Richard Young born in 1955 in Kissimmee Florida is an American actor who spent most of his career as a blandly competent mostlysupporting player in various films and on television Young began his career in the early 70s with TV guest spots and in Roger Cormans New World exploitation films like Fly Me and Night Call Nurses both 1972 He went on to many other TV appearances leading up to recurring roles on shows like Flamingo Road and Texas in the early 80s Parts in higher profile films like High Risk 1981 and The Ice Pirates 1984 followed suit Young is perhaps best known for his small role in the opening sequence of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989 as Fedora the leader of the tombrobbers who chases the young Indiana Jones then gives the young Jones his own fedora which later becomes Jones hat That same year he had a decent supporting role in the prisonset action drama An Innocent Man alongside Tom Selleck He also had topbilled starring roles in B action films like Final Mission 1984 and Saigon Commandos 1988 and a supporting part in the Corman production Lords of the Deep 1989 one of many films hoping to cashin on all the hype behind The Abyss Horror fans know Young as the friendly psychiatrist Matt who gets a spike driven through his forehead in the fifth installment of the Friday the 13th series Likewise starring in the big budget international bomb Eye of the Widow 1991 which took three years to produce and wasnt even released in the US seemed to drive a spike through his career as a leading man Outside of a couple of TV appearances he hasnt been seen in anything since
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