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Collier Hudson Young (August 19, 1908 – December 25, 1980) was an American film producer and writer, who worked on many films in the 1950s, before becoming a television producer for such shows as
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's '' Ironside'' and
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's '' The Wild, Wild West'', as well as the
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Early years

Young was born in Asheville, North Carolina, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William Tandy Young Sr., who in 1938 lived in
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. His father was an attorney. Young was president of the senior class at
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in Indianapolis, and in 1926 he was selected as "the Indiana boy most conspicuously embodying the highest ideals of American youth". While in high school he participated in oratorical competition, finishing first in state competition in 1926. In addition to the $500 first prize, he went on to represent Indiana in regional competition. He graduated from
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in 1930.


Career

Young began working as a story editor for RKO in 1940 after having been a literary agent and working in advertising. His experiences as a Navy lieutenant commander during World War II included making documentary films of South Pacific battles. After Young worked as an executive at Columbia and
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, he and his then-wife
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created a film production company in 1949, with the initial focus the making of six documentaries. In 1953 Young and Lupino created Filmakers Releasing Organization, a company to distribute films. They were the only stockholders in the company, which had outlets in 29 cities. Young's film production credits included '' Outrage'' (1950) and '' The Hitch-Hiker'' (1953), both with Lupino as director. He produced the movies '' Huk!'' (1956) and '' The Halliday Brand'' (1957). Young was executive director of her 1957–58 CBS sitcom '' Mr. Adams and Eve'', co-starring Lupino's then-husband,
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. Elements of his screenplay for '' The Bigamist'' mined his serial relationships with Lupino and Fontaine, who played the deceived wives of that film. He was creator of the long-running TV series '' Ironside'', starring
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. Young also produced the television show, '' The Rogues'', in 1964–65, starring
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, and Gladys Cooper. ''The Rogues'' won the
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award for "Best TV Show" in 1965.


Personal life and death

Young was married to: * Ruth Valerie Edmonds of Toronto, Canada, on March 8, 1938, in New York City. Their divorce became final in April 1948. * actress and director Lupino on August 5, 1948, in La Jolla, California. They were divorced in 1951 * actress Joan Fontaine from 1952 to 1961 * businesswoman and former model, Marjory Ann "Meg" Marsh, in 1965. Young died on December 25, 1980, in St. John's Hospital and Medical Center in
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, after having been injured in an automobile accident several weeks earlier. He was 72.


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* * 1908 births 1980 deaths De Havilland family Road incident deaths in California Writers from Asheville, North Carolina American film producers American television producers American television show creators Burials at Arlington National Cemetery 20th-century American businesspeople Dartmouth College alumni {{US-film-producer-stub