1887-1953
British born actor Roland Young was born on this day in the greater London area, where he made is stage debut in 1908. He made his stage debut in New York in 1912. He stayed in New York and became a reliable actor on Broadway for the next ten years.
Although most famous as the character of "Mr. Topper" that first appears in Topper (1937) where is hilariously tormented by the ghosts of George and Marion Kerby (Cary Grant and Constance Bennett), he got his start in films in the silent era, in 1922, in fact, playing Dr. Watson to John Barrymore's Sherlock Holmes. Young died at the age of 65 from natural causes on the 5th of June in 1953 in New York City. He was cremated an urned (please see the Find a Grave entry below to leave virtual flowers [registration required])
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| Mr. Topper! |
Wikipedia (at the bottom of his Wikipedia page has an impressive list of interesting links!)
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