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James Young(1872-1948)

  • Director
  • Actor
  • Writer
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James Young in Beau Brummel (1913)
James Young was born on 1 January 1872 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a director and actor, known for On Trial (1917), David Garrick (1914) and Beau Brummel (1913). He was married to Clara Whipple, Clara Kimball Young, Rida Johnson Young and Julie de Valera-Porkosky. He died on 9 June 1948 in New York City, New York, USA.
BornJanuary 1, 1872
DiedJune 9, 1948(76)
BornJanuary 1, 1872
DiedJune 9, 1948(76)
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Known for

On Trial (1917)
On Trial
  • Director
  • 1917
David Garrick
Short
  • Director
  • 1914
James Young in Beau Brummel (1913)
Beau Brummel
Short
  • Director
  • 1913
Clara Kimball Young in The Little Minister (1913)
The Little Minister
Short
  • Director
  • 1913

Credits

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Director

  • Lya De Putti in Midnight Rose (1928)
    Midnight Rose
    • Director
    • 1928
  • Driven from Home
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1927
  • The Bells (1926)
    The Bells
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1926
  • Theda Bara and Wyndham Standing in The Unchastened Woman (1925)
    The Unchastened Woman
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1925
  • Welcome Stranger (1924)
    Welcome Stranger
    • Director
    • 1924
  • Arthur Edmund Carewe and Andrée Lafayette in Trilby (1923)
    Trilby
    4.6
    • Director
    • 1923
  • Wandering Daughters (1923)
    Wandering Daughters
    • Director
    • 1923
  • Guy Bates Post in Omar the Tentmaker (1922)
    Omar the Tentmaker
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1922
  • Ruth Cummings and Guy Bates Post in The Masquerader (1922)
    The Masquerader
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1922
  • Katherine MacDonald in The Infidel (1922)
    The Infidel
    5.1
    • Director
    • 1922
  • Without Benefit of Clergy (1921)
    Without Benefit of Clergy
    5.2
    • Director
    • 1921
  • The Devil (1921)
    The Devil
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1921
  • Katherine MacDonald in Curtain (1920)
    Curtain
    • Director
    • 1920
  • Katherine MacDonald in The Notorious Miss Lisle (1920)
    The Notorious Miss Lisle
    • Director
    • 1920
  • A Daughter of Two Worlds (1920)
    A Daughter of Two Worlds
    • Director
    • 1920

Actor

  • On Trial (1917)
    On Trial
    • Gerald Trask
    • 1917
  • Wilton Lackaye and Clara Kimball Young in Trilby (1915)
    Trilby
    5.7
    • 1915
  • Lola (1914)
    Lola
    3.7
    • Dick Fenway
    • 1914
  • Vivian Martin in The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914)
    The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England
    6.4
    • Undetermined Secondary Role (unconfirmed, uncredited)
    • 1914
  • Taken by Storm
    Short
    • Cummings - the Man from the City
    • 1914
  • David Garrick
    Short
    • David Garrick
    • 1914
  • Etienne Girardot, Clara Kimball Young, James Young, and Shep the Dog in The Violin of M'sieur (1914)
    The Violin of M'sieur
    Short
    • Jean - Yvonne's Sweetheart
    • 1914
  • Cherry
    Short
    • 1914
  • James Young in The Portrait (1914)
    The Portrait
    Short
    • Ralph Dryden
    • 1914
  • Some Steamer Scooping
    Short
    • Tom Drake
    • 1914
  • Sidney Drew and Clara Kimball Young in Goodness Gracious (1914)
    Goodness Gracious
    8.7
    Short
    • 1914
  • The Perplexed Bridegroom
    Short
    • The Detective
    • 1914
  • Heartsease (1913)
    Heartsease
    Short
    • A French Official
    • 1913
  • Up in a Balloon
    Short
    • Billy Gilwater
    • 1913
  • Beauty Unadorned
    Short
    • Henry Blunt, the Commodore's Son
    • 1913

Writer

  • The Mesmerist
    6.4
    Short
    • screenplay (uncredited)
    • 2003
  • The Bells (1926)
    The Bells
    6.4
    • scenario
    • 1926
  • Welcome Stranger (1924)
    Welcome Stranger
    • adaptation
    • 1924
  • Wandering Daughters (1923)
    Wandering Daughters
    • scenario
    • 1923
  • Katherine MacDonald in The Infidel (1922)
    The Infidel
    5.1
    • scenario
    • 1922
  • Katherine MacDonald in Curtain (1920)
    Curtain
    • scenario
    • 1920
  • Katherine MacDonald in The Notorious Miss Lisle (1920)
    The Notorious Miss Lisle
    • scenario
    • 1920
  • A Daughter of Two Worlds (1920)
    A Daughter of Two Worlds
    • Writer
    • 1920
  • George Nichols, Jane Novak, and Earle Williams in The Wolf (1919)
    The Wolf
    • scenario
    • 1919
  • Marian Skinner and Rudolph Valentino in A Rogue's Romance (1919)
    A Rogue's Romance
    • scenario
    • 1919
  • Missing (1918)
    Missing
    • scenario
    • 1918
  • On Trial (1917)
    On Trial
    • scenario
    • 1917
  • Hobart Bosworth, Marie Doro, Raymond Hatton, and Tully Marshall in Oliver Twist (1916)
    Oliver Twist
    6.9
    • Writer
    • 1916
  • The Lash (1916)
    The Lash
    • Writer
    • 1916
  • The Thousand-Dollar Husband (1916)
    The Thousand-Dollar Husband
    • scenario
    • 1916

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • James L. Young
  • Born
    • January 1, 1872
    • Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Died
    • June 9, 1948
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Spouses
      Clara WhippleApril 10, 1919 - October 13, 1922 (divorced)
  • Publicity listings
    • 23 Articles

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    Silent screen actor/director from vaudeville and the Broadway stage. In films with Vitagraph.

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