
Vaughn Taylor
Known for Acting · 119 credits
- Born
- 1911-02-22
- Died
- 1983-04-26
- Place of birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- Also known as
- Vaughn Everett Taylor
Biography
Vaughn Taylor (February 22, 1910 – April 26, 1983) was an American film and television actor. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His film credits include Jailhouse Rock, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Psycho and In Cold Blood. In his many television appearances, Taylor appeared in several episodes of the Twilight Zone, including the role of the salesman in the episode" I Sing the Body Electric". He also appeared in "Time Enough at Last", "Still Valley", an episode of "The Outer Limits" called "The Guests" as the character Mr. Latimer, "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" and "The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross". In 1958, he appeared as a doctor shot to death in the back by the brother, played by Nick Adams of an outlaw, portrayed by Michael Landon, whom he had treated in the Steve McQueen CBS western Wanted: Dead or Alive. Taylor appeared three times in the 1960–1961 season in the syndicated series COronado 9 starring Rod Cameron. He guest starred in 1961 as a veterinarian in the ABC sitcom The Hathaways, starring Peggy Cass, Jack Weston, and the Marquis Chimps. Taylor also appeared in 1961 in James Franciscus's short-lived CBS drama series, The Investigators. He was also a frequent guest on the Perry Mason series, appearing a total of eight times (including the first episode). He died in 1983, aged 73, two months before the release of Psycho II, which was the sequel to the original Psycho.
Known For

Ironside
1967

Perry Mason
1957
as Mr. Boles / Bishop Arthur Mallory / Harry Folsom / Ralph Duncan / Prof. Sneider / Martin Weston / Sanford Harper / Montrose Foster

The Fugitive
1963
as Arvin Keel / Mayor Otis Penfield / Pharmacist Feeney / Sheriff Crowley

The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Frank Chase

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Pa Kettle / Retz / Bill Stapp / Quincy Berry / Edward / Harry Knighton / Dabe / William Deveraux / Gramps / Captain Crocker / Barnes / Lester

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Dr. Babcock
TV Shows (64)

Ironside
1967

Perry Mason
1957
as Mr. Boles / Bishop Arthur Mallory / Harry Folsom / Ralph Duncan / Prof. Sneider / Martin Weston / Sanford Harper / Montrose Foster

The Fugitive
1963
as Arvin Keel / Mayor Otis Penfield / Pharmacist Feeney / Sheriff Crowley

The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Frank Chase

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Pa Kettle / Retz / Bill Stapp / Quincy Berry / Edward / Harry Knighton / Dabe / William Deveraux / Gramps / Captain Crocker / Barnes / Lester

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Dr. Babcock

Get Smart
1965
as Herb Gaffer, Agent Four

The Twilight Zone
1959
as Teague / Mr. Judson / Salesman / Mr. Maitland

Petticoat Junction
1963
as Mr. Foley / Bill Clayton

Mannix
1967

Studio One
1948
as Casca / Admiral Luetjens / Mr. Racknall / Carlton Delafield / Billy / Prof. Henry Lempkin / Doc

Bewitched
1964

Burke's Law
1963
as Ben Schneider / Mr. Moody

Naked City
1958
as J. Milton Turpin

Daniel Boone
1964
as Justice Homer Godwin / Judge Qualey

Cheyenne
1955

Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Dean Worthington

The F.B.I.
1965
as Sarrew

Run for Your Life
1965
as Henry Sloan

Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Julian Tyler

Gunsmoke
1955
as Olie Ridgers / Parson / Judge Fletcher Anderson

Rawhide
1959
as Judge Brady / Clay Heath / Perce Morgan

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964

Thriller
1960
as Uncle Philip Landers / Pontifex Tundifer

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek / Mr. Mergenthwirker / Alfred Stubbs / Pa Blanchard

The High Chaparral
1967
as Asa Simmons

The Invaders
1967
as Kemper

The Outer Limits
1963
as Randall Latimer / Dean Flint

Armstrong Circle Theatre
1950

Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Dr. Glen Leach / Curtis Paine / Doc Adams

Omnibus
1952

Route 66
1960

The Millionaire
1955
as Lucas

77 Sunset Strip
1958

Adventures in Paradise
1959
as Lamb

The Texan
1958

Laredo
1965
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Count Clerk

Tales of Tomorrow
1951
as Crazy John

The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Artie Quint

Black Saddle
1959
as Eli Banks

Arnie
1970

Lancer
1968

Branded
1965

Trackdown
1957

Cain's Hundred
1961
as Harry Marstow

Bronco
1958

Wire Service
1956
as Hugh Saxton

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967

Letter to Loretta
1953
as Boris Atherton / Steve Winters / Mr. Ashley / John Douglas

Coronado 9
1960

The New Breed
1961
as Felix Wainwright

The Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Prosecutor Clayton

Tightrope
1959

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
as Judge Shinn

Target: The Corruptors!
1961

Inner Sanctum
1954
Grindl
1963

The Cara Williams Show
1964

Tate
1960
Movies (55)

Psycho
1960
as George Lowery

The Professionals
1966
as Banker

The Wizard of Baghdad
1961
as Norodeen

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
as Deacon Davis

In Cold Blood
1967
as Good Samaritan

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Powell

Warlock
1959
as Henry Richardson

The Power
1968
as Mr. Hallson

Jailhouse Rock
1957
as Mr. Shores (narrator)

The Million Dollar Duck
1971
as Bank President (uncredited)

The Young Lions
1958
as John Plowman (uncredited)

Party Girl
1958
as Dr. Caderman (uncredited)

The Gallant Hours
1960
as Mike Pulaski

It Should Happen to You
1954
as Entrikin

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971
as Willis

The Gumball Rally
1976
as Andy McAllister - Mercedes Team

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966
as Mr. Bell
Fever Heat
1968
as Toad Taplinger

The Last Challenge
1967
as Jim Haskell (uncredited)

Decision at Sundown
1957
as Mr. Baldwin

Harvest
1953
as Gramps

Cowboy
1958
as Mr. Fowler, Chicago Hotel Manager

The Lineup
1958
as The Man

The Carpetbaggers
1964
as Doctor

The Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
as Mr. Cartwright

The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
as Rev. Longbaugh

This Could Be the Night
1957
as Ziggy Dawit

My Dog, the Thief
1969
as Dog Catcher

Francis Goes to the Races
1951
as Chief Inspector Carrington

They Call It Murder
1971
as Harry Marshall

Screaming Mimi
1958
as Raoul Reynarde

Zebra in the Kitchen
1965
as Councilman Pew

The Plunderers
1960
as Jess Walters

10,000 Horses Singing
1952
as Mr. Racknall

Kilroy
1965
as bank president

Blue Denim
1959
as Professor Willard

Beauty and the Bride
1953
as Narrator

The Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
as Mr. Bildad

Andy Hardy Comes Home
1958
as Thomas Chandler

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Mr. Carsville (archive footage)

Meet Danny Wilson
1952
as T.W. Hatcher

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
1975
as Land Agent

The Wheeler Dealers
1963
as Thaddeus Whipple

Dark Intruder
1965
as Dr. Burdett

Back at the Front
1952
as Maj. Lester Ormsby

Winter Kill
1974
as Frank

Set This Town on Fire
1973
as Stabler
Radio, Take It Away
1947

Diamond Head
1962
as Judge Blanding

Up Front
1951
as Maj. Lester

Brock's Last Case
1973
as Doc Walters

Gunsmoke in Tucson
1958
as Ben Bodeen

Scarecrow
1972
as Reverend Rand
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1946

The Bells of Cockaigne
1953
as Jonesy
About Vaughn Taylor
Vaughn Taylor (February 22, 1910 – April 26, 1983) was an American film and television actor. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His film credits include Jailhouse Rock, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Psycho and In Cold Blood. In his many television appearances, Taylor appeared in several episodes of the Twilight Zone, including the role of the salesman in the episode" I Sing the Body Electric". He also appeared in "Time Enough at Last", "Still Valley", an episode of "The Outer Limits" called "The Guests" as the character Mr. Latimer, "The Incredib… With 119 credits spanning from 1946 to 2019, Vaughn Taylor has appeared in 55 films and 64 TV shows.
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- Psycho (1960) — as George Lowery
- The Professionals (1966) — as Banker
- The Wizard of Baghdad (1961) — as Norodeen
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) — as Deacon Davis
- In Cold Blood (1967) — as Good Samaritan
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