Maverick
1994 · Movie
as Room Clerk
Dub Taylor
1907-02-26
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Richmond, Virginia, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Walter Clarence Taylor Jr. (February 26, 1907 – October 3, 1994), known as Dub Taylor, was an American character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extensively in films and on television, often in Westerns but also in comedies. He was the father of actor Buck Taylor, who played the character Newly O'Brien on Gunsmoke. Walter C. Taylor Jr. was born in 1907 in Richmond, Virginia, the middle child of five children of Minnie and Walter C. Taylor, Sr. According to the federal census of 1920, young Walter had two older sisters, Minnie Marg[aret] and Maud, a younger brother named George, and a little sister, Edna Fay. The family moved to Augusta, Georgia around 1912 when Walter was five years old, and the Taylors lived in this city until he was 13. The census of 1920 also documents that Dub's mother was a native of Pennsylvania and his father was a native of North Carolina, who worked in Augusta at that time as a "Cotton Broker". While living in Georgia as a boy, Walter, Jr., got his lifelong nickname when his friends began calling him "W" (double-u) and then shortened his nickname even farther, to just "Dub". It was in Georgia, too, where Taylor befriended Ty Cobb, Jr., the son of the legendary professional baseball player. A vaudeville performer, Dub Taylor was a member of the 1937 Alabama Crimson Tide football team that played in the 1938 Rose Bowl. He stayed behind to establish a career in films, making his film debut in 1938 as the cheerful ex-football captain Ed Carmichael in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It with You. Taylor secured the part because the role required an actor who could also play the xylophone. Later, during the 1950s and early 1960s, he demonstrated his considerable talent for playing the xylophone on several television shows, including an episode on the syndicated series Ranch Party hosted by Tex Ritter. In 1939, he appeared in the film Taming of the West, in which he originated the character of Cannonball, a role he continued to play for the next ten years, in over 50 films. Cannonball was a comic sidekick to Wild Bill Saunders (played by Bill Elliott), a pairing that continued through 13 features, during which Elliott’s character became Wild Bill Hickok. Despite his extensive career as a character actor in a wide range of roles, Dub Taylor continued to find his niche in Westerns, a genre in which he performed in literally dozens of more films and in episodes of many television series. Taylor often appeared in the guise of talkative hotel or postal clerks, court bailiffs, cooks, or dissolute doctors. He portrayed, for example, an ill-tempered chuckwagon cook in the 1969 film The Undefeated, starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson. He appeared as well in the 1971 movie Support Your Local Gunfighter as the drunken Doc Shultz. Taylor played Houston Lamb over the course of four episodes of Little House On The Prairie in seasons six and seven (1979 to 1981). Taylor made at least two film cameos in the early 1990s. In Back to the Future Part III, he appeared with veteran Western actors Pat Buttram and Harry Carey Jr.. His last appearance was in the film Maverick as a hotel room clerk. Dub Taylor died of a heart attack on October 3, 1994 in Los Angeles. In addition to being father to Buck Taylor, Dub had a daughter, Faydean Taylor Tharp. CLR
Filmography
Falling from Grace
1992 · Movie
as Grandpa Parks
Conagher
1991 · Movie
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991 · Movie
as Gimme Cap
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991 · Movie
as The Westerner's Friend
Back to the Future Part III
1990 · Movie
as Saloon Old Timer
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988 · Movie
as Charlie Lee
The Best of Times
1986 · Movie
as Mac
Designing Women
1986 · TV Show
Cannonball Run II
1984 · Movie
as Police Officer
The Outlaws
1984 · Movie
as L.D. Sloane
The Cosby Show
1984 · TV Show
as Slim Claxton
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981 · Movie
as Cottonmouth Gorch
Bret Maverick
1981 · TV Show
as Toothless Tim Teal
Darkroom
1981 · TV Show
as Dixie Weeks
Used Cars
1980 · Movie
as Tucker
1941
1979 · Movie
as Mr. Malcomb
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978 · Movie
as Gunner
Beartooth
1978 · Movie
The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978 · Movie
as Harley Davidson
Doc Hooker's Bunch
1978 · Movie
as Dr. Isaiah Beauregard Hooker
The Rescuers
1977 · Movie
as Digger (voice)
Great Day
1977 · Movie
as Doc
Moonshine County Express
1977 · Movie
as Uncle Bill
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Kit Carson and the Mountain Men
1977 · Movie
as Stableman
How the West Was Won
1977 · TV Show
as Moss
Burnt Offerings
1976 · Movie
as Walker
Creature from Black Lake
1976 · Movie
as Grandpaw Bridges
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976 · Movie
as (archive footage)
Gator
1976 · Movie
as Mayor T.L. Caffery
Treasure of Matecumbe
1976 · Movie
as Sheriff Forbes
Pony Express Rider
1976 · Movie
as Boomer Riley
The Winds of Autumn
1976 · Movie
as Rattler S. Gravley
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975 · Movie
as Justice of the Peace Floyd
The Fortune
1975 · Movie
as Rattlesnake Tom
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
1975 · Movie
as Bitteroot
Flash and the Firecat
1975 · Movie
as Sheriff C.W. Thurston
Hearts of the West
1975 · Movie
as Nevada Ticket Agent
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974 · Movie
as Station Attendant
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974 · Movie
as Halsey
Honky Tonk
1974 · Movie
Movin' On
1974 · TV Show
Little House on the Prairie
1974 · TV Show
as Houston Lamb
Run, Joe, Run
1974 · TV Show
Chopper One
1974 · TV Show
as Rudy
Country Blue
1973 · Movie
as J.J. 'Jumpy' Belk
Tom Sawyer
1973 · Movie
as Clayton
This Is a Hijack
1973 · Movie
as Sheriff Gordon
Brock's Last Case
1973 · Movie
as Judge Robbins
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 · Movie
as Josh
The Getaway
1972 · Movie
as Laughlin
Junior Bonner
1972 · Movie
as Del
Wild in the Sky
1972 · Movie
as Officer Roddenberry
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
1972 · Movie
as Old Timer
The Brian Keith Show
1972 · TV Show
Emergency!
1972 · TV Show
as Old Man, George
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971 · Movie
as Doc Schultz
Man and Boy
1971 · Movie
as Atkins
Evel Knievel
1971 · Movie
as Turquoise Smith
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971 · Movie
as Reed, the Lawyer
Alias Smith and Jones
1971 · TV Show
A Man Called Horse
1970 · Movie
as Joe
… tick… tick… tick…
1970 · Movie
as Junior
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970 · Movie
as Mayor
Menace on the Mountain
1970 · Movie
as Cicero Everhart
The Wild Country
1970 · Movie
as Phil
The Odd Couple
1970 · TV Show
as Slim
The Partridge Family
1970 · TV Show
as Flicker
The Wild Bunch
1969 · Movie
as Reverend Wainscoat
Death of a Gunfighter
1969 · Movie
as Doc Adams
Ride a Northbound Horse
1969 · Movie
as Purse
The Undefeated
1969 · Movie
as McCartney
The Learning Tree
1969 · Movie
as Spikey
The Reivers
1969 · Movie
as Dr. Peabody
Love, American Style
1969 · TV Show
as Pa, Grover
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 · Movie
as Pop Cushings
Something for a Lonely Man
1968 · Movie
as Sheriff
Bandolero!
1968 · Movie
as Attendant
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · TV Show
as Ray Tobias
The Mod Squad
1968 · TV Show
Lancer
1968 · TV Show
Bonnie and Clyde
1967 · Movie
as Ivan Moss
The Money Jungle
1967 · Movie
as Pete Jensen
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967 · Movie
as Timekeeper
Don't Make Waves
1967 · Movie
as Electrician
Johnny Banco
1967 · Movie
The High Chaparral
1967 · TV Show
as Oscar Hipple, Fargo Smith
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967 · TV Show
as Henry Jackson
Custer
1967 · TV Show
Mr. Terrific
1967 · TV Show
as Preacher
Cimarron Strip
1967 · TV Show
as Owley
That Girl
1966 · TV Show
The Monroes
1966 · TV Show
The Monkees
1966 · TV Show
as Paw
The Cincinnati Kid
1965 · Movie
as Dealer
Major Dundee
1965 · Movie
as Priam
The Decorator
1965 · Movie
as Taxi Driver
The Hallelujah Trail
1965 · Movie
as Clayton Howell
Laredo
1965 · TV Show
The Big Valley
1965 · TV Show
as Doc Tully
The Loner
1965 · TV Show
as Jim
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965 · TV Show
as Ed Hewley
The Wild Wild West
1965 · TV Show
as Guard
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964 · TV Show
as Preacher
Spencer's Mountain
1963 · Movie
as Percy Cook
The Losers
1963 · Movie
as Gregory
Burke's Law
1963 · TV Show
as Garnet
Temple Houston
1963 · TV Show
as Cliff Willard
How the West Was Won
1962 · Movie
as Man (uncredited)
Black Gold
1962 · Movie
as Doc
Period of Adjustment
1962 · Movie
as Drunk (uncredited)
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962 · Movie
as Dan Hatcher
Mooncussers
1962 · Movie
as Fire Tender
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The Beachcomber
1962 · TV Show
as Pete Dibley
The Virginian
1962 · TV Show
as Walt Cooper, Runty Bojohn
Ensign O'Toole
1962 · TV Show
as Clerk
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962 · TV Show
as Freddy
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · TV Show
as Self
Parrish
1961 · Movie
as Teet Howie
Pocketful of Miracles
1961 · Movie
as Man (uncredited)
Hazel
1961 · TV Show
as Mitch Brady
Home from the Hill
1960 · Movie
as Bob Skaggs (uncredited)
The Andy Griffith Show
1960 · TV Show
as Billy Ray Talbot, Preacher, Ben Beecham
Surfside 6
1960 · TV Show
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960 · TV Show
as George B. Glines
The Westerner
1960 · TV Show
as Walt Smith
A Hole in the Head
1959 · Movie
as Fred
The Twilight Zone
1959 · TV Show
as Peters
Dennis the Menace
1959 · TV Show
as Opie
Wichita Town
1959 · TV Show
Bonanza
1959 · TV Show
as Simon, Otto, Luke Calhoun, Barlow
No Time for Sergeants
1958 · Movie
as Mr. McKinney
Hot Rod Gang
1958 · Movie
as Landlord
Auntie Mame
1958 · Movie
as County Veterinarian (uncredited)
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · TV Show
as Man Tourist
Lawman
1958 · TV Show
as Chef's Assistant (uncredited), Bartender
Perry Mason
1957 · TV Show
as Stroller
Casey Jones
1957 · TV Show
as Wallie Sims
26 Men
1957 · TV Show
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956 · Movie
as Nolan Brown (uncredited)
You Can't Run Away from It
1956 · Movie
as Joe
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956 · TV Show
as Yancie, Harper - Auctioneer
Tall Man Riding
1955 · Movie
as Townsman (uncredited)
I Died a Thousand Times
1955 · Movie
as Ed (uncredited)
Cheyenne
1955 · TV Show
as Hoyt
Gunsmoke
1955 · TV Show
as Sonny Starr, Cook, Bartender, Farnum, Noah Riker, Rev. Finney Cox
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · TV Show
as Hogan
The Bounty Hunter
1954 · Movie
as Eli Danvers (as Dubb Taylor)
Dragnet
1954 · Movie
as Miller Starkie
Them!
1954 · Movie
as Railroad Yard Watchman
A Star Is Born
1954 · Movie
as Norman's Driver (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
1954 · Movie
as Eddie (uncredited)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · TV Show
as Purse, Fire Tender, Cicero Everhart
Crime Wave
1953 · Movie
as Gus Snider
Death Valley Days
1952 · TV Show
as Rupert
Life with Buster Keaton
1951 · Movie
I Love Lucy
1951 · TV Show
as Rattlesnake Jones
Riding High
1950 · Movie
as Joe
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The Marshall of Trail City
1950 · Movie
as Cannonball
Gun Law Justice
1949 · Movie
as Cannonball
Across The Rio Grande
1949 · Movie
as Cannonball Taylor
Gun Runner
1949 · Movie
as Cannonball Taylor (as 'Cannonball' Taylor)
Lawless Code
1949 · Movie
as Cannonball Taylor
Roaring Westward
1949 · Movie
as Cannonball
Brand of Fear
1949 · Movie
as Cannonball
Outlaw Brand
1948 · Movie
as Cannonball
Song of the Drifter
1948 · Movie
as Cannonball
Range Renegades
1948 · Movie
as Cannonball
Courtin' Trouble
1948 · Movie
as Cannonball
The Rangers Ride
1948 · Movie
as Cannonball Taylor
Partners of the Sunset
1948 · Movie
as Cannonball
Silver Trails
1948 · Movie
as Cannonball
Oklahoma Blues
1948 · Movie
as Cannonball Taylor
Cowboy Cavalier
1948 · Movie
as Cannonball
Ridin' Down the Trail
1947 · Movie
as Cannonball
Frontier Gunlaw
1946 · Movie
as Cannonball
Rough Ridin' Justice
1945 · Movie
as Cannonball
Both Barrels Blazing
1945 · Movie
as Cannonball
Blazing the Western Trail
1945 · Movie
as Cannonball
Texas Panhandle
1945 · Movie
as Cannonball Taylor
Lawless Empire
1945 · Movie
as Cannonball
Outlaws of the Rockies
1945 · Movie
as Cannonball
Rustlers of the Badlands
1945 · Movie
as Cannonball
Sagebrush Heroes
1945 · Movie
as Cannonball
Saddle Leather Law
1944 · Movie
as Cannonball
Sundown Valley
1944 · Movie
as Cannonball Boggs
Cowboy Canteen
1944 · Movie
as Cannonball
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
1944 · Movie
as Cannonball
Wyoming Hurricane
1944 · Movie
as Doc 'Canonball' Jones
Cowboy from Lonesome River
1944 · Movie
as Cannonball
The Last Horseman
1944 · Movie
as Cannonball
Saddles and Sagebrush
1943 · Movie
as Cannonball
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943 · Movie
as Cannonball
Silver City Raiders
1943 · Movie
as Cannonball
Minesweeper
1943 · Movie
as Seaman Stubby Gordon
Cowboy in the Clouds
1943 · Movie
as Cannonball
The Vigilantes Ride
1943 · Movie
as Cannonball Taylor
A Tornado in the Saddle
1942 · Movie
as Cannonball
The Lone Prairie
1942 · Movie
as Cannonball
The Return of Daniel Boone
1941 · Movie
as Cannonball
Hands Across the Rockies
1941 · Movie
as Cannonball Taylor
The Son of Davy Crockett
1941 · Movie
as Cannonball
Across the Sierras
1941 · Movie
as Cannonball
North from the Lone Star
1941 · Movie
as Cannonball
King of Dodge City
1941 · Movie
as Cannonball Taylor
Tanks a Million
1941 · Movie
as Malloy
One Man's Law
1940 · Movie
as Nevady
The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940 · Movie
as Cannonball
The Wildcat of Tucson
1940 · Movie
as Cannonball
Prairie Schooners
1940 · Movie
as Cannonball
Beyond the Sacramento
1940 · Movie
as Cannonball
The Return of Wild Bill
1940 · Movie
as Cannonball
Pioneers of the Frontier
1940 · Movie
as Cannonball Simms
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 · Movie
as Reporter (uncredited)
Taming of the West
1939 · Movie
as Cannonball
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Movie
as Ed Carmichael
Carefree
1938 · Movie
as (uncredited)
