Dub Taylor
Known for Acting · 217 credits
- Born
- 1907-02-26
- Died
- 1994-10-03
- Place of birth
- Richmond, Virginia, USA
- Also known as
- Cannonball Taylor · Dubb Taylor · Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor Jr. · Walter Clarence Taylor Jr.
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.
Known For
TV Shows (60)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Perry Mason
1957
as Stroller
Little House on the Prairie
1974
as Houston Lamb
Bonanza
1959
as Simon / Otto / Luke Calhoun / Barlow
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Billy Ray Talbot / Preacher / Ben Beecham
Emergency!
1972
as Old Man / George
The Cosby Show
1984
as Slim Claxton
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as Ray Tobias
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Guard
The Virginian
1962
as Walt Cooper / Runty Bojohn
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Peters
Love, American Style
1969
as Pa / Grover
Burke's Law
1963
as Garnet
I Love Lucy
1951
as Rattlesnake Jones
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
as Hogan
Cheyenne
1955
as Hoyt
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
as Yancie / Harper - Auctioneer
Lawman
1958
as Chef's Assistant (uncredited) / Bartender
The Big Valley
1965
as Doc Tully
Dennis the Menace
1959
as Opie
Gunsmoke
1955
as Sonny Starr / Cook / Bartender / Farnum / Noah Riker / Rev. Finney Cox
The High Chaparral
1967
as Oscar Hipple / Fargo Smith
77 Sunset Strip
1958
as Man Tourist
The Odd Couple
1970
as Slim
Designing Women
1986
The Partridge Family
1970
as Flicker
Hazel
1961
as Mitch Brady
That Girl
1966
The Monkees
1966
as Paw
Surfside 6
1960
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
as Preacher
Laredo
1965
The Mod Squad
1968
Alias Smith and Jones
1971
Lancer
1968
How the West Was Won
1977
as Moss
Cimarron Strip
1967
as Owley
The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
as Henry Jackson
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960
as George B. Glines
The Loner
1965
as Jim
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Purse / Fire Tender / Cicero Everhart
Movin' On
1974
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965
as Ed Hewley
26 Men
1957
Ensign O'Toole
1962
as Clerk
Casey Jones
1957
as Wallie Sims
Death Valley Days
1952
as Rupert
Mr. Terrific
1967
as Preacher
The Monroes
1966
The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962
as Freddy
The Westerner
1960
as Walt Smith
Custer
1967
Bret Maverick
1981
as Toothless Tim Teal
Temple Houston
1963
as Cliff Willard
Wichita Town
1959
Darkroom
1981
as Dixie Weeks
The Beachcomber
1962
as Pete Dibley
Run, Joe, Run
1974
The Brian Keith Show
1972
Chopper One
1974
as Rudy
Movies (157)
Back to the Future Part III
1990
as Saloon Old Timer
Them!
1954
as Railroad Yard Watchman
The Rescuers
1977
as Digger (voice)
Bonnie and Clyde
1967
as Ivan Moss
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
1972
as Old Timer
Maverick
1994
as Room Clerk
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974
as Station Attendant
How the West Was Won
1962
as Man (uncredited)
1941
1979
as Mr. Malcomb
Bandolero!
1968
as Attendant
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973
as Josh
Cannonball Run II
1984
as Police Officer
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Reporter (uncredited)
The Wild Bunch
1969
as Reverend Wainscoat
Home from the Hill
1960
as Bob Skaggs (uncredited)
… tick… tick… tick…
1970
as Junior
The Undefeated
1969
as McCartney
The Getaway
1972
as Laughlin
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
as Man (uncredited)
Used Cars
1980
as Tucker
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Ed Carmichael
The Cincinnati Kid
1965
as Dealer
Major Dundee
1965
as Priam
A Star Is Born
1954
as Norman's Driver (uncredited)
The Fastest Gun Alive
1956
as Nolan Brown (uncredited)
The Bounty Hunter
1954
as Eli Danvers (as Dubb Taylor)
Auntie Mame
1958
as County Veterinarian (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971
as Doc Schultz
Gator
1976
as Mayor T.L. Caffery
Burnt Offerings
1976
as Walker
The Hallelujah Trail
1965
as Clayton Howell
Hearts of the West
1975
as Nevada Ticket Agent
Hot Rod Gang
1958
as Landlord
Death of a Gunfighter
1969
as Doc Adams
Once Upon a Texas Train
1988
as Charlie Lee
Moonshine County Express
1977
as Uncle Bill
The Fortune
1975
as Rattlesnake Tom
A Man Called Horse
1970
as Joe
Poor Pretty Eddie
1975
as Justice of the Peace Floyd
Riding Shotgun
1954
as Eddie (uncredited)
Spencer's Mountain
1963
as Percy Cook
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
as Joe
I Died a Thousand Times
1955
as Ed (uncredited)
Treasure of Matecumbe
1976
as Sheriff Forbes
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967
as Timekeeper
Riding High
1950
as Joe
Tom Sawyer
1973
as Clayton
The Reivers
1969
as Dr. Peabody
Tall Man Riding
1955
as Townsman (uncredited)
Sweet Bird of Youth
1962
as Dan Hatcher
Conagher
1991
The Wild Country
1970
as Phil
Flash and the Firecat
1975
as Sheriff C.W. Thurston
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991
as The Westerner's Friend
Country Blue
1973
as J.J. 'Jumpy' Belk
Beartooth
1978
Man and Boy
1971
as Atkins
Junior Bonner
1972
as Del
Menace on the Mountain
1970
as Cicero Everhart
The Best of Times
1986
as Mac
The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
as Pop Cushings
Beyond the Sacramento
1940
as Cannonball
Outlaws of the Rockies
1945
as Cannonball
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991
as Gimme Cap
A Hole in the Head
1959
as Fred
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
1975
as Bitteroot
The Winds of Autumn
1976
as Rattler S. Gravley
Taming of the West
1939
as Cannonball
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970
as Mayor
Creature from Black Lake
1976
as Grandpaw Bridges
Falling from Grace
1992
as Grandpa Parks
Pony Express Rider
1976
as Boomer Riley
No Time for Sergeants
1958
as Mr. McKinney
Across The Rio Grande
1949
as Cannonball Taylor
Cowboy Canteen
1944
as Cannonball
Don't Make Waves
1967
as Electrician
This Is a Hijack
1973
as Sheriff Gordon
Period of Adjustment
1962
as Drunk (uncredited)
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981
as Cottonmouth Gorch
Crime Wave
1953
as Gus Snider
The Money Jungle
1967
as Pete Jensen
Ride a Northbound Horse
1969
as Purse
Tanks a Million
1941
as Malloy
Parrish
1961
as Teet Howie
The Outlaws
1984
as L.D. Sloane
Ridin' Down the Trail
1947
as Cannonball
The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978
as Harley Davidson
The Learning Tree
1969
as Spikey
A Tornado in the Saddle
1942
as Cannonball
Mooncussers
1962
as Fire Tender
Gun Law Justice
1949
as Cannonball
Evel Knievel
1971
as Turquoise Smith
Wild in the Sky
1972
as Officer Roddenberry
The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940
as Cannonball
The Last Horseman
1944
as Cannonball
One Man's Law
1940
as Nevady
Honky Tonk
1974
Brand of Fear
1949
as Cannonball
Blazing the Western Trail
1945
as Cannonball
Carefree
1938
as (uncredited)
The Lone Prairie
1942
as Cannonball
Rough Ridin' Justice
1945
as Cannonball
Minesweeper
1943
as Seaman Stubby Gordon
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
1944
as Cannonball
Hands Across the Rockies
1941
as Cannonball Taylor
Dragnet
1954
as Miller Starkie
The Wildcat of Tucson
1940
as Cannonball
The Return of Wild Bill
1940
as Cannonball
North from the Lone Star
1941
as Cannonball
Across the Sierras
1941
as Cannonball
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976
as (archive footage)
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974
as Halsey
Song of the Drifter
1948
as Cannonball
Kit Carson and the Mountain Men
1977
as Stableman
Brock's Last Case
1973
as Judge Robbins
Rustlers of the Badlands
1945
as Cannonball
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978
as Gunner
The Vigilantes Ride
1943
as Cannonball Taylor
Johnny Banco
1967
Cowboy from Lonesome River
1944
as Cannonball
About 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 W… With 217 credits spanning from 1938 to 1994, Dub Taylor has appeared in 157 films and 60 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dub Taylor Movies
- Back to the Future Part III (1990) — as Saloon Old Timer
- Them! (1954) — as Railroad Yard Watchman
- The Rescuers (1977) — as Digger (voice)
- Bonnie and Clyde (1967) — as Ivan Moss
- The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment (1972) — as Old Timer
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