Name Otis Young | Spouse Barbara Young (m. ?–2001) | |
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Children Saudia Young, El Mahdi Young, Lovelady Young, Jemal Young Movies and TV shows The Last Detail, The Outcasts, The Hollywood Knights, The Capture of Bigfoot, After Image Similar People Hal Ashby, Carol Kane, Floyd Mutrux, Bill Rebane | ||
THE OUTCASTS 1969 Don Murray, Otis Young They Shall Rise rare TV western
Theme from "The Outcasts" ("Gli sbandati)
Otis E. Young (July 4, 1932 – October 12, 2001) was an actor, writer and anti-Vietnam war activist. Young co-starred in a television Western, The Outcasts (1968–1969), with Don Murray. Young was the second African-American actor to co-star in a television Western, the first being Raymond St Jacques who co-starred on the final season of Rawhide in 1965, as cattle driver Simon Blake. Young played another memorable role as Jack Nicholson's shore-patrol partner in the 1973 comedy-drama film The Last Detail, and his later film credits included the low budget horror films The Capture of Bigfoot (1979) and Blood Beach (1981).
Contents
- THE OUTCASTS 1969 Don Murray Otis Young They Shall Rise rare TV western
- Theme from The Outcasts Gli sbandati
- Early life and education
- Career
- Death
- Filmography
- References
Early life and education
Young was born in Providence, Rhode Island, one of 14 children. He joined the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 17 and served in the Korean War. He then enrolled in acting classes at New York University School of Education where his classmate was the young Louis Gossett, Jr.
Career
He trained at the Neighborhood Playhouse, and worked off-Broadway as an actor and writer in the early 1960s. He appeared on Broadway in James Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie, with such notables as Diana Sands, and Al Freeman, Jr. His first movie appearance was in Murder in Mississippi (1965).
In 1983 Young earned his bachelor's degree from L. I. F. E. Bible College in Los Angeles and became an ordained pastor, eventually serving as senior pastor of Elim Foursquare Gospel Church in Rochester, New York, from 1986-1988. He taught acting classes at School Without Walls, a college-like alternative public high school in Rochester, from 1987 through 1991. In 1989 he joined the faculty at Monroe Community College in Rochester; he remained there as a Professor of Communications and head of the Drama Department until his retirement in 1999.
Death
Young suffered a stroke in Los Angeles and died on October 12, 2001. He was survived by his (second) wife, Barbara, and his children, Saudia Young, Lovelady Young, El Mahdi Young, and Jemal Young. His memorial service was held at Pepperdine University's chapel.
