Buck Young
Actor
Biography
John Otto "Buck" Young (April 12, 1920 – February 9, 2000) was an American actor who played the role as Sergeant Whipple on the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series, and Deputy Joe Watson on The Andy Griffith Show.
In 1944, during World War II, Young was drafted into the US Army Air Forces. He married actress Peggy Stewart in 1953 and had two children, Grey Young and Abigail Young who each acted in one film. He was the brother-in-law of Stewart's sister, Patricia O'Rourke, and her husband, Wayne Morris.
In 1962, he appeared three times in James Arness's TV Western series Gunsmoke, playing “Carl” in S7E24’s “Coventry”, “Corporal Stone” in S7E27's “Wagon Girls” & “John” in S8E1’s “Call Me Dodie”.
Buck Young took the part as Sgt Whipple in the Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. TV series at the beginning of the show in 1964. He acted in a total of 95 films and the Gomer Pyle. U.S.M.C. series. Buck Young also played in Barnaby Jones in the episode titled “The Last Contract” (12/31/1974).
Young died on February 9, 2000, in Los Angeles at age 79.
Filmography
Angel Face
as Assistant District Attorney (uncredited) 1953
Breezy
as Paula's Escort 1973
Mitchell
as Detective Aldridge 1975
The Lady in Red
as Hennessey 1979
Look What's Happened to Rosemary's Baby
as 1st Trooper 1976
The Jayne Mansfield Story
as City Editor 1980
Tarzan in Manhattan
1989
Last Resort
as Mr. Emerson 1986
Rehearsal for Murder
as Lieutenant McElroy 1982
The Bamboo Saucer
as Pete (uncredited) 1968
The Stranger
as Tom Nelson 1973
The Magic of Lassie
as T.V. Announcer 1978
Katherine
as Cop 1975
Not With My Wife, You Don't!
as Air Police Colonel 1966
The Night the Bridge Fell Down
1980
The Georgia Peaches
as Big Ed 1980