Richard Young

Richard Young is an American actor and independent filmmaker who also writes screenplays and works as a photographer and artist. Born in Kissimmee, Florida, he was raised on military bases and later studied pre-dentistry at the University of Washington for two years before moving to California. In the early 1970s he began at New World Pictures on Roger Corman's crew, then took an acting role in Night Call Nurses after another performer did not show. Television guest spots followed, including Kung Fu, Knight Rider, Flamingo Road and an appearance on Cheers in the episode Love Thy Neighbor, and he trained with the Beverly Hills Playhouse. An Innocent Man (1989), Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) and The Ice Pirates (1984) are among his features, while he became known for playing Fedora in the opening of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989). He stepped away from acting in 1995 to focus on photography.