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name: "Derek Young"
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roles: ["Actor"]
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updated: "2026-09-16T21:17:34.023876+00:00"
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# Derek Young

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor

## Biography

Derek Young was a British actor. He appeared in a number of film and television productions from the mid-1960s to the early 1990s, often in supporting or uncredited roles.

His credits include the role of Desmonde in Ken Loach’s *Riff-Raff* (1991) and Village Official in *The Face of Fu Manchu* (1965). Other appearances encompass *Those Fantastic Flying Fools* (1967), *The Outsider* (1979), *Strumpet City* (1980), *Echoes* (1988) and various episodes of ITV anthology series.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Riff-Raff* (1991), Fi1m 77, as Desmonde — [page](https://film.one/film/riff-raff.md)

## Also known for

- *The Face of Fu Manchu* (1965)

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