His first performance was as Tiny Tim in the Edinburgh Gateway Company's production of A Christmas Carol in 1953,[2] and he played the eponymous hero of the film Geordie in 1955.
Young also had a key supporting role in the Michael Winner made western Chato's Land (1972), which starred Charles Bronson, Jack Palance and Richard Basehart.
Some of his later credits include The Tales of Para Handy, No Job for a Lady, Taggart, The Crow Road, Coronation Street and Still Game.
Shug is generally the only pensioner that knows about gadgets and new technology in the group, owing to his service in the Royal Navy as a radio operator during World War II.
Young was involved in the lost Beatles interview,[3] recorded in April 1964 at the Scottish Television studios, Cowcaddens, Glasgow.