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'''Tony Young''' (1917 - 1966) was a British film director and television producer. His films include ''[[Penny Points to Paradise]] (1951)'', ''The Eternal Question'' ([[1956 in film|1956]]) and ''[[The Runaway (1963 film)|The Runaway]]'' ([[1963 in film|1963]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f61584b|title=Tony Young|publisher=}}</ref>
'''Tony Young''' (1917 - 1966) was a British film director and television producer. His films include ''[[Penny Points to Paradise]] (1951)'', ''The Eternal Question'' ([[1956 in film|1956]]) and ''[[The Runaway (1963 film)|The Runaway]]'' ([[1963 in film|1963]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f61584b|title=Tony Young|publisher=}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 13:29, 23 January 2023

Tony Young
Born
Anthony Young

1921
Died1966
Known forThe Telegoons
Spouse
Doreen Dearnaley
(m. 1946⁠–⁠1966)

Tony Young (1917 - 1966) was a British film director and television producer. His films include Penny Points to Paradise (1951), The Eternal Question (1956) and The Runaway (1963).[1]

Penny Points to Paradise was the feature film debut of the stars of The Goon Show, Spike Milligan, Harry Secombe and Peter Sellers.[2]

Young later went on to produce The Telegoons for BBC Television.[3]

Selected filmography

Director

References

  1. ^ "Tony Young".
  2. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Penny Points to Paradise (1951)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  3. ^ "Tony Young - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.

External links