Clifton Young(1917-1951)

Actor

Clifton Young in Thundering Fleas (1926)

Clifton "Bobby" Young gained notoriety as a child actor playing "Bonedust" during Our Gang's sound transition period. Of all the graduates of Our Gang (with the exception of Jackie Cooper and, arguably, Dickie Moore), Clifton had the greatest shot at adult stardom - at least as far as strong character roles were concerned. With his Kirk Douglas cleft chin, Clifton was active in several top-drawer postwar pictures: Dark Passage (1947), especially memorable as a weaselly blackmailer who picks up escaped convict Humphrey Bogart, Pursued (1947), directed by Raoul Walsh, Possessed (1947), and Blood on the Moon (1948). He was also a semi-regular in Warner Bros.' popular "Joe McDoakes" comedy shorts and played a bad guy in two 'Roy Rogers' Republic oaters. Clifton hit a rough personal period in 1951 and had moved into a hotel after a painful divorce, where he died smoking in bed.

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Known for

Dark Passage

7.5

Baker

1947

Possessed

7.1

Interne

1947

Helping Grandma

7.4

Short

Robert 'Bonedust'(as Hal Roach's Rascals)

1930

Little Daddy

7.3

Short

Bonedust(as Bobby Young)

1931

Credits

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Actor

Zombies of the Stratosphere
5.1
- Ross - Smuggler Boss [Ch. 4] (uncredited)
- 1952
The Redhead and the Cowboy
6.3
- Southern Spy (uncredited)
- 1951
Up Front
7.2
- Clerk (uncredited)
- 1951
Trail of Robin Hood
6.0
- Mitch McCall
- 1950
The Return of Jesse James
5.9
- Bob Ford
- 1950
Union Station
6.8
- Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
- 1950
Salt Lake Raiders
6.3
- Luke Condor
- 1950
A Woman of Distinction
6.6
- Chet - Photographer (uncredited)
- 1950
Borderline
6.0
- Suspect Questioned by Whittaker (uncredited)
- 1950
Backfire
6.6
- Cabby (uncredited)
- 1950
Bells of Coronado
5.9
- Ross
- 1950
So You Want to Be an Actor
6.5
Short
- Actor Playing Colonel in Civil War Play (uncredited)
- 1949
Abandoned
6.7
- Eddie
- 1949
So You're Having in-Law Trouble
7.5
Short
- Homer - Joe's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
- 1949
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
5.9
- Link
- 1949

Personal details

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Alternative names
- Hal Roach's Rascals
Born
- September 15, 1917
- Schenectady, New York, USA
Died
- September 10, 1951
- Los Angeles, California, USA(smoke asphyxiation)
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Trivia
Playing the snaggle-toothed bad kid "Bonedust" starting at age 7 with the "Our Gang" comedies (billed as Bobby Young). He played the role for six years (1925-1931). Eventually moved into films as a slimy character heavy in the tradition of Dan Duryea and appeared opposite the likes of Humphrey Bogart and Roy Rogers in several film noir and westerns.