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Jim Anderson, Young's character on Father Knows Best (1954), was ranked #6 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004 issue].

His wife of 61 years, Elizabeth Henderson, died on April 4, 1994.

Suicide attempt due to alcoholism and depression. [1991]

The original cast of Father Knows Best appeared in 2 made for TV movies in 1977 titled, "Father Knows Best: Reunion" and Father Knows Best: Home For Christmas".

In 1969, he starred as Dr. Marcus Welby in the TV movie Marcus Welby, M. D.

: A Matter of Humanities (1969).

The Marcus Welby series that followed ran from 1969 through 1976 and featured James Brolin as his assistant, Dr. Steven Kiley--the doc with the bike.

Had a nervous breakdown in 1966 and it took him nearly 4 years to recover.

Took a seven year sabbatical from TV in 1962 following the failure of his second TV series Window on Main Street (1961). Triumphantly returned in 1969 as Marcus Welby, M.D. (1969).

After a slight falter in the ratings and a switch from CBS to NBC, it became a mainstay of television until it was canceled in 1960. He continued making guest appearances on various television shows and working in television movies.

Basically retiring from films, he starred in this program for five years on radio before it went to television in 1954.

Today, those who fondly recall him in the archetypal 1950s family sitcom Father Knows Best (1954) may be surprised to learn that when the series debuted in 1954, the show did so poorly in the ratings that CBS canceled it in March of 1955. A flood of protests came from viewers insisting that the show be reinstated. The show was moved to an earlier time, and it gradually became a hit.

In 1949, Robert started a radio show called "Father Knows Best" wherein he played Jim Anderson, an average father with average situations--a role which was tailor-made for him.

Had suffered depression for 45 years, beginning in 1946, and finally recovered in 1991, along with his wife, who was depressed herself.

In later years, Robert and Elizabeth lived in a house in Westlake Village, California called "The Enchanted Cottage," named after the 1945 film in which he starred with Dorothy McGuire.

Did not renew his MGM contact after filming The Canterville Ghost (1944) and chose to free-lance instead. After a great start in post-war pictures, his film career declined rapidly and he wisely moved to radio in 1949 and eventually TV.

Good roles followed, from the husband of Dorothy McGuirein Claudia (1943) to the detective in Crossfire (1947), but they were becoming scarce.

(1941).

These included Northwest Passage (1940); Western Union (1941); and H. M. Pulham, Esq.

Ruth Hussey was his most frequent female co-star; they appeared together in seven films and in one television episode - Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938), Honolulu (1939), Maisie (1939), Northwest Passage (1940), Married Bachelor (1941), H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941), Marcus Welby, M.D.: The Best Is Yet to Be (1971), and My Darling Daughters' Anniversary (1973).

He and Ann Sothern co-starred in three movies: Dangerous Number (1937), Maisie (1939), and Lady Be Good (1941).

He was notable as the spy in Alfred Hitchcock's Secret Agent (1936), but the '40s was the decade in which he was to have most of his best roles.

Was in two movies with Barbara Stanwyck: Red Salute (1935) and The Bride Walks Out (1936).

Appeared in two Best Picture Oscar nominated films: The House of Rothschild (1934) and Crossfire (1947).

Co-starred with Madge Evans in four films: Hell Below (1933), Paris Interlude (1934), Death on the Diamond (1934), and Calm Yourself (1935).

Young and Maureen O'Sullivan were paired in five films at MGM: Strange Interlude (1932), Tugboat Annie (1933), West Point of the Air (1935), The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937), and Sporting Blood (1940).

Quiet, soft-spoken Robert grew up in California and had some stage experience with the Pasadena Playhouse before entering films in 1931. His movie career consisted of playing characters who were charming, good-looking--and bland. In fact, his screen image was such that he usually never got the girl. Louis B. Mayer would say, "He has no sex appeal," but he had a work ethic that prepared him for every role that he played.

And he did play in as many as eleven films per year for a decade starting with The Black Camel (1931).

Robert Young is on page 50 of the 1926 Year Book of Lincoln High School, Los Angeles, California. Next to his name and picture are his accomplishments that include: Head Yell Leader, Commissioner (Boys' Sports), Playcrafters, Lead in Taming of the Shrew, Pals and Sherwood, Leading part in opera Briar Rose.

Graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in Los Angeles, California, in 1925.