Dub Taylor
Acting
Born: February 26, 1907 · Richmond, Virginia, USA
Died: October 3, 1994 (aged 87)
Highest Rated
Biography
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
Known for
Back to the Future Part III
1990
The Rescuers
1977
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
Maverick
1994
The Wild Bunch
1969
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
The Twilight Zone
1959
Little House on the Prairie
1974
1941
1979
The Getaway
1972
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974
How the West Was Won
1962
Photos (5)
Movies (155)
Back to the Future Part III
Saloon Old Timer
The Rescuers
Digger (voice)
Maverick
Room Clerk
Bonnie and Clyde
Ivan Moss
1941
Mr. Malcomb
The Wild Bunch
Reverend Wainscoat
How the West Was Won
Man (uncredited)
The Getaway
Laughlin
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Station Attendant
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Reporter (uncredited)
Cannonball Run II
Police Officer
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Josh
You Can't Take It with You
Ed Carmichael
Used Cars
Tucker
Major Dundee
Priam
Them!
Railroad Yard Watchman
The Cincinnati Kid
Dealer
Bandolero!
Attendant
The Undefeated
McCartney
Auntie Mame
County Veterinarian (uncredited)
Treasure of Matecumbe
Sheriff Forbes
Pocketful of Miracles
Man (uncredited)
A Man Called Horse
Joe
A Star Is Born
Norman's Driver (uncredited)
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Timekeeper
Gator
Mayor T.L. Caffery
Burnt Offerings
Walker
Death of a Gunfighter
Doc Adams
The Bounty Hunter
Eli Danvers (as Dubb Taylor)
The Fastest Gun Alive
Nolan Brown (uncredited)
The Hallelujah Trail
Clayton Howell
The Best of Times
Mac
Sweet Bird of Youth
Dan Hatcher
Spencer's Mountain
Percy Cook
The Reivers
Dr. Peabody
The Fortune
Rattlesnake Tom
… tick… tick… tick…
Junior
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Mayor
Tom Sawyer
Clayton
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Doc Schultz
Carefree
(uncredited)
Home from the Hill
Bob Skaggs (uncredited)
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
The Westerner's Friend
Junior Bonner
Del
Once Upon a Texas Train
Charlie Lee
I Died a Thousand Times
Ed (uncredited)
Parrish
Teet Howie
Don't Make Waves
Electrician
Poor Pretty Eddie
Justice of the Peace Floyd
Period of Adjustment
Drunk (uncredited)
A Hole in the Head
Fred
Moonshine County Express
Uncle Bill
Conagher
1991
Crime Wave
Gus Snider
The Learning Tree
Spikey
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Pop Cushings
Riding Shotgun
Eddie (uncredited)
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
Old Timer
Evel Knievel
Turquoise Smith
Hearts of the West
Nevada Ticket Agent
Tall Man Riding
Townsman (uncredited)
No Time for Sergeants
Mr. McKinney
Creature from Black Lake
Grandpaw Bridges
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Reed, the Lawyer
Pony Express Rider
Boomer Riley
Honky Tonk
1974
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Harley Davidson
Ride a Northbound Horse
Purse
Man and Boy
Atkins
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Gimme Cap
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Cottonmouth Gorch
The Wild Country
Phil
Riding High
Joe
Menace on the Mountain
Cicero Everhart
The Outlaws
L.D. Sloane
Dragnet
Miller Starkie
This Is a Hijack
Sheriff Gordon
You Can't Run Away from It
Joe
Beartooth
1978
The Losers
Gregory
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Halsey
Black Gold
Doc
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
Bitteroot
Hot Rod Gang
Landlord
North from the Lone Star
Cannonball
Minesweeper
Seaman Stubby Gordon
Country Blue
J.J. 'Jumpy' Belk
Falling from Grace
Grandpa Parks
The Son of Davy Crockett
Cannonball
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Cannonball
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Gunner
Mooncussers
Fire Tender
Frontier Gunlaw
Cannonball
One Man's Law
Nevady
Beyond the Sacramento
Cannonball
Great Day
Doc
Range Renegades
Cannonball
Johnny Banco
1967
Wild in the Sky
Officer Roddenberry
The Decorator
Taxi Driver
The Money Jungle
Pete Jensen
Cowboy Canteen
Cannonball
Roaring Westward
Cannonball
The Return of Wild Bill
Cannonball
Gun Runner
Cannonball Taylor (as 'Cannonball' Taylor)
Something for a Lonely Man
Sheriff
Doc Hooker's Bunch
Dr. Isaiah Beauregard Hooker
Tanks a Million
Malloy
Brock's Last Case
Judge Robbins
Across The Rio Grande
Cannonball Taylor
Hands Across the Rockies
Cannonball Taylor
Texas Panhandle
Cannonball Taylor
Lawless Code
Cannonball Taylor
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
(archive footage)
Silver Trails
Cannonball
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
Cannonball
Across the Sierras
Cannonball
The Return of Daniel Boone
Cannonball
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
Cannonball
Life with Buster Keaton
1951
Blazing the Western Trail
Cannonball
The Winds of Autumn
Rattler S. Gravley
Pioneers of the Frontier
Cannonball Simms
Prairie Schooners
Cannonball
Song of the Drifter
Cannonball
Cowboy in the Clouds
Cannonball
King of Dodge City
Cannonball Taylor
Sagebrush Heroes
Cannonball
Brand of Fear
Cannonball
Outlaw Brand
Cannonball
Partners of the Sunset
Cannonball
Cowboy from Lonesome River
Cannonball
The Last Horseman
Cannonball
Saddles and Sagebrush
Cannonball
Taming of the West
Cannonball
Flash and the Firecat
Sheriff C.W. Thurston
The Wildcat of Tucson
Cannonball
A Tornado in the Saddle
Cannonball
Rustlers of the Badlands
Cannonball
The Lone Prairie
Cannonball
Lawless Empire
Cannonball
Wyoming Hurricane
Doc 'Canonball' Jones
Ridin' Down the Trail
Cannonball
Sundown Valley
Cannonball Boggs
Saddle Leather Law
Cannonball
Gun Law Justice
Cannonball
Courtin' Trouble
Cannonball
The Vigilantes Ride
Cannonball Taylor
Oklahoma Blues
Cannonball Taylor
Cowboy Cavalier
Cannonball
Rough Ridin' Justice
Cannonball
Silver City Raiders
Cannonball
Both Barrels Blazing
Cannonball
Outlaws of the Rockies
Cannonball
The Rangers Ride
Cannonball Taylor
TV Shows (81)
Perry Mason
Stroller · 1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Billy Ray Talbot · 2 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Preacher · 1 eps
The Andy Griffith Show
Ben Beecham · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Ray Tobias · 1 eps
Bonanza
Simon · 1 eps
Bonanza
Otto · 1 eps
Bonanza
Luke Calhoun · 3 eps
Bonanza
Barlow · 1 eps
Little House on the Prairie
Houston Lamb · 4 eps
The Virginian
Walt Cooper · 1 eps
The Virginian
Runty Bojohn · 1 eps
The Wild Wild West
Guard · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
Peters · 1 eps
Love, American Style
1 eps
Love, American Style
Pa · 1 eps
Love, American Style
Grover · 1 eps
The Cosby Show
Slim Claxton · 1 eps
I Love Lucy
Rattlesnake Jones · 1 eps
The Partridge Family
Flicker · 1 eps
Emergency!
Old Man · 1 eps
Emergency!
George · 1 eps
Cheyenne
Hoyt · 1 eps
The Big Valley
Doc Tully · 1 eps
Lawman
1 eps
Lawman
Chef's Assistant (uncredited) · 1 eps
Lawman
Bartender · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Sonny Starr · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Cook · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Bartender · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Farnum · 2 eps
Gunsmoke
Noah Riker · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Rev. Finney Cox · 1 eps
Designing Women
2 eps
The High Chaparral
Oscar Hipple · 1 eps
The High Chaparral
Fargo Smith · 1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Hogan · 1 eps
Burke's Law
Garnet · 1 eps
Surfside 6
1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Yancie · 1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Harper - Auctioneer · 1 eps
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Preacher · 1 eps
The Odd Couple
Slim · 1 eps
That Girl
1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
Man Tourist · 1 eps
Hazel
2 eps
Hazel
Mitch Brady · 2 eps
Alias Smith and Jones
2 eps
Dennis the Menace
Opie · 3 eps
The Monkees
Paw · 1 eps
Lancer
2 eps
How the West Was Won
Moss · 1 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Henry Jackson · 1 eps
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Charley McQuade · 1 eps
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
George B. Glines · 1 eps
Laredo
2 eps
The Mod Squad
2 eps
Cimarron Strip
Owley · 1 eps
26 Men
1 eps
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Freddy · 1 eps
Movin' On
1 eps
Ensign O'Toole
Clerk · 1 eps
The Loner
Jim · 1 eps
The Monroes
2 eps
Darkroom
Dixie Weeks · 1 eps
Bret Maverick
Toothless Tim Teal · 1 eps
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Ed Hewley · 58 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Purse · 2 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Fire Tender · 1 eps
The Wonderful World of Disney
Cicero Everhart · 2 eps
Run, Joe, Run
1 eps
Mr. Terrific
Preacher · 1 eps
Temple Houston
Cliff Willard · 1 eps
Custer
1 eps
The Brian Keith Show
1 eps
Death Valley Days
Rupert · 1 eps
Wichita Town
1 eps
The Westerner
Walt Smith · 1 eps
Casey Jones
Wallie Sims · 32 eps
Chopper One
Rudy · 1 eps
