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Dub Taylor

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

Personal information

Birthday

1907-02-26

Birth Place

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Movies and TV shows :

1941

1941

1979

5.8

Movie
poster

26 Men

1957

4.2

TV
poster

77 Sunset Strip

1958

6.7

TV
A Hole in the Head

A Hole in the Head

1959

6.1

Movie
A Man Called Horse

A Man Called Horse

1970

6.4

Movie
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born

1954

7.1

Movie
A Tornado in the Saddle

A Tornado in the Saddle

1942

2.3

Movie
Across The Rio Grande

Across The Rio Grande

1949

3.7

Movie
Across the Sierras

Across the Sierras

1941

2.2

Movie
poster

Alias Smith and Jones

1971

6.9

TV
Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame

1958

7.0

Movie
Back to the Future Part III

Back to the Future Part III

1990

7.5

Movie
Bandolero!

Bandolero!

1968

6.5

Movie
Beartooth

Beartooth

1978

3.2

Movie
Beyond the Sacramento

Beyond the Sacramento

1940

0.0

Movie
Black Gold

Black Gold

1962

1.0

Movie
Blazing the Western Trail

Blazing the Western Trail

1945

5.6

Movie
poster

Bonanza

1959

7.5

TV
Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde

1967

7.5

Movie
Both Barrels Blazing

Both Barrels Blazing

1945

5.5

Movie
Brand of Fear

Brand of Fear

1949

3.0

Movie
poster

Bret Maverick

1981

4.0

TV
Brock's Last Case

Brock's Last Case

1973

4.0

Movie
poster

Burke's Law

1963

6.0

TV
Burnt Offerings

Burnt Offerings

1976

6.5

Movie
Cannonball Run II

Cannonball Run II

1984

5.4

Movie
Carefree

Carefree

1938

6.6

Movie
poster

Casey Jones

1957

5.5

TV
poster

Cheyenne

1955

5.8

TV
poster

Chopper One

1974

5.0

TV
poster

Cimarron Strip

1967

5.0

TV
Conagher

Conagher

1991

6.6

Movie
Country Blue

Country Blue

1973

4.3

Movie
Courtin' Trouble

Courtin' Trouble

1948

0.0

Movie
Cowboy Canteen

Cowboy Canteen

1944

0.0

Movie
Cowboy Cavalier

Cowboy Cavalier

1948

0.0

Movie
Cowboy from Lonesome River

Cowboy from Lonesome River

1944

0.0

Movie
Cowboy in the Clouds

Cowboy in the Clouds

1943

0.0

Movie
Creature from Black Lake

Creature from Black Lake

1976

5.1

Movie
Crime Wave

Crime Wave

1953

7.1

Movie
poster

Custer

1967

6.0

TV
Cyclone Prairie Rangers

Cyclone Prairie Rangers

1944

0.0

Movie
Death of a Gunfighter

Death of a Gunfighter

1969

6.3

Movie
poster

Death Valley Days

1952

6.4

TV
poster

Dennis the Menace

1959

6.7

TV
poster

Designing Women

1986

6.7

TV
poster

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

5.5

TV
Don't Make Waves

Don't Make Waves

1967

5.3

Movie
Dragnet

Dragnet

1954

6.2

Movie
poster

Emergency!

1972

7.8

TV
poster

Ensign O'Toole

1962

6.5

TV
Evel Knievel

Evel Knievel

1971

4.9

Movie
Falling from Grace

Falling from Grace

1992

4.7

Movie
Flash and the Firecat

Flash and the Firecat

1975

7.0

Movie
Frontier Gunlaw

Frontier Gunlaw

1946

0.0

Movie
Gator

Gator

1976

5.2

Movie
Great Day

Great Day

1977

0.0

Movie
Gun Law Justice

Gun Law Justice

1949

0.0

Movie
Gun Runner

Gun Runner

1949

0.0

Movie
poster

Gunsmoke

1955

6.5

TV
Hands Across the Rockies

Hands Across the Rockies

1941

7.2

Movie
poster

Hawaii Five-O

1968

7.1

TV
poster

Hazel

1961

7.0

TV
Hearts of the West

Hearts of the West

1975

5.4

Movie
Home from the Hill

Home from the Hill

1960

6.8

Movie
Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

1974

0.0

Movie
Hot Rod Gang

Hot Rod Gang

1958

4.8

Movie
How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

1962

7.0

Movie
poster

How the West Was Won

1977

7.0

TV
I Died a Thousand Times

I Died a Thousand Times

1955

6.1

Movie
poster

I Love Lucy

1951

8.0

TV
Johnny Banco

Johnny Banco

1967

4.5

Movie
Junior Bonner

Junior Bonner

1972

6.1

Movie
King of Dodge City

King of Dodge City

1941

0.0

Movie
Kit Carson and the Mountain Men

Kit Carson and the Mountain Men

1977

0.0

Movie
poster

Lancer

1968

4.7

TV
poster

Laredo

1965

6.3

TV
Lawless Code

Lawless Code

1949

0.0

Movie
Lawless Empire

Lawless Empire

1945

0.0

Movie
poster

Lawman

1958

5.4

TV
Life with Buster Keaton

Life with Buster Keaton

1951

0.0

Movie
poster

Little House on the Prairie

1974

8.0

TV
poster

Love, American Style

1969

5.8

TV
Major Dundee

Major Dundee

1965

6.7

Movie
Man and Boy

Man and Boy

1971

6.0

Movie
Maverick

Maverick

1994

6.9

Movie
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

1976

9.0

Movie
Menace on the Mountain

Menace on the Mountain

1970

4.0

Movie
Minesweeper

Minesweeper

1943

5.0

Movie
Mooncussers

Mooncussers

1962

5.0

Movie
Moonshine County Express

Moonshine County Express

1977

5.2

Movie
poster

Movin' On

1974

6.8

TV
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

7.9

Movie
poster

Mr. Terrific

1967

7.1

TV
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

1991

6.1

Movie
No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants

1958

7.2

Movie
North from the Lone Star

North from the Lone Star

1941

0.0

Movie
Oklahoma Blues

Oklahoma Blues

1948

0.0

Movie
Once Upon a Texas Train

Once Upon a Texas Train

1988

5.4

Movie
One Man's Law

One Man's Law

1940

0.0

Movie
Outlaw Brand

Outlaw Brand

1948

0.0

Movie
Outlaws of the Rockies

Outlaws of the Rockies

1945

5.0

Movie
Parrish

Parrish

1961

5.4

Movie
Partners of the Sunset

Partners of the Sunset

1948

0.0

Movie
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

1973

7.2

Movie
Period of Adjustment

Period of Adjustment

1962

5.7

Movie
poster

Perry Mason

1957

7.7

TV
Pioneers of the Frontier

Pioneers of the Frontier

1940

0.0

Movie
poster

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

1965

6.6

TV
Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

7.3

Movie
Pony Express Rider

Pony Express Rider

1976

5.0

Movie
Poor Pretty Eddie

Poor Pretty Eddie

1975

5.0

Movie
Prairie Schooners

Prairie Schooners

1940

0.0

Movie
Range Renegades

Range Renegades

1948

0.0

Movie
Ride a Northbound Horse

Ride a Northbound Horse

1969

0.0

Movie
Riders of the Northwest Mounted

Riders of the Northwest Mounted

1943

6.5

Movie
Ridin' Down the Trail

Ridin' Down the Trail

1947

0.0

Movie
Riding High

Riding High

1950

5.8

Movie
Roaring Westward

Roaring Westward

1949

0.0

Movie
Rough Ridin' Justice

Rough Ridin' Justice

1945

0.0

Movie
poster

Run, Joe, Run

1974

6.2

TV
Rustlers of the Badlands

Rustlers of the Badlands

1945

0.0

Movie
Saddle Leather Law

Saddle Leather Law

1944

0.0

Movie
Saddles and Sagebrush

Saddles and Sagebrush

1943

4.3

Movie
Sagebrush Heroes

Sagebrush Heroes

1945

0.0

Movie
Shootout in a One-Dog Town

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

1974

0.0

Movie
Silver City Raiders

Silver City Raiders

1943

0.0

Movie
Silver Trails

Silver Trails

1948

0.0

Movie
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

1981

4.5

Movie
Something for a Lonely Man

Something for a Lonely Man

1968

7.4

Movie
Song of the Drifter

Song of the Drifter

1948

0.0

Movie
Spencer's Mountain

Spencer's Mountain

1963

6.7

Movie
Sundown Valley

Sundown Valley

1944

0.0

Movie
Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971

6.5

Movie
poster

Surfside 6

1960

5.0

TV
Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth

1962

6.8

Movie
Tall Man Riding

Tall Man Riding

1955

5.5

Movie
Tanks a Million

Tanks a Million

1941

5.0

Movie
Texas Panhandle

Texas Panhandle

1945

6.0

Movie
poster

That Girl

1966

6.1

TV
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

1967

6.4

Movie
poster

The Andy Griffith Show

1960

7.6

TV
poster

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

1960

6.2

TV
poster

The Beachcomber

1962

0.0

TV
The Best of Times

The Best of Times

1986

5.6

Movie
The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter

1954

6.6

Movie
poster

The Brian Keith Show

1972

5.0

TV
The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid

1965

7.0

Movie
poster

The Cosby Show

1984

7.0

TV
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return

1975

5.5

Movie
The Decorator

The Decorator

1965

6.0

Movie
The Delphi Bureau

The Delphi Bureau

1972

0.0

Movie
The Fastest Gun Alive

The Fastest Gun Alive

1956

6.8

Movie
The Fortune

The Fortune

1975

5.3

Movie
The Getaway

The Getaway

1972

7.1

Movie
The Great Smokey Roadblock

The Great Smokey Roadblock

1978

5.9

Movie
poster

The Guns of Will Sonnett

1967

6.3

TV
The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail

1965

6.0

Movie
poster

The High Chaparral

1967

6.5

TV
The Last Horseman

The Last Horseman

1944

0.0

Movie
The Learning Tree

The Learning Tree

1969

6.9

Movie
The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970

5.7

Movie
poster

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

1955

6.7

TV
poster

The Lloyd Bridges Show

1962

5.0

TV
The Lone Prairie

The Lone Prairie

1942

0.0

Movie
poster

The Loner

1965

5.7

TV
The Losers

The Losers

1963

0.0

Movie
The Man from Tumbleweeds

The Man from Tumbleweeds

1940

3.0

Movie
poster

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964

7.1

TV
The Marshall of Trail City

The Marshall of Trail City

1950

5.0

Movie
poster

The Mod Squad

1968

6.5

TV
The Money Jungle

The Money Jungle

1967

5.0

Movie
poster

The Monkees

1966

6.5

TV
poster

The Monroes

1966

5.7

TV
poster

The Odd Couple

1970

7.8

TV
The Outlaws

The Outlaws

1984

0.0

Movie
The Rangers Ride

The Rangers Ride

1948

0.0

Movie
The Reivers

The Reivers

1969

6.4

Movie
The Rescuers

The Rescuers

1977

6.8

Movie
The Return of Daniel Boone

The Return of Daniel Boone

1941

4.5

Movie
The Return of Wild Bill

The Return of Wild Bill

1940

0.0

Movie
The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West

1968

6.2

Movie
The Son of Davy Crockett

The Son of Davy Crockett

1941

0.0

Movie
The Taming of the West

The Taming of the West

1939

0.0

Movie
poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

TV
poster

The Twilight Zone

1959

8.4

TV
The Undefeated

The Undefeated

1969

6.2

Movie
The Vigilantes Ride

The Vigilantes Ride

1943

0.0

Movie
poster

The Virginian

1962

6.4

TV
poster

The Westerner

1960

6.7

TV
The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch

1969

7.6

Movie
The Wild Country

The Wild Country

1970

6.0

Movie
poster

The Wild Wild West

1965

7.6

TV
The Wildcat of Tucson

The Wildcat of Tucson

1940

0.0

Movie
The Winds of Autumn

The Winds of Autumn

1976

5.8

Movie
poster

The Wonderful World of Disney

1954

7.6

TV
Them!

Them!

1954

6.8

Movie
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

1978

4.0

Movie
This Is a Hijack

This Is a Hijack

1973

5.5

Movie
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

1974

6.7

Movie
Tick... Tick... Tick...

Tick... Tick... Tick...

1970

6.5

Movie
Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

1973

6.3

Movie
Treasure of Matecumbe

Treasure of Matecumbe

1976

6.6

Movie
Used Cars

Used Cars

1980

6.4

Movie
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

1971

8.0

Movie
poster

Wichita Town

1959

4.2

TV
Wild in the Sky

Wild in the Sky

1972

0.0

Movie
Wyoming Hurricane

Wyoming Hurricane

1944

0.0

Movie
You Can't Run Away from It

You Can't Run Away from It

1956

4.3

Movie
You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You

1938

7.5

Movie