Grouping to a Hollywood actor

[pfrost]

I found this group of stuff at our local flea market. It belonged to Carlton Young, who was a very famous character actor in Hollywood from the 1930's to the 1970's. He was in everything from TV serials, movies, westerns, war movies, all sorts of neat stuff ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949355/ ). Some of his more famous movie roles were in the Horse Soldiers, The Flying Leathernecks, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

 

I believe he, like many other Hollywood actors joined the military during WWII, but I think he mostly did propaganda/war movie films, but may have served overseas at some point. I am still sort of researching him.

 

Some of his stuff showed up at the flea market and I was able to get a lot of it, including some very nice bullion AAF and CBI patches, his dog tags, the studio prop name tag for The Flying Leathernecks, and some other patches and insignia.

 

Very interesting stuff and kind of a neat cross over between militaria and Hollywood collectables.

 

Patrick

[pfrost]

Some more of his stuff.

[pfrost]

Close up of his dog tags

[pfrost]

And finally, a close up of his bullion cap badge.

[FightenIrish35]

that is awesome...that is sucha great group!!!!!

[grrrldoc]

I found this group of stuff at our local flea market. It belonged to Carlton Young, who was a very famous character actor in Hollywood from the 1930's to the 1970's. He was in everything from TV serials, movies, westerns, war movies, all sorts of neat stuff ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949355/ ). Some of his more famous movie roles were in the Horse Soldiers, The Flying Leathernecks, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

 

I believe he, like many other Hollywood actors joined the military during WWII, but I think he mostly did propaganda/war movie films, but may have served overseas at some point. I am still sort of researching him.

 

Some of his stuff showed up at the flea market and I was able to get a lot of it, including some very nice bullion AAF and CBI patches, his dog tags, the studio prop name tag for The Flying Leathernecks, and some other patches and insignia.

 

Very interesting stuff and kind of a neat cross over between militaria and Hollywood collectables.

 

Patrick

 

 

Oh, that is really, really cool!! Kind of sad that all his stuff would end up in a flea market, but thank goodness it's in the hands of someone who appreciates it! Was he a Hump pilot, do you think?

[sgtbrown]

I needed a face, so I did some digging. He is on the left.

 

Tom

[SteveR]

I recognize him. He was a character acter that did a lot of things. I remember his role as a one armed southern officer in the "Horse Soldiers". Very nice score.

[vicjoy1945]

Hey Patrick !!

 

Great grouping !!

 

Vic

[Mr-X]

Very nice.

Good find

[pfrost]

Thanks guys, it is pretty neat.

 

He was married to an actress named Noel Toy ( http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870277/ ) that he met in a night club; she was famous for her exotic fan dance!

 

I couldn't find any indication that he actually served in any capacity overseas, but he did serve in the military (it wasn't uncommon for actors to "enlist" but remain stateside to make movies and such). I wonder if some of these items aren't props from his films as he often played military men during the 50's?

 

here is some more information on him ( http://www.b-westerns.com/villan29.htm ). Also, a picture of his grave in Hollywood with a rather poor picture of him in his uniform.

[Bob Hudson]

From: http://www.serialexperience.com/showarticle.php?fldRecNum=60

 

CARLETON YOUNG

 

Carleton Young's best known serial is Republic's "Dick Tracy" (1937). He was Dick Tracy's brother. After receiving a brain operation that also altered his features Young headed up the henchmen of the Lame One. The rest of his serial appearances at Republic were as minor henchmen in "The Fighting Devil Dogs" (1938), "Dick Tracy Returns" (1938), "The Lone Ranger Rides Again" (1939), "The Adventures of Captain Marvel" (1941), and "Spy Smasher" (1942). He also played a crooked sheriff in "The Adventures of Red Ryder" (1940) and Mexican President Benito Juarez in Zorro's Fighting Legion" (1939). During this time he appeared on radio as Ellery Queen.

 

Young's feature film work ranged from the cult classic "Reefer Madness" (1938) to Bob Steele Westerns like "El Diablo Rides" (1939) and "Trigger Men" (1941). Big budget film roles included "People Will Talk" (1951), "Deadline USA" (1952). Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1954), "Sergeant Rutledge" (1960), and John Ford's last great western "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962).

 

And the http://www.b-westerns.com/villan29.htm site has this about his military films:

 

I realize he did all kinds of roles, but my remembrances of Young in these later films is Carleton Young wearing uniforms of high ranking military officers. A good example is THE GLENN MILLER STORY (Universal, 1954) - at the end, General Hap Arnold (played by Barton MacLane) drops by the office of an un-named General so he can notify Helen Miller that her bandleader husband is missing. That un-named General was Carleton Young.

 

He portrayed an Army Colonel in the Tyrone Power AMERICAN GUERILLA IN THE PHILIPPINES (1950); was a Confederate officer in the John Ford/John Wayne THE HORSE SOLDIERS (1959); was the military officer prosecuting Woody Strode in the John Ford directed SERGEANT RUTLEDGE (Warners, 1960); was an Army Colonel in one of the finest of the 1950s B&W Sci-Fi flicks, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951) which starred Michael Rennie and a robot named Gort. And he wore uniforms in the John Wayne films OPERATION PACIFIC (Batjac/Warners, 1951) and FLYING LEATHERNECKS (RKO, 1951).

 

His enlistment info

 

 

U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946

about Carleton S Young

Name: Carleton S Young

Birth Year: 1907

Race: White, citizen (White)

Nativity State or Country: New York

State of Residence: California

County or City: Los Angeles

 

Enlistment Date: 6 Jan 1942

Enlistment State: California

Enlistment City: Los Angeles

Branch: Air Corps

Branch Code: Air Corps

[grrrldoc]

Young's feature film work ranged from the cult classic "Reefer Madness" (1938) to Bob Steele Westerns like "El Diablo Rides" (1939) and "Trigger Men" (1941). Big budget film roles included "People Will Talk" (1951), "Deadline USA" (1952). Disney's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" (1954), "Sergeant Rutledge" (1960), and John Ford's last great western "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962).[/b]

 

 

Oh my...Reefer Madness!! I think I remember him from the film...Wasn't he the guy who got the poor innocents hooked on the vile weed?

[Bob Hudson]

Oh my...Reefer Madness!! I think I remember him from the film...Wasn't he the guy who got the poor innocents hooked on the vile weed?

 

Yep: Wikipedia says, "Mae Coleman (Thelma White) and Jack Perry (Carleton Young), her lover, sell weed. Mae prefers to sell weed to customers her own age, whereas Jack sells the plant to young teenagers. "

[FW12]

Fantastic group, especially that bullion eagle! Thanks for sharing!

 

Beau

[JDK]

I agree. Very neat group, and I also love that bullion eagle!!

J.D.

[Bluehawk]

And finally, a close up of his bullion cap badge.

Yikes...

[CNY Militaria]

Great grouping there, with an interesting history to boot!

 

I have the dress blue uniform of the husband of Tyrone Power's sister--not quite a direct Hollywood connection, but cool nonetheless.

[pfrost]

The dealer who I bought this from is one of those low end guys who worries about every nickle and dime. I made the mistake of showing some interest when he brought out the whole box of stuff. I knew that he was an actor, but didn't think he was in as many movies as he was.

 

After a great deal of bickering and bargaining, I finally got the heart of the grouping (at one point he told me he was just going to stick it on ebay 1 piece at a time

 

Their was a fair amount of other stuff, but mostly cloth insignia, some common AAF SSI, and rank insignia. The bullion, name tages, dog tags and a small sampling of the insignia was all I could really afford. I guess at some point, keeping 7 or 8 of the same extra patches from a grouping gets a bit of an over kill.

 

At the end of the day, it was nice to keep all the stuff together.

 

 

 

Patrick

[Brig]

why does he have Marine pilot wings?

[Brig]

Disregard. In my search for the answer to my own question, I overlooked the line in Post 12

[Croix de Guerre]

Very cool post! Kind of sad too in a way. Have you looked up if he had any children? Maybe his obit in the paper had something?

[pfrost]

The marine pilot wings are likely props from the movie, Flying Leathernecks with John Wayne. He had a part in that movie.--ok saw your post. Sorry.

 

Patrick