Acting
Otis Young
- Born
- Jul 4, 1932 · Aged 69
- Died
- Oct 11, 2001
- Place of birth
- Providence, Rhode Island, United States
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 11
- TV credits
- 9
Also known as (1)
- Otis E. Young
Biography
Otis E. Young (July 4, 1932 in Providence, Rhode Island – October 11, 2001) was an African-American actor. He was only the second African-American actor to co-star in a television Western, The Outcasts (1968-1969), with Don Murray, the first being Raymond St Jacques who had co-starred on the final season of Rawhide in 1965, as cattle drover Simon Blake. Young played another memorable role as Jack Nicholson's shore-patrol partner in the 1973 comedy-drama film The Last Detail. Young, one of 14 children, joined the U.S. Marine Corps at the age of 17 and served in the Korean War. He then enrolled…
