Gayle Young nació el 6 de noviembre de 1936 en Lexington, Kentucky, Estados Unidos. Fue un actor, conocido por The Nutcracker (1977). Murió el 8 de enero de 1999.
He performed in the ballet, "Brahms Quartet," in the American Ballet Theatre company production at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York with Cynthia Gregory; Ivan Nagy; Mimi Paul; Naomi Sorkin; Ian Horvath; Eleanor D'Antuono and Terry Orr in the cast. Johannes Brahms was composer. Dennis Nahat was choreographer. Willa Kim was costume designer. Nananne Porcher was lighting designer.