Harrison Young

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American actor (1930–2005)

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::summary American actor (1930–2005) ::

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FieldValue
imageFile:Harrison Young in Saving Private Ryan.jpg
captionYoung in Saving Private Ryan (1998)
birth_date
birth_placePort Huron, Michigan, U.S.
death_date
death_placeLos Angeles, California, U.S.
occupationActor
birth_nameHarrison Richard Young
yearsactive1976, 1991–2005
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| name = | image = File:Harrison Young in Saving Private Ryan.jpg | caption = Young in Saving Private Ryan (1998) | birth_date = | birth_place = Port Huron, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | occupation = Actor | birth_name = Harrison Richard Young | yearsactive = 1976, 1991–2005 Harrison Richard Young (March 13, 1930 – July 3, 2005) was an American character actor. He is best known for playing the elderly James Ryan in Saving Private Ryan.

Biography

Born in 1930 in Port Huron, Michigan, Harrison briefly served in the United States Army during the Korean War before being discharged at the rank of second lieutenant. Beginning his acting career at the Port Huron Little Theater, he moved to New York in 1973 and went on to play the lead role in the play Short Eyes (1974) in Broadway.

Young gained recognition for his role as the elderly Private James Ryan in Steven Spielberg's war epic Saving Private Ryan (1998). Having starred in over 100 films and television episodes, Young's other credits include Passions, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses.

Harrison and his wife Denise had three daughters. He died on July 3, 2005, in Los Angeles at the age of 75 and was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Port Huron.

Filmography

References

References

  1. Los Angeles Times. (2005). "Harrison Young Obituary". Legacy.
  2. Wilson, Scott. (2016). "Resting Places:The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d Ed.". McFarland, Incorporated.
  3. Niemi, Robert. (2013). "Inspired by True Events: An Illustrated Guide to More Than 500 History-Based Films". ABC-CLIO.
  4. Lentz III, Harris M.. (2005). "Obituaries in the Performing Arts". McFarland & Company.
  5. The Times Herald. (2012). "Denise Young Obituary". Legacy.

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