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Carleton G. Young (May 26. 1907 - Jul 11. 1971)
Height: 6'
Weight: 160 lb.
Hair: wavy dark brown
Eyes: blue
Marriages:
(1) Ann Chase aka Sarah Chase Franklin, actress
     (Feb. 7. 1931 - Apr. 1. 1935, divorced)
(2)
Barbara Leonard Davis
      (Dec 31. 1935 - Jul 11. 1971, his dead)
   
Children:
    (1) Tony, 
aka Carleton Leonard
         
(Jun 28. 1937 - Feb 26. 2002)
    (2) Stephen (abt. 1941)
    (3) Penny aka Penelope Simpson
         (Nov 25. 1942 - )
         Mrs. Alfred Elmer Gossner
A very young Carleton Young poses for local photographer William Sherman.
Above right: A very young Carleton Young poses for local photographer William Sherman.

On May 26. 1907 Carleton Garrettson Young was born in Westfield, New York as the only son of William T. Young and Carrie S. Young (Floss Carri). William was for many years a harness maker whose shop was located on the east side of Market Street.*


It was his role in the Westfield High School Senior Class Play of 1926 that launched his career in drama. He played the part of William Sylvanus Baxter in Boot Tarkington's Seventeen. The play was presented before a crowded house at the Grand Theatre Thursday and Friday evenings, March 25. and 26. 1926. Leonard Tripp played the part on Thursday and Carleton on Friday. Both men played the part exceedingly well. He had little intention of becoming an actor, but when the principal of his high school - who was also a minister with great love for the theatre- saw him act in the senior class play, he urged him to take up acting.


He attended Carnegie Institute of Technology, where he became "one of the most promising of its group of youthful Thespians". He led a school dance band to help pave his way through Carnegie Tech.  Together with other students (Irene Tedrow, Margaret Werts and Ruth Aston) of the drama school of Carnegie Institute he appeared in campus week plays. Such was the case in May 1928 when they brought Wedding Bells by Salisburg Field in the Gayety theater, Pittsburgh. Marjorie Bartholomew was the producer.


He received his preliminary training as an actor in Pittsburg (George Sharp Stock co.)
On April 1. 1929 the George Sharp players third season of summer plays started with This Thing Called Love at the Pitt Theater. Carleton was a new addition to the company.
On April 10. 1929 three of the companies members sang on radio (WJAS at 11 P.M.). Inaugurating a series of "after-the-theater" programs. Mabel Kroman in the role of master of ceremonies introduced the artists all members of the cast of The Big Pond. Carleton Young started off the program by singing She's Funny That Way.

Other plays the company brought to the stage were Pigs (The Pitt, June 3. 1929), Avery Hopwood's Fair and Warmer (Jun 1929), Is Zat So (The Pitt, Jun 17. 1929), The Woman in Bronze (The Pitt, Jun 24. 1929), and Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (The Pitt, Jul. 1. 1929).

For two years he played leading roles in stock productions in Buffalo (Charles L. Wagner Players
, in Kindling, Oct 7. 1928, ...), Atlanta, and New York before going West.

 

At the Music Box, Hollywood the Los Angeles Civic Repertory Theater's A Bill of Divorcement opened February 17. 1930 (for 3 weeks) with a cast headed by Ian MacLaren and the regular members of the group, newcomers in the cast being Carleton Young (as Basset the maid!) and Clarice Wynn. Other plays by the company with Carleton Young were Le Malade Imaginaire (Music Box, Apr 21. - May 10. 1930), Goin' Home (Music Box, May 12. 1930), The Infinite Shoeblack (Music Box, Nov 24. 1930, with Sally Franklin) and Peter Pan (Music Box, Dec 15. 1930 - Jan 7. 1931).

 

Ann Chase (aka Sarah Chase Franklin) and Carleton G. Young were married in Los Angeles on Feb. 7 1931. Mr. and Mrs. Young, had played together before the footlights, and before that they studied drama together at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania. Both played in stock, and both were members of the Civic Repertory Company in Los Angeles. They came to San Francisco as the Hollywood Repertory Players with a Peter Pan (1931) production in which Ann was stage manager and Carleton had a major role (Nana, the dog). A contract with NBC for both of them kept them in San Francisco. The Youngs shared the same enthusiasm for such widely various things as Shakespeare, golf and musical compositions.

 

His further stage experience included a season with Pauline Frederick in Elizabeth the Queen (San Francisco, ca. June 1931, cast also included Ann Chase).

 
In television the radio love-scene must necessarily look like the real thing. Kisses have to be planted where they belong, instead of on the back cf the hand held before the microphone — so Ann Chase and Carleton Young of the NBC National Players in San Francisco, are doing a bit of rehearsing. Ann was among the leaders in the third annual search for the most beautiful radio artist in America, being conducted by the Radio-Electrical World's Fair in New York. She and Betty Kelly, also an aspirant for the microphone's crown of beauty represent Station KGO San Francisco and Oakland, key-station of the National Broadcasting Company's Pacific network. (Readers Digest, Oct 1931)"Marriage a la microphone! Ann Chase and Carleton Young - a happy NBC Mr. and Mrs." (Nov 1931).
Above left: In television the radio love-scene must necessarily look like the real thing. Kisses have to be planted where they belong, instead of on the back of the hand held before the microphone — so Ann Chase and Carleton Young of the NBC National Players in San Francisco, are doing a bit of rehearsing. Ann was among the leaders in the third annual search for the most beautiful radio artist in America, being conducted by the Radio-Electrical World's Fair in New York. She and Betty Kelly, also an aspirant for the microphone's crown of beauty represent Station KGO San Francisco and Oakland, key-station of the National Broadcasting Company's Pacific network. (Readers Digest, Oct 1931)
Above right: "Marriage a la microphone! Ann Chase and Carleton Young - a happy NBC Mr. and Mrs." (Nov 1931).

He supposedly made his radio debut in one of the Rin Tin Tin (NBC, Blue, 1930-31) episodes. In The NBC Drama Hour the NBC Players with Carleton brought half hour long radio plays on Wednesday evenings with titles such as Yang-Tse (Jul 29. 1931), Tim Kelly's Doctor (Sep 9. 1931, as dr. Stanton), Youth for a Crew (Sep 30. 1931), The Shadow of Allah (Oct 1. 1931), ...

He was also heard as Michael Lorn in the detective series The Game Called Murder
(NBC, Jul-Aug 1931).

In November 1931 it was reported that Carleton Young, actor of the NBC Pacific Coast network, had been loaned to a San Francisco theatre for a few performances. He took a role in Precedent
(Music Box Theatre, L.A., Sep  21. - Oct. 3. 1931).


A newspaper (Jan. 19. 1932) mentioned the fact that Carleton left NBC for New York, his wife Ann Chase remained "for present" in San Francisco. She was featured in Pigskin Romances on KPO San Francisco (Sep. 1932) and the following year she got the distinction of being chosen the first feminine announcer for the Pacific Division of the NBC (There were 18 male announcers and one girl). She was picked to announce Chiffon Jazz, NBC explained: "A feminine announcer dovetails better with that particular type of program". She continued to work in radio (acting, writing) as Anna Chase later under her own name Sally Franklin.***

 

 

Not much is known about Carleton's first year in New York (1932). This is where the sources get confused with that other Carleton (S.) Young, and most of the plays are wrongly attributed to this actor.** However our Carleton G. Young is mentioned in several short bios with 5 Broadway productions (before 1938) including The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (Broadhurst Theatre, Sep 12. 1932 - Oct 1. 1932) with Claude Rains and Jean Arthur, and Yesterday's Orchids (Fulton Theatre, Oct.5 1934 - Oct. 31 1934).
We believe two flops Page Pygmalion (Bijou Theatre, Aug. 3 -  Aug 31. 1932, 13) and Late Wisdom (Mansfield Theatre, Apr 23. -, Apr 24. 1934) can also be attributed to Carleton G. Young. Leaving us with one missing Broadway act... **

Off Broadway the Greenwich Players offered Leslie Howard's delightful comedy, Murray Hill (
Greenwich Playhouse CT, Oct 16. 1933). Amongst the cast were Carleton Young, Martha Hodge, Edna May Burroughs, and Maurice Holland. 

 

 

Carleton also performed with the New York Players. The play No More Ladies, a comedy by A.E. Thomas was presented during a week late August 1934 in Ivoryton, Connecticut. Carleton Young appeared with Mary Miner, Georgia Harvey, Edith Gresham, Betty Jencks, Kay Linaker and William Balfour.

 

 

Carleton's divorce from his first wife was pronounced in Chicago on April 1, 1935 to re-marry Barbara Leonard Davis, daughter of Leonard Henry Davis and Josephine Simpson Davis, in New York on December 31 of that same year.


That year he also got his first radio role on this side of the U.S. in Kellogg's College Prom. "It mixed Big Band music and college sports in a big 'ol cereal bowl."

 
Basically known to radio as a 'woman appeal" show, the "Heinz Magazine of the Air" brought "Trouble House" (1936-37). Shown here are Carleton Young (Bill Mears) and its author Elaine Sterne Carrington."Trouble House": Dorothy Lowell (L) played Nancy in the story, in love with Bill Mears who in turn is attracted by Sally, played by Gretchen Davidson (R).
Above left: Basically known to radio as a 'woman appeal" show, the Heinz Magazine of the Air brought Trouble House (CBS, 1936-37). Shown here are Carleton Young (Bill Mears) and its author Elaine Sterne Carrington.
Above right:  In  Trouble House Dorothy Lowell (L) played Nancy in the story, in love with Bill Mears who in turn is attracted by Sally, played by Gretchen Davidson (R).
Tete a tete: Carleton Young and Dorothy Lowell get their heads together over a cooling drink. Carleton plays the home town boy who is courting Dorothy in "Our Gal Sunday" (1937)Karl Swenson (as Lord Henry) came along; For Dorothy Lowell Sunday's romance with home boy Carleton Young (Bill Jenkins) was over. ("Our Gal Sunday", 1937)
Above left: Tete a tete: Carleton Young and Dorothy Lowell get their heads together over a cooling drink. Carleton plays the home town boy who is courting Dorothy in Our Gal Sunday (CBS, 1937)
Above right: Karl Swenson (as Lord Henry) came along; For Dorothy Lowell Sunday's romance with home boy Carleton Young (Bill Jenkins) was over. Our Gal Sunday (CBS, 1937).
Before the microphone turnabout in love was but fair for Dorothy Lowell and Carleton Young. In the dramatic serial Trouble House, featured on the Heinz Magazine of the Air (1936-37) over CBS every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Dorothy portrayed “Nancy” who was madly in love with “Bill Mears,” a farmer, law student played by Carleton. But “Bill” gave her the cold shoulder. However, Dorothy got even a few minutes later when she stepped across the hall into another studio where the team appeared in Our Gal Sunday (CBS, -1937-1939-). On this program, the case was reversed, and Dorothy had the opportunity of jilting the same young man in the character of "Bill Jenkins".

Proof of his hectic activities is the following anecdote. It was a pretty nervous Carleton Young, who rushed his wife to the hospital, then dashed back for his role on the air. The first song B. A. Rolfe’s orchestra played on the Trouble House program was "I’m Hatin’ This Waitin’ Around." The baby was born that night (Jun 28. 1937) —an eight pound boy, and was named Carleton Leonard Young.
 
Gretchen Davidson & Carleton Young in "Carol Kennedy's Romance" (1937)Presenting the cast of Carol Kennedy's Romance: Left to right, Dr. Owen Craig, Kathy Prentice, Dr. Peter Clark, Carol, and Randy.
Above left: Gretchen Davidson & Carleton Young in Carol Kennedy's Romance (CBS, 1937).
Above right: Presenting the cast of Carol Kennedy's Romance: Left to right, Dr. Owen Craig, Kathy Prentice, Dr. Peter Clark, Carol, and Randy. Gretchen Davidson plays the title role on the Heinz Magazine program, and Carleton Young, portrays the young surgeon with whom Carol is secretly in love. Vivacious Mitzi Gould is Kathy Prentice on the air — glamorous cousin of Carol and, as fiancée of Dr. Craig, barrier between the heroine and the man she loves. In Gene Morgan you see Gary Crandall, bored young man-about-town, who chooses to play fairy godfather to Carol. Also in the photo are Edwin Jerome, the Dr. Peter Clarke of the story, and Ted Reid who is Randy. (Apr.1938)
 

"Cam" was the radio nickname for Carleton who reportedly averaged 15 programs a week on the radio including recurring parts in Rich Man's Darling (CBS, 1936-37); Gang Busters (CBS, 1936-37); Just Plain Bill (NBC, 1937); Carol Kennedy's Romance (Heinz Magazine of the Air) (CBS, 1937-38, as Dr. Owen Craig); Johnny Presents (1937); On Broadway (NBC Blue, 1937-38); Aunt Jenny's Real Life Stories (CBS, 1937-38); Hilltop House (CBS, Nov. 1. 1937-40) as Dr. Robbie Clark); Stella Dallas (NBC, Jun 6. 1938 -, as Dick Grosvenor); Society Girl (CBS, 1938-40); Second Husband (CBS, 1938-42, as Bill Cumming); Myrt and Marge (CBS, 1939-1941); Doc Barclay's Daughters (CBS, 1939); One of The Finest (NBC Blue, Oct. 9. 1939 - , with Alan Reed); Campbell's Short Short Story (CBS, 1940); What Would You Have Done? (NBC Blue); Life Begins (aka Martha Webster) (CBS, Jan. 22. 1940 - Jul . 18. 1941, as Winfield Craig); and Portia Faces Life (NBC Red, 1940-41, as Kirk Roder).

 Diana Bourbon directs Carleton Young (Winfield Craig) and Betty Philson in Life Begins (aka Martha Webster) for Radio. (New York, NY. July 1, 1940)David Farrell whose nickname is "Front Page" is the dashing and handsome ace reporter on one of New York City's biggest newspapers. He's a brilliant and daring newspaperman, and has been responsible for many a sensational scoop (played by Carleton Young). (1941)
Above left:  Diana Bourbon directs Carleton Young (Winfield Craig) and Betty Philson in Life Begins (aka Martha Webster) for Radio. (CBS, New York, July 1. 1940)
Above right: David Farrell whose nickname is "Front Page" is the dashing and handsome ace reporter on one of New York City's biggest newspapers. He's a brilliant and daring newspaperman, and has been responsible for many a sensational scoop (played by Carleton Young) (Mutual, Dec 1941).

In Front Page Farrell, Carleton Young, became (Mutual, 1941-42) the second actor, after Richard Widmark to play David Farrell.

 

The playbill program for Parker W. Fennely's play Cuckoos on the Heart lists Carleton Young (Morosco Theatre & Ambassador Theatre, Sep. 16, 1941- Jan. 3. 1942) as the actor who also played David Farrell on radio and refers to his role in The Man Who Reclaimed His Head. Reportedly this role won him a contract with 20th Century Fox Pictures.

 
The cast for "The Adventures of Ellery Queen", Carleton Young and Marion Shockley before the NBC microphone (1942).Marion Shockley (Nikki) opposite Carleton Young as Ellery Queen in a photo for episode 92 "The Midnight Visitor" (1942).
Above left: The cast for The Adventures of Ellery Queen, Carleton Young and Marion Shockley before the NBC microphone (1942).
Abover right: Marion Shockley (Nikki) opposite Carleton G. Young as Ellery Queen in a photo for episode 92 "The Midnight Visitor" (1942).

He took over from Hugh Marlowe as Ellery Queen from January 1942 into 1943, he was also heard in the Quiz Uncle Jim's Question Bee (NBC Blue, June 18. 1942, announcer), Commandos (aka Chips Davis Commando, CBS, Jul. 30. 1942 - Oct 9. 1943), The O'Neills (1943), and The Story of Mary Marlin (1943). According to Variety he left the Ellery Queen series "around August 1943" to take up his contract with 20th Century Fox. As early as June, Ruthrauft & Ryan had begun auditioning for a new Ellery Queen which they found in Sydney Smith.

 

The films at 20th did not deliver the success hoped for; the following films at MGM did a little better: Ladies of Washington (20th Century Fox, May 25. 1944), Thunderhead: Son of Flicka** (20th Century Fox, March 15. 1945), Thrill Of A Romance  (MGM, May 23. 1945); and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (MGM, Oct. 5 1945).

Carleton G. Young was in "Thunderhead Son of Flicka" (20th Century Fox, March 15. 1945). Seen here left in a lobby card photo for this movie. Actually this proofs IMDb wrong who attributing this performance to the other Carleton.** Carleton Young, radio star with Esther Williams, who portrays a swimming teacher in the Technicolor musical "Thrill Of A Romance" (MGM, May 23. 1945).
Above left: Carleton G. Young was in Thunderhead Son of Flicka (20th Century Fox, March 15. 1945). Seen here left in a lobby card photo for this movie. Actually this proofs IMDb (Jan. 2024) wrong attributing this performance to the other Carleton.**
(L to R) Carleton Young, Patti Hale, Rita Johnson, Ralph Sanford, Roddy McDowell and Preston Foster.

Above right: Carleton Young, radio star with Esther Williams, who portrays a swimming teacher in the Technicolor musical Thrill Of A Romance (MGM, May 23. 1945).
A scene from "Thrill Of A Romance" (MGM, May 23. 1945) with Frances Gifford, Carleton G. Young and Thurston Hall.Carleton Young in "Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood" (MGM, Oct 5. 1945)
Above left: A scene from Thrill Of A Romance (MGM, May 23. 1945) with Frances Gifford, Carleton G. Young and Thurston Hall.
Above right: Carleton Young in Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (MGM, Oct 5. 1945).
 

He also played the lead role of producer-director Ted Lawton in some thirty-nine episodes of Hollywood Mystery Time (Jul. 20.1944 - Aug 1945). A series he left in order to take up the part of Edmond Dantes, the lead in the radio serial The Count of Monte Cristo (Don Lee Network then Mutual 1944 - jan 1. 1952).

 

Strange Wills (1946-1947) was a radio program produced in Hollywood by Charles Michelson and Teleways Syndication. These shows were quite different from other mystery dramas of the era. They would look at the complexities, dramas, and legal entanglements that arise from some wills. Warren William was the host and the star and it had Howard Culver and Carleton G. Young co-starring. 


Carleton appeared in the motion pictures Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (Universal, Mar 11. 1947) Kissing Bandit (MGM, Nov. 18 1948) opposite Frank Sinatra, Hard, Fast and Beautiful (RKO, May 23 1951), and His Kind of Woman (RKO, Aug 21 1951).

Popular motion picture actor Carleton Young plays the title role of the swashbuckling French Noblemen in "The Count of Monte Cristo" romantic adventure series which will be heard over Mutual starting Sunday June 12. 1949."Queen of the Burlesque" (1946) Rose La Rose, Carleton G. Young and Evelyn Ankers.
Above left: Popular motion picture actor Carleton Young plays the title role of the swashbuckling French Noblemen in "The Count of Monte Cristo" romantic adventure series which will be heard over Mutual starting Sunday June 12. 1949.
Above right: Queen of the Burlesque (Pathé, PRC, Jul. 24 1946) Rose La Rose, Carleton G. Young and Evelyn Ankers.
Claire Trevor and Carleton Young in RKO's "Close-Up" (1951).Vincent Price, Marjorie Reynolds, Jane Russell and Carleton Young in "His Kind of Woman" (1951).
Above left: Claire Trevor and Carleton Young in Hard, Fast and Beautiful (RKO, May 23 1951).
Above right: Vincent Price, Marjorie Reynolds, Jane Russell and Carleton Young in His Kind of Woman (RKO, Aug 21.1951).
 

This is Your FBI (Apr. 6.1945- Jan 30. 1953) was a CBS anthology crime drama; in in stories allegedly based on FBI cases the characters were followed by key figure, fabricated special agent Jim Taylor (Stacy Harris). Carleton Young played in many of the 409 radio episodes between 1946 and January 30. 1953.

 He portrayed Philip Gault (The Whisperer) on NBC Radio's The Whisperer (Jun 30. 1951 -) Lawyer Philip Galt, due to a college football injury, lost his voice and can only speak in an eerie whisper. Galt infiltrates "the syndicate" in his native Central City to bring down organized crime from within; to the underworld, he becomes known as the Whisperer. Later, his voice is restored through surgery, but he continues to lead a double life as the Whisperer, relaying instructions by telephone from the syndicate bosses in New York (who don't know he's a mole) to their lackeys in Central City, whom Galt is actually setting up...

On August 31. 1952 Carleton played in "Statement In Full" an episode of Hollywood Star Playhouse on CBS, another radio dramatic anthology series. In that episode Marilyn Monroe played a murderess.

On August 31. 1952 Carleton played in "Statement In Full" an episode of "Hollywood Star Playhouse", another radio dramatic anthology series. In that episode Marilyn Monroe played a murderess.On August 31. 1952 Carleton played in "Statement In Full" an episode of "Hollywood Star Playhouse", another radio dramatic anthology series. In that episode Marilyn Monroe played a murderess.
Above left and right: On August 31. 1952 Carleton played in "Statement In Full" an episode of Hollywood Star Playhouse, another radio dramatic anthology series. In that episode Marilyn Monroe played a murderess.
 "A Tale of Two Cities" was a double TV-episode for "ABC Album" (later "The Plymouth Theater") (May 3. and 10. 1953). In this Charles Dickens story Carleton played Englishman Charles Darnay who's hiding his true identity and purpose for Lucie Manette.In "The Sardinian Affair" an episode of the TV adaptation of "The Count of Monte Cristo", Carleton also appeared this time not as Edmond Dantes but as the tax collector D'Alba (ITC, TPA, Oct 12. 1956).
Above left: "A Tale of Two Cities" was a double TV-episode for ABC Album (later The Plymouth Theater) (ABC, May 3. and 10. 1953). In this Charles Dickens story Carleton played Englishman Charles Darnay who's hiding his true identity and purpose for Lucie Manette.
Above right: In "The Sardinian Affair" an episode of the TV adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo, Carleton also appeared this time not as Edmond Dantes but as the tax collector D'Alba (ITC, TPA, Oct 12. 1956).

Blessed with both the good looks and an 'air' of a gentlemen, which only increased through the years, Carleton made a smooth transition to TV. Starting with roles in The Unexpected (ZIV, May 21. - Nov 19. 1952, min 2x) and his only appearance in The Adventures of Superman as Fairchild in the episode "The Face and the Voice" (Nov 21. 1953). He had at least 1 role in The Loretta Young Show (aka Letter to Loretta, with George Nader in "The Clara Schumann Story", 3/21/54).

In March 1955 Barbara Britton, Jan Merlin and Carleton were in a three-character drama called The Woman with Red Hair, at the Circle Theater in Hollywood. Carleton’s teenaged son, Tony, attended rehearsals before the play was launched, and it was easy to see he’d follow in his father’s footsteps when he grew older, choosing to perform as “Tony Young” for his film and TV appearances.

In "The Sardinian Affair" an episode of the TV adaptation of The Count of Monte Cristo, Carleton also appeared this time not as Edmond Dantes but as the tax collector D'Alba (ITC, TPA, Oct 12. 1956).

He was Harry Steeger in The Court of Last Resort (NBC, Oct 4. 1957 - Apr 11. 1958, min. 23x). The TV series focuses on a group of seven lawyers dedicated to representing individuals who have been either wrongly accused or unfairly convicted. Each episode dramatizes different cases that the Court has investigated from its beginning to the current time. The real members frequently make appearances at the end of the show, where one of them reflects on the recently dramatized case.

 
Carleton G. Young as George McKean in 'The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp' Season 5 Ep 19 - A Murderer's Return (1960)Carleton as U.S. Army Capt. Rawlings in "Tales of Wells Fargo" (May 15.1961)
Above left: Carleton G. Young as George McKean in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp,  "A Murderer's Return" (Jan 5. 1960)
Above right: Carleton as U.S. Army Capt. Rawlings in Tales of Wells Fargo (May 15. 1961).
Other television roles were on How to Marry a Millionaire (NTA, Oct 28. 1957), Leave It to Beaver (ABC, Mar 19. 1959, as John Bates), M Squad (NBC, Apr 24. 1959), and Bourbon Street Beat (ABC, May 16. 1960). On Jan. 5. 1960, he portrayed the character George McKean in "A Murderer's Return" of the ABC western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian.
On May 1. 1961 Young was arrested after a crash in which his wife Barbara and another woman were injured. He was later convicted for felony drunk driving. This coincided with Young's last television roles on the ABC/Warner Brothers drama series, The Roaring 20s (May 4. 1961) and on NBC's Tales of Wells Fargo (May 15. 1961). That same year, his son, Tony Young, starred in the short-lived CBS western, Gunslinger. (2)

Carleton G. Young
died of emphysema/cancer in Santa Monica, CA on July 11, 1971 and is interred at Inglewood Park Cemetery, in Inglewood, California. He and his son both died at the age of sixty-four.
Carleton has his star on the North side of the 6700 block of Hollywood BoulevardHe was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on the North side of the 6700 block of Hollywood Boulevard. Not bad for one of radio's most successful and prolific actors with some 8,000 to 10,000 appearances in Radio.
 
Notes:

* There is some confusion about his birthplace, Fulton and
    Manhattan all in N.Y. are mentioned.

** Often confused (then and now) with Carleton Young, easy since for both
     their middle letter/name wasn't always used in the credits.
     "Our" Carleton G. was the radio man, Carleton S. played mostly in Westerns,
     both worked on Broadway.
     Confirmed Broadway listings (middle= undetermined):

      Carleton G. Young:                                                  Carleton S. Young:
                                              Page Pygmalion (1932)
      The Man Who Reclaimed his Head (1932)
                                              Eight Bells (1933)
                                              Late Wisdom (1934)
      Yesterday's Orchids (1934)
      Cuckoos on the Heart (1941)
                                                                                        Bathsheba (1947) 

      Carleton S. Young, Carleton Scott Young was married and living in L.A. at least
      until Oct 1932.
There
played the lead in The Drunkard (L.A., 1933 - Oct 18. 1936)
      which he left to take up a movie contract at Republic. In one of their earlier
      movies they gave him a small, uncredited role (drunkard) in Ellery Queen's
      The Mandarin Mystery.
      All which seem to indicate he wasn't in a Broadway play before 1945.
      None of his (rare) profiles in newspapers make mention of this either. Only the
      Bathsheba playbill (1947) lists him as Carleton S. Young with a correct short bio.

      A newspaper article from August 1950 stated:
      "Two players named Carleton Young are working simultaneously at RKO Radio
      in "Mother of a Champion" and "Double Deal." Their names are baptismal,
      but they are not related and never had met before coming to RKO.
"
      (Mother of a Champion aka Hard, Fast and Beautiful)

*** Sally Franklin (Ann Chase) played in at least two Crime Club Mystery drama's:
     
 The Green Archer (May 18. 1932) & The Crime Conductor (July 20.1932);
       Eno Crime Club
;  Death Valley Days; Judy & Jane; Betty & Bob; ...
       Early in 1941 she would join Sonovox as Chief Articulator in New York.


All dates for movies are for the first US release.
All dates for TV programs are original first airdates.
All dates for (radio) plays are for the time span the actor was involved.

Facts in red still need confirmation.

 
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Other references
(1) Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
(2) Wikipedia

(3) IMDb
(4)
The Great Radio Soap Operas, Jim Cox
(5) OTRRpedia
(6) Radiogoldindex

(7) Villains & Supporting Players Carleton Scott Young & Carleton Garrison Young
     profiles (Chuck Anderson)
(8) IBDB (see notes**)
(9) Playbill (see notes**)

Additional video & audio sources
(1) The Whisperer 1951 several episodes

(2) Thrill of a Romance Clip from the 1945 movie
(3) Old Time Radio Downloads

(4) The Count of Monte Cristo 1956 episode "The Sardinian Affair"
     with Carleton Young at ca. 8:30 (10/12/56) (YouTube - The Mailman)
(5) The Loretta Young Show Episode "The Clara Schumann Story" (3/21/54)
     (YouTube - The Loretta Young Show)
(6) The Adventures from Superman clip from "The Face and the Voice" (11/16/53)
     (YouTube - Mickey Carson)
(7) Four Star Playhouse episode Masquerade (4/15/1954)
     (YouTube - Classic TV Channel)



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