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Buck Young
Born
John Otto Young

(1920-04-12)April 12, 1920
DiedFebruary 9, 2000(2000-02-09) (aged 79)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Spouse
(m. 1953)
Children2

John Otto "Buck" Young (April 12, 1920[citation needed] – February 9, 2000) was an American actor who played the role as Sergeant Whipple on the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series, and Deputy Joe Watson on The Andy Griffith Show.

In 1944, during World War II, Young was drafted into the US Army Air Forces. He married actress Peggy Stewart in 1953 and had two children, Grey Young and Abigail Young[1] who each acted in one film. He was the brother-in-law of Stewart's sister, Patricia O'Rourke, and her husband, Wayne Morris.

In 1962, he appeared in James Arness’s TV Western series Gunsmoke, playing “Corporal Stone” in S7E27’s “”Wagon Girls”.

Buck Young took the part as Sgt Whipple in the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series at the beginning of the show in 1964. He acted in a total of 95 films and the Gomer Pyle. U.S.M.C. series. Buck Young also played in Barnaby Jones in the episode titled “The Last Contract” (12/31/1974).

Young died on February 9, 2000, in Los Angeles at age 79.[citation needed]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Levine, Daniel S. (June 9, 2019). "Peggy Stewart, Beloved Western and 'That's My Boy' Actress, Dead at 95". Pop Culture. Retrieved 11 October 2022.