Clifton Young

Clifton Young Trivia

Clifton "Bobby" Young gained notoriety as a child actor playing "Bonedust" during Our Gang's sound transition period. Of all the graduates of Our Gang (with the exception of 'Jackie Cooper (I)' and arguably 'Dickie Moore'), Clifton had the greatest shot at adult stardom - at least as far as strong character roles were concerned. With his Kirk Douglas cleft chin, Clifton was active in several top-drawer postwar pictures: Dark Passage (1947), especially memorable as a weasely blackmailer that picks up escaped convict 'Humphrey Bogart', Pursued (1947), directed by 'Raoul Walsh', Possessed (1947) and Blood on the Moon (1948). He was also a semi-regular in Warner Bros.' popular "Joe McDoakes" comedy shorts and played a bad guy in two 'Roy Rogers' Republic oaters. Clifton hit a rough personal period in 1951 and had moved into a hotel after a painful divorce, where he died smoking in bed.

Blood on the Moon (1948) as Joe Shotten
Love Business (1931) as Bonedust
Two Guys from Texas (1948) as ...
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (1946) as Homer Hotbox, Saloon Gunslinger in Old West Fantasy Sequence
Always Together (1947) as Reporter
Baby Clothes (1926) as Bonedust
So You Want to Be Popular (1949) as ...
Abandoned (1949) as Eddie, the bartender
Cloak and Dagger (1946) as American Commander
Whiplash (1948) as Gunman
The Return of Jesse James (1950) as Bob Ford
So You Want to Be on the Radio (1948) as Second Quiz Show Host
Sidewalks of New York (1931) as Street gang member
Bells of Coronado (1950) as Ross
School's Out (1930) as Bonedust
The Lonely Trail (1936) as Son of murdered rancher
So You Want an Apartment (1948) as Homer Hotbox
Helping Grandma (1931) as Bonedust
Tired Business Men (1927) as Bonedust
Borderline (1950) as Suspect Being Questioned