Harrison Young

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Harrison Young
Young in Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Born	Harrison Richard Young (1930-03-13)March 13, 1930 Port Huron, Michigan, U.S.
Died	July 3, 2005(2005-07-03) (aged 75) Los Angeles, California, U.S.[1]
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1976, 1991–2005

Harrison Richard Young (March 13, 1930 – July 3, 2005) was an American character actor. He is best known for playing the elderly James Ryan in Saving Private Ryan.

Born in 1930 in Port Huron, Michigan, Harrison briefly served in the United States Army during the Korean War before being discharged at the rank of second lieutenant. Beginning his acting career at the Port Huron Little Theater, he moved to New York in 1973 and went on to play the lead role in the play Short Eyes (1974) in Broadway.^[1][2]

Young gained recognition for his role as the elderly Private James Ryan in Steven Spielberg's war epic Saving Private Ryan (1998).^[3] Having starred in over 100 films and television episodes, Young's other credits include Passions, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and Rob Zombie's House of 1000 Corpses.

Harrison and his wife Denise had three daughters.^[4] He died on July 3, 2005, in Los Angeles at the age of 75 and was buried at Woodland Cemetery in Port Huron.^[1][2]

• Harrison Young at IMDb
• Harrison Young Memorial Page
• Harrison Richard Young at Find a Grave