
Davy Crockett · (1 episode)
1985

Friday the 13th: A New Beginning
Matthew Letter
1985

Murder, She Wrote
Nick Halsey · (1 episode)
1984

Highway to Heaven
Sheriff · (2 episodes)
1984

Hunter
Jesse · (1 episode)
1984

Final Mission
Sergeant Vince Deacon
1984

The Ice Pirates
Debs
1984

Cheers
Frank · (1 episode)
1982

Knight Rider
Sonny Prince · (1 episode)
1982

Splendor in the Grass
Brian Stacey
1981

Flamingo Road
(5 episodes)
1981

Cocaine Cowboys
Terry
1979

Swim Team
Johnny
1979

Cherry Hill High
Vintner
1977

Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free
Luke Mintore
1976

Laverne & Shirley
(1 episode)
1976

Cry Your Purple Heart Out
Frank
1976

Ellery Queen
(1 episode)
1975

Switch
Larry Castle · (1 episode)
1975

Inferno in Paradise
Clay Martin
1974

Fly Me
Doctor
1973

Kung Fu
Verne · (1 episode)
1972

Night Call Nurses
Kyle Toby
1972

The Reluctant Heroes
Pvt. Golden
1971

Room 222
(1 episode)
1969

Ironside
(1 episode)
1967

The F.B.I.
Mason Carter · (1 episode)
1965

The Avengers
Sir Jeremy Broadfoot · (1 episode)
1961