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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
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Filmography (Movies)
Maverick
Character:Room Clerk
Release Date:20/05/1994
Falling from Grace
Character:Grandpa Parks
Release Date:21/02/1992
The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
Character:The Westerner's Friend
Release Date:03/11/1991
Conagher
Character:
Release Date:01/07/1991
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Character:Gimme Cap
Release Date:01/03/1991
Back to the Future Part III
Character:Saloon Old Timer
Release Date:25/05/1990
Once Upon a Texas Train
Character:Charlie Lee
Release Date:12/10/1988
The Best of Times
Character:Mac
Release Date:31/01/1986
The Outlaws
Character:L.D. Sloane
Release Date:09/07/1984
Cannonball Run II
Character:Police Officer
Release Date:29/06/1984
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
Character:Cottonmouth Gorch
Release Date:09/10/1981
Used Cars
Character:Tucker
Release Date:11/07/1980
1941
Character:Mr. Malcomb
Release Date:14/12/1979
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
Character:Gunner
Release Date:01/12/1978
Doc Hooker's Bunch
Character:Dr. Isaiah Beauregard Hooker
Release Date:11/07/1978
The Great Smokey Roadblock
Character:Harley Davidson
Release Date:21/06/1978
Beartooth
Character:
Release Date:02/01/1978
The Rescuers
Character:Digger (voice)
Release Date:22/06/1977
Moonshine County Express
Character:Uncle Bill
Release Date:01/06/1977
Great Day
Character:Doc
Release Date:23/05/1977
Kit Carson and the Mountain Men
Character:Stableman
Release Date:09/01/1977
Pony Express Rider
Character:Boomer Riley
Release Date:01/11/1976
Burnt Offerings
Character:Walker
Release Date:18/10/1976
Gator
Character:Mayor T.L. Caffery
Release Date:25/08/1976
Treasure of Matecumbe
Character:Sheriff Forbes
Release Date:01/07/1976
The Winds of Autumn
Character:Rattler S. Gravley
Release Date:01/06/1976
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:01/05/1976
Creature from Black Lake
Character:Grandpaw Bridges
Release Date:01/03/1976
Hearts of the West
Character:Nevada Ticket Agent
Release Date:08/10/1975
Poor Pretty Eddie
Character:Justice of the Peace Floyd
Release Date:01/06/1975
Flash and the Firecat
Character:Sheriff C.W. Thurston
Release Date:31/05/1975
The Fortune
Character:Rattlesnake Tom
Release Date:20/05/1975
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
Character:Bitteroot
Release Date:28/01/1975
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Character:Station Attendant
Release Date:23/05/1974
Honky Tonk
Character:
Release Date:01/04/1974
Shootout in a One-Dog Town
Character:Halsey
Release Date:09/01/1974
This Is a Hijack
Character:Sheriff Gordon
Release Date:01/06/1973
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
Character:Josh
Release Date:23/05/1973
Tom Sawyer
Character:Clayton
Release Date:15/03/1973
Brock's Last Case
Character:Judge Robbins
Release Date:05/03/1973
Country Blue
Character:J.J. 'Jumpy' Belk
Release Date:01/01/1973
The Getaway
Character:Laughlin
Release Date:13/12/1972
Junior Bonner
Character:Del
Release Date:21/07/1972
The Delphi Bureau: The Merchant of Death Assignment
Character:Old Timer
Release Date:06/03/1972
Wild in the Sky
Character:Officer Roddenberry
Release Date:01/03/1972
Evel Knievel
Character:Turquoise Smith
Release Date:10/09/1971
Man and Boy
Character:Atkins
Release Date:23/06/1971
Support Your Local Gunfighter
Character:Doc Schultz
Release Date:26/05/1971
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
Character:Reed, the Lawyer
Release Date:01/02/1971
The Wild Country
Character:Phil
Release Date:16/12/1970
A Man Called Horse
Character:Joe
Release Date:01/05/1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Character:Mayor
Release Date:18/03/1970
Menace on the Mountain
Character:Cicero Everhart
Release Date:01/03/1970
… tick… tick… tick…
Character:Junior
Release Date:09/01/1970
The Reivers
Character:Dr. Peabody
Release Date:20/12/1969
The Undefeated
Character:McCartney
Release Date:04/10/1969
The Learning Tree
Character:Spikey
Release Date:06/08/1969
The Wild Bunch
Character:Reverend Wainscoat
Release Date:19/06/1969
Death of a Gunfighter
Character:Doc Adams
Release Date:08/05/1969
Ride a Northbound Horse
Character:Purse
Release Date:16/03/1969
Something for a Lonely Man
Character:Sheriff
Release Date:26/11/1968
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Character:Pop Cushings
Release Date:10/07/1968
Bandolero!
Character:Attendant
Release Date:01/06/1968
The Money Jungle
Character:Pete Jensen
Release Date:15/12/1967
Bonnie and Clyde
Character:Ivan Moss
Release Date:13/08/1967
Johnny Banco
Character:
Release Date:10/08/1967
Don't Make Waves
Character:Electrician
Release Date:20/06/1967
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
Character:Timekeeper
Release Date:08/03/1967
The Cincinnati Kid
Character:Dealer
Release Date:15/10/1965
The Hallelujah Trail
Character:Clayton Howell
Release Date:23/06/1965
The Decorator
Character:Taxi Driver
Release Date:09/06/1965
Major Dundee
Character:Priam
Release Date:15/03/1965
Spencer's Mountain
Character:Percy Cook
Release Date:16/05/1963
The Losers
Character:Gregory
Release Date:15/01/1963
Mooncussers
Character:Fire Tender
Release Date:02/12/1962
How the West Was Won
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:02/11/1962
Period of Adjustment
Character:Drunk (uncredited)
Release Date:31/10/1962
Black Gold
Character:Doc
Release Date:21/07/1962
Sweet Bird of Youth
Character:Dan Hatcher
Release Date:21/03/1962
Pocketful of Miracles
Character:Man (uncredited)
Release Date:18/12/1961
Parrish
Character:Teet Howie
Release Date:04/05/1961
Home from the Hill
Character:Bob Skaggs (uncredited)
Release Date:03/03/1960
A Hole in the Head
Character:Fred
Release Date:15/09/1959
Auntie Mame
Character:County Veterinarian (uncredited)
Release Date:04/12/1958
Hot Rod Gang
Character:Landlord
Release Date:01/08/1958
No Time for Sergeants
Character:Mr. McKinney
Release Date:05/07/1958
You Can't Run Away from It
Character:Joe
Release Date:30/10/1956
The Fastest Gun Alive
Character:Nolan Brown (uncredited)
Release Date:12/07/1956
I Died a Thousand Times
Character:Ed (uncredited)
Release Date:09/11/1955
Tall Man Riding
Character:Townsman (uncredited)
Release Date:18/06/1955
A Star Is Born
Character:Norman's Driver (uncredited)
Release Date:01/10/1954
The Bounty Hunter
Character:Eli Danvers
Release Date:25/09/1954
Dragnet
Character:Miller Starkie
Release Date:04/09/1954
Them!
Character:Railroad Yard Watchman
Release Date:16/06/1954
Riding Shotgun
Character:Eddie (uncredited)
Release Date:01/04/1954
Crime Wave
Character:Gus Snider
Release Date:22/10/1953
Life with Buster Keaton
Character:
Release Date:10/02/1951
The Marshall of Trail City
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:10/05/1950
Riding High
Character:Joe
Release Date:12/04/1950
Lawless Code
Character:Cannonball Taylor
Release Date:04/12/1949
Roaring Westward
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:14/09/1949
Brand of Fear
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:10/07/1949
Across The Rio Grande
Character:Cannonball Taylor
Release Date:14/05/1949
Gun Law Justice
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:13/03/1949
Gun Runner
Character:Cannonball Taylor (as 'Cannonball' Taylor)
Release Date:30/01/1949
Courtin' Trouble
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:21/11/1948
Outlaw Brand
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:24/10/1948
Silver Trails
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:21/08/1948
Cowboy Cavalier
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:11/07/1948
Range Renegades
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:06/06/1948
Partners of the Sunset
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:05/05/1948
The Rangers Ride
Character:Cannonball Taylor
Release Date:25/04/1948
Oklahoma Blues
Character:Cannonball Taylor
Release Date:28/03/1948
Song of the Drifter
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:17/01/1948
Ridin' Down the Trail
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:03/10/1947
Frontier Gunlaw
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:31/01/1946
Texas Panhandle
Character:Cannonball Taylor
Release Date:20/12/1945
Lawless Empire
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:15/11/1945
Outlaws of the Rockies
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:18/09/1945
Blazing the Western Trail
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:08/09/1945
Rustlers of the Badlands
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:16/08/1945
Both Barrels Blazing
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:16/05/1945
Rough Ridin' Justice
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:14/03/1945
Sagebrush Heroes
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:01/02/1945
Saddle Leather Law
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:21/12/1944
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:09/11/1944
Cowboy from Lonesome River
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:21/09/1944
The Last Horseman
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:22/06/1944
Wyoming Hurricane
Character:Doc 'Canonball' Jones
Release Date:20/04/1944
Sundown Valley
Character:Cannonball Boggs
Release Date:23/03/1944
Cowboy Canteen
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:09/02/1944
Cowboy in the Clouds
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:23/12/1943
The Vigilantes Ride
Character:Cannonball Taylor
Release Date:23/12/1943
Minesweeper
Character:Seaman Stubby Gordon
Release Date:10/11/1943
Silver City Raiders
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:04/11/1943
Saddles and Sagebrush
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:26/04/1943
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:15/02/1943
A Tornado in the Saddle
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:15/12/1942
The Lone Prairie
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:15/10/1942
Tanks a Million
Character:Malloy
Release Date:12/09/1941
King of Dodge City
Character:Cannonball Taylor
Release Date:14/08/1941
The Son of Davy Crockett
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:15/07/1941
Hands Across the Rockies
Character:Cannonball Taylor
Release Date:19/06/1941
The Return of Daniel Boone
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:07/05/1941
North from the Lone Star
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:30/03/1941
Across the Sierras
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:13/02/1941
The Wildcat of Tucson
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:31/12/1940
Beyond the Sacramento
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:11/11/1940
Prairie Schooners
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:29/09/1940
One Man's Law
Character:Nevady
Release Date:29/06/1940
The Return of Wild Bill
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:26/06/1940
The Man from Tumbleweeds
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:02/05/1940
Pioneers of the Frontier
Character:Cannonball Simms
Release Date:14/02/1940
Taming of the West
Character:Cannonball
Release Date:07/12/1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character:Reporter (uncredited)
Release Date:19/10/1939
Carefree
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:02/09/1938
You Can't Take It with You
Character:Ed Carmichael
Release Date:01/09/1938
Television Appearances
Designing Women
Character:
The Cosby Show
Character:Slim Claxton
Bret Maverick
Character:Toothless Tim Teal
How the West Was Won
Character:Moss
Movin' On
Character:
Little House on the Prairie
Character:
Run, Joe, Run
Character:
Chopper One
Character:Rudy
The Brian Keith Show
Character:
Emergency!
Character:Old Man
Emergency!
Character:George
Alias Smith and Jones
Character:
The Partridge Family
Character:Flicker
The Odd Couple
Character:Slim
Love, American Style
Character:
Love, American Style
Character:Pa
Love, American Style
Character:Grover
The Mod Squad
Character:
Lancer
Character:
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Ray Tobias
The High Chaparral
Character:Oscar Hipple
The High Chaparral
Character:Fargo Smith
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Character:
The Guns of Will Sonnett
Character:Henry Jackson
Cimarron Strip
Character:Owley
Custer
Character:
Mr. Terrific
Character:Preacher
The Monkees
Character:
That Girl
Character:
The Monroes
Character:
The Loner
Character:Jim
The Wild Wild West
Character:Guard
Laredo
Character:
The Big Valley
Character:Doc Tully
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
Character:Ed Hewley
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character:Preacher
Burke's Law
Character:Garnet
Temple Houston
Character:Cliff Willard
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
Ensign O'Toole
Character:Clerk
The Virginian
Character:Walt Cooper
The Virginian
Character:Runty Bojohn
The Lloyd Bridges Show
Character:Freddy
The Beachcomber
Character:Pete Dibley
Hazel
Character:
Hazel
Character:Mitch Brady
Surfside 6
Character:
The Andy Griffith Show
Character:Billy Ray Talbot
The Andy Griffith Show
Character:Preacher
The Andy Griffith Show
Character:Ben Beecham
The Westerner
Character:Walt Smith
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
Character:George B. Glines
Dennis the Menace
Character:Opie
The Twilight Zone
Character:Peters
Wichita Town
Character:
Bonanza
Character:Simon
Bonanza
Character:Otto
Bonanza
Character:Luke Calhoun
Bonanza
Character:Barlow
77 Sunset Strip
Character:
77 Sunset Strip
Character:Man Tourist
Lawman
Character:
Lawman
Character:Chef's Assistant (uncredited)
Lawman
Character:Bartender
26 Men
Character:
Casey Jones
Character:Wallie Sims
Perry Mason
Character:Stroller
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Yancie
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Character:Harper - Auctioneer
Cheyenne
Character:Hoyt
Gunsmoke
Character:Sonny Starr
Gunsmoke
Character:Cook
Gunsmoke
Character:Bartender
Gunsmoke
Character:Farnum
Gunsmoke
Character:Noah Riker
Gunsmoke
Character:Rev. Finney Cox
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Character:Hogan
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Purse
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Fire Tender
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Cicero Everhart
Death Valley Days
Character:Rupert
I Love Lucy
Character:Rattlesnake Jones
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