Acting
Dub Taylor
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
Maverick
Film · 1994
Falling from Grace
Film · 1992
Conagher
Film · 1991
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Film · 1991
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Film · 1991
Back to the Future Part III
Film · 1990
Once Upon a Texas Train
Film · 1988
The Best of Times
Film · 1986
Designing Women
Series · 1986
Cannonball Run II
Film · 1984
The Outlaws
Film · 1984
The Cosby Show
Series · 1984
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Film · 1981
Bret Maverick
Series · 1981
Darkroom
Series · 1981
Used Cars
Film · 1980
1941
Film · 1979
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Film · 1978
Beartooth
Film · 1978
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Film · 1978
Doc Hooker's Bunch
Film · 1978
The Rescuers
Film · 1977
Great Day
Film · 1977
Moonshine County Express
Film · 1977
Kit Carson and the Mountain Men
Film · 1977
How the West Was Won
Series · 1977
Burnt Offerings
Film · 1976
Creature from Black Lake
Film · 1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Film · 1976
Gator
Film · 1976
Treasure of Matecumbe
Film · 1976
Pony Express Rider
Film · 1976
The Winds of Autumn
Film · 1976
Poor Pretty Eddie
Film · 1975
The Fortune
Film · 1975
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
Film · 1975
Flash and the Firecat
Film · 1975
Hearts of the West
Film · 1975
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Film · 1974
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Film · 1974
Honky Tonk
Film · 1974
Movin' On
Series · 1974
Little House on the Prairie
Series · 1974
Run, Joe, Run
Series · 1974
Chopper One
Series · 1974
Country Blue
Film · 1973
Tom Sawyer
Film · 1973
This Is a Hijack
Film · 1973
Brock's Last Case
Film · 1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Film · 1973
The Getaway
Film · 1972
Junior Bonner
Film · 1972
Wild in the Sky
Film · 1972
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
Film · 1972
The Brian Keith Show
Series · 1972
Emergency!
Series · 1972
Emergency!
Series · 1972
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Film · 1971
Man and Boy
Film · 1971
Evel Knievel
Film · 1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Film · 1971
Alias Smith and Jones
Series · 1971
A Man Called Horse
Film · 1970
… tick… tick… tick…
Film · 1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Film · 1970
Menace on the Mountain
Film · 1970
The Wild Country
Film · 1970
The Odd Couple
Series · 1970
The Partridge Family
Series · 1970
The Wild Bunch
Film · 1969
Death of a Gunfighter
Film · 1969
Ride a Northbound Horse
Film · 1969
The Undefeated
Film · 1969
The Learning Tree
Film · 1969
The Reivers
Film · 1969
Love, American Style
Series · 1969
Hawaii Five-O
Series · 1969
Love, American Style
Series · 1969
Love, American Style
Series · 1969
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Film · 1968
Something for a Lonely Man
Film · 1968
Bandolero!
Film · 1968
The Mod Squad
Series · 1968
Lancer
Series · 1968
The Mod Squad
Series · 1968
Bonnie and Clyde
Film · 1967
The Money Jungle
Film · 1967
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Film · 1967
Don't Make Waves
Film · 1967
Johnny Banco
Film · 1967
The High Chaparral
Series · 1967
Custer
Series · 1967
Mr. Terrific
Series · 1967
The High Chaparral
Series · 1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Series · 1967
Cimarron Strip
Series · 1967
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Series · 1967
That Girl
Series · 1966
The Monroes
Series · 1966
The Monkees
Series · 1966
The Cincinnati Kid
Film · 1965
Major Dundee
Film · 1965
The Decorator
Film · 1965
The Hallelujah Trail
Film · 1965
Laredo
Series · 1965
The Big Valley
Series · 1965
The Loner
Series · 1965
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Series · 1965
The Wild Wild West
Series · 1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Series · 1964
Spencer's Mountain
Film · 1963
The Losers
Film · 1963
Burke's Law
Series · 1963
Temple Houston
Series · 1963
How the West Was Won
Film · 1962
Black Gold
Film · 1962
Period of Adjustment
Film · 1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
Film · 1962
Mooncussers
Film · 1962
The Beachcomber
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
The Virginian
Series · 1962
Ensign O'Toole
Series · 1962
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Series · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
Parrish
Film · 1961
Pocketful of Miracles
Film · 1961
Hazel
Series · 1961
Hazel
Series · 1961
Home from the Hill
Film · 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Series · 1960
Surfside 6
Series · 1960
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Series · 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Series · 1960
The Andy Griffith Show
Series · 1960
The Westerner
Series · 1960
A Hole in the Head
Film · 1959
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1959
Dennis the Menace
Series · 1959
Wichita Town
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
Bonanza
Series · 1959
No Time for Sergeants
Film · 1958
Hot Rod Gang
Film · 1958
Auntie Mame
Film · 1958
Street of Darkness
Film · 1958
77 Sunset Strip
Series · 1958
Lawman
Series · 1958
Lawman
Series · 1958
77 Sunset Strip
Series · 1958
Lawman
Series · 1958
Perry Mason
Series · 1957
Casey Jones
Series · 1957
26 Men
Series · 1957
The Fastest Gun Alive
Film · 1956
You Can't Run Away from It
Film · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Series · 1956
Tall Man Riding
Film · 1955
I Died a Thousand Times
Film · 1955
Cheyenne
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
Gunsmoke
Series · 1955
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Series · 1955
The Bounty Hunter
Film · 1954
Dragnet
Film · 1954
Them!
Film · 1954
A Star Is Born
Film · 1954
Riding Shotgun
Film · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
The Wonderful World of Disney
Series · 1954
Crime Wave
Film · 1953
Death Valley Days
Series · 1952
Life with Buster Keaton
Film · 1951
I Love Lucy
Series · 1951
Riding High
Film · 1950
The Marshall of Trail City
Film · 1950
Gun Law Justice
Film · 1949
Across The Rio Grande
Film · 1949
Gun Runner
Film · 1949
Lawless Code
Film · 1949
Roaring Westward
Film · 1949
Brand of Fear
Film · 1949
Outlaw Brand
Film · 1948
Song of the Drifter
Film · 1948
Range Renegades
Film · 1948
Courtin' Trouble
Film · 1948
The Rangers Ride
Film · 1948
Partners of the Sunset
Film · 1948
Silver Trails
Film · 1948
Oklahoma Blues
Film · 1948
Cowboy Cavalier
Film · 1948
Ridin' Down the Trail
Film · 1947
Frontier Gunlaw
Film · 1946
Rough Ridin' Justice
Film · 1945
Both Barrels Blazing
Film · 1945
Blazing the Western Trail
Film · 1945
Lawless Empire
Film · 1945
Texas Panhandle
Film · 1945
Outlaws of the Rockies
Film · 1945
Rustlers of the Badlands
Film · 1945
Sagebrush Heroes
Film · 1945
Sundown Valley
Film · 1944
Saddle Leather Law
Film · 1944
Cowboy Canteen
Film · 1944
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
Film · 1944
Wyoming Hurricane
Film · 1944
Cowboy from Lonesome River
Film · 1944
The Last Horseman
Film · 1944
Saddles and Sagebrush
Film · 1943
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
Film · 1943
Silver City Raiders
Film · 1943
Minesweeper
Film · 1943
Cowboy in the Clouds
Film · 1943
The Vigilantes Ride
Film · 1943
A Tornado in the Saddle
Film · 1942
The Lone Prairie
Film · 1942
The Return of Daniel Boone
Film · 1941
Hands Across the Rockies
Film · 1941
The Son of Davy Crockett
Film · 1941
Across the Sierras
Film · 1941
North from the Lone Star
Film · 1941
King of Dodge City
Film · 1941
Tanks a Million
Film · 1941
One Man's Law
Film · 1940
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Film · 1940
The Wildcat of Tucson
Film · 1940
Prairie Schooners
Film · 1940
Beyond the Sacramento
Film · 1940
The Return of Wild Bill
Film · 1940
Pioneers of the Frontier
Film · 1940
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Film · 1939
Taming of the West
Film · 1939
You Can't Take It with You
Film · 1938
Carefree
Film · 1938