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).
Was a favorite co-star among Tinseltown's biggest female stars, including Margaret Sullavan, Joan Crawford, Janet Gaynor, Loretta Young, Norma Shearer Katharine Hepburn and Claudette Colbert, primarily because his acting was always reliable, complimentary and professional...plus the fact that he never tried to steal the spotlight.
Was employed as a bank clerk and a reporter during his fledgling actor days and even found extra work in Keystone Cops movies.
Was the fourth of five children born to Thomas and Margaret (Fyfe) Young. His family moved from his native Chicago to Seattle, Washington, when he was less than a year old.
Younger brother of actor Roger Moore (no relation to the popular British actor who is a former James Bond).