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John William Young is an actor, writer, director and teacher who hails from Richmond, KY and Venice, CA. His first television show was with Lucille Ball and Steve Allen, but he is best remembered for his role of "Tinker" in the Patrick Swayze starrer Road House (1989) and "Prestopopnick" in Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986).

Known For

3.2

Detective Dyer

Blue Call

2021

5.4

Santa Claus

Mariah Carey's Merriest Christmas

2015

3.8

Norm

National Lampoon's Last Resort

1994

6.5

Fat Guard

Another Midnight Run

1994

6.7

Hot Dog Guy

Family Matters

1989

1.0

Steve The Engineer

The Runnin' Kind

1989

6.7

Tinker

Road House

1989

6.3

Executive #2

Back to School

1986

4.3

Prestopopnick

Hamburger: The Motion Picture

1986

6.2

Would be Writer

House

1985

Credits

Blue Call

as Detective Dyer

2021

3.2

Mariah Carey's Merriest Christmas

as Santa Claus

2015

5.4

National Lampoon's Last Resort

as Norm

1994

3.8

Another Midnight Run

as Fat Guard

1994

6.5

Family Matters

as Hot Dog Guy

1989

6.7

The Runnin' Kind

as Steve The Engineer

1989

1.0

Road House

as Tinker

1989

6.7

Back to School

as Executive #2

1986

6.3

Hamburger: The Motion Picture

as Prestopopnick

1986

4.3

House

as Would be Writer

1985

6.2

Flicks

as Tech #1

1983

5.0

Lucy Calls the President

as TV Director

1977

5.0

Hollywood High

as Mike

1976

3.3

Columbo

as Man in Pajamas

1971

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