Portrait of Clifton Young

Acting

Clifton Young

Career

Active from 1926 to 1950, with a break from 1932 to 1945, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
2
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for Dark Passage
Dark Passage
GoodWatch score77/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.8 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Clifton Young Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Fantasy
    0.3, average 1.7
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.3, average 1.6
  • Coming of Age
    1.8, average 3.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Slapstick Humor 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

45
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title
Classic Comedy Teams
Classic Comedy Teams (1986)

as Our Gang (segment "Bonedust") (archive footage)

1950s

7 titles ยท average score 63
The Return of Jesse James
The Return of Jesse James (1950)

as Bob Ford

Bells of Coronado
Bells of Coronado (1950)
GoodWatch score 61

as Ross

Trail of Robin Hood
Trail of Robin Hood (1950)
GoodWatch score 62

as Mitch McCall

Backfire
Backfire (1950)
GoodWatch score 62

as Cabby (uncredited)

Union Station
Union Station (1950)
GoodWatch score 65

as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

A Woman of Distinction
A Woman of Distinction (1950)
GoodWatch score 68

as Chet

Salt Lake Raiders
Salt Lake Raiders (1950)

as Luke Condor

1940s

22 titles ยท average score 68
So You Want to Be Popular
So You Want to Be Popular (1949)

as Homer Hotbox

So You Want to Be an Actor
So You Want to Be an Actor (1949)

as Actor Playing Colonel in Civil War Play

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
GoodWatch score 91

as Flophouse Bum (uncredited)

Blood on the Moon
Blood on the Moon (1948)
GoodWatch score 74

as Joe Shotten

So You Want to Be a Gambler
So You Want to Be a Gambler (1948)

as Homer (uncredited)

Dark Passage
Dark Passage (1947)
GoodWatch score 77

as Baker

Pursued
Pursued (1947)
GoodWatch score 86

as The Sergeant

Possessed
Possessed (1947)
GoodWatch score 77

as Interne

Nora Prentiss
Nora Prentiss (1947)
GoodWatch score 67

as Policeman

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (1946)
GoodWatch score 65

as Homer Hotbox / Saloon Gunslinger in Old West Fantasy Sequence

Deception
Deception (1946)
GoodWatch score 69

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)

So You Want to Play the Horses
So You Want to Play the Horses (1946)

as Racetrack Announcer (uncredited)

1930s

5 titles ยท average score 70
The President's Mystery
The President's Mystery (1936)
GoodWatch score 68

as Townsman (uncredited)

Little Daddy
Little Daddy (1931)
GoodWatch score 70

as Bonedust

Love Business
Love Business (1931)
GoodWatch score 73

as Bonedust

Helping Grandma
Helping Grandma (1931)
GoodWatch score 71

as Robert "Bonedust"

Blood and Thunder
Blood and Thunder (1931)

as Delivery Boy on Bicycle (uncredited)

1920s

10 titles ยท average score 59
Fair and Muddy
Fair and Muddy (1928)

as Boy in Rival Gang

Chicken Feed
Chicken Feed (1927)

as Bonedust

Love My Dog
Love My Dog (1927)

as Bonedust

Baby Brother
Baby Brother (1927)

as Bonedust

Ten Years Old
Ten Years Old (1927)

as Bonedust

Telling Whoppers
Telling Whoppers (1926)

as Bonedust

Thundering Fleas
Thundering Fleas (1926)
GoodWatch score 59

as Bonedust

The Fourth Alarm
The Fourth Alarm (1926)

as Bonedust

Shivering Spooks
Shivering Spooks (1926)

as Bonedust

War Feathers
War Feathers (1926)

as Clifton