Stephen Young(I)
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Born Stephen Levy in Toronto, Canada, on May 19, 1939, solid character actor Stephen
Young is the son of a Toronto-based financier. Directly following high
school, the naturally-gifted teen athlete signed on the dotted line for
a career with the Cleveland Indians, but his professional bid ended
before the first ball was even thrown 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.
While traveling with a friend on a European excursion in the early 60s,
he was given by chance a bit part in the monumental film
Cleopatra (1963), then landed similar
minor assignments in such other European-lensed epics as
55 Days at Peking (1963),
The Leopard (1963) [The Leopard]
and
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964).
Upon returning to Toronto, Young decided to become a full-time actor,
originally billing himself under his given name of Stephen Levy and
appearing in leads on both daytime and prime-time TV dramas. He headed
the cast of one adventure series
Seaway (1965) in which he played Nick
King, part of a special police force that protected the St. Lawrence
Seaway.
Moving to Hollywood in 1966, he subsequently scored as young, hot-shot
legal eagle Ben Caldwell, top assistant to flamboyant, high-profile
criminal attorney Clinton Judd (Emmy winner
Carl Betz) in the contemporary series drama
Judd for the Defense (1967).
The series was abruptly canceled despite its critically-lauded marks
after only two seasons. He progressed to high-ranking character actor
mixing work in such prestigious 70s films as
Patton (1970) and
Soylent Green (1973) with more
standard filming in Rage (1972) and
Lifeguard (1976). A reliable player
in mini-movies, he continued to return to his homeland from time to
time where he was handed film leads in the low-budget horror thrillers
The Clown Murders (1976) and
Deadline (1980).
Into the millennium he
continues to appear in sturdy, authoritarian roles as shown by his
recent work in the crime dramas
The Rendering (2002) and
The Skulls II (2002) and
his output on Canadian TV. He was last seen on-camera in the films Charlie Bartlett (2007) and The Angel Inn (2013).
Young is the son of a Toronto-based financier. Directly following high
school, the naturally-gifted teen athlete signed on the dotted line for
a career with the Cleveland Indians, but his professional bid ended
before the first ball was even thrown 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.
While traveling with a friend on a European excursion in the early 60s,
he was given by chance a bit part in the monumental film
Cleopatra (1963), then landed similar
minor assignments in such other European-lensed epics as
55 Days at Peking (1963),
The Leopard (1963) [The Leopard]
and
The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964).
Upon returning to Toronto, Young decided to become a full-time actor,
originally billing himself under his given name of Stephen Levy and
appearing in leads on both daytime and prime-time TV dramas. He headed
the cast of one adventure series
Seaway (1965) in which he played Nick
King, part of a special police force that protected the St. Lawrence
Seaway.
Moving to Hollywood in 1966, he subsequently scored as young, hot-shot
legal eagle Ben Caldwell, top assistant to flamboyant, high-profile
criminal attorney Clinton Judd (Emmy winner
Carl Betz) in the contemporary series drama
Judd for the Defense (1967).
The series was abruptly canceled despite its critically-lauded marks
after only two seasons. He progressed to high-ranking character actor
mixing work in such prestigious 70s films as
Patton (1970) and
Soylent Green (1973) with more
standard filming in Rage (1972) and
Lifeguard (1976). A reliable player
in mini-movies, he continued to return to his homeland from time to
time where he was handed film leads in the low-budget horror thrillers
The Clown Murders (1976) and
Deadline (1980).
Into the millennium he
continues to appear in sturdy, authoritarian roles as shown by his
recent work in the crime dramas
The Rendering (2002) and
The Skulls II (2002) and
his output on Canadian TV. He was last seen on-camera in the films Charlie Bartlett (2007) and The Angel Inn (2013).