by Hal Erickson
biography
Pint-sized comic actor Tammany Young launched his film career around 1911. Young came to the attention of Paramount Pictures when he played comedy bits in such early talkie shorts as Jack Benny's Taxi Tangles (1931). He went on to appear in Paramount features, notably Mae West's She Done Him Wrong (1933), and also accepted minor roles at other studios. The actor achieved prominence of sorts as the ubiquitous stooge of W.C. Fields, beginning with his performance as Fields' obstreperous caddy in You're Telling Me (1934). Tammany Young continued to appear in support of Fields in such comedies as Six of A Kind (1934), It's a Gift (1934), The Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935), and Poppy (1935).
