Buck Young (April 12, 1920 — February 9, 2000 (Los Angeles, California)) was an American character actor who is best known for his protrayal of Sergeant Whipple on the 1960s televison series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.. Young, who was born on April 12, 1920, in a yet undetermined American state, served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, being drafted in 1944. He would eventually appear in dozens of television series and films, including Angel Face, Highway Patrol, Steve Canyon, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Gunsmoke, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., Daniel Boone, Not with My Wife, You Don't!, The Young Warriors, The Virginian, Adam-12, Sky Heist, Two-Minute Warning, Wonder Woman, Stand by Your Man, Death Wish II, The Fall Guy, MacGyver, Tarzan in Manhattan and Dal