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Dub Taylor
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Birthday
1907-02-26,Richmond, Virginia, USA
Gender
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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

Filmography

Back to the Future Part III

7.481

Back to the Future Part III
1990-05-25

The Cincinnati Kid

6.979

The Cincinnati Kid
1965-10-15

Bonnie and Clyde

7.5

Bonnie and Clyde
1967-08-13

7.6

The Wild Bunch
1969-06-19

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

7.9

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19

The Shakiest Gun in the West

6.2

The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968-07-10

7.1

The Getaway
1972-12-13

The Best of Times

5.629

The Best of Times
1986-01-31

5.8

1941
1979-12-14

6.774

The Rescuers
1977-06-22

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

6.7

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974-05-23

Cannonball Run II

5.4

Cannonball Run II
1984-06-29

6.88

Maverick
1994-05-20

You Can't Take It with You

7.5

You Can't Take It with You
1938-09-01

Burnt Offerings

6.6

Burnt Offerings
1976-10-18

5.4

Parrish
1961-05-04

0

The Outlaws
1984-07-09

A Man Called Horse

6.5

A Man Called Horse
1970-05-01

Creature from Black Lake

5.1

Creature from Black Lake
1976-03-01

Spencer's Mountain

6.6

Spencer's Mountain
1963-05-16

Poor Pretty Eddie

4.981

Poor Pretty Eddie
1975-06-01

0

Great Day
1977-05-23

Pocketful of Miracles

7.273

Pocketful of Miracles
1961-12-18

Shootout in a One-Dog Town

0

Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1974-01-09

Support Your Local Gunfighter

6.542

Support Your Local Gunfighter
1971-05-26

How the West Was Won

7

How the West Was Won
1962-11-02

No Time for Sergeants

7.2

No Time for Sergeants
1958-07-05

7.1

Crime Wave
1953-10-22

Falling from Grace

4.7

Falling from Grace
1992-02-21

5.3

The Fortune
1975-05-20

4.3

Country Blue
1973-01-01

Death of a Gunfighter

6.3

Death of a Gunfighter
1969-05-08

Tall Man Riding

5.6

Tall Man Riding
1955-06-18

I Died a Thousand Times

6.1

I Died a Thousand Times
1955-11-09

Moonshine County Express

5.2

Moonshine County Express
1977-06-01

4.8

Hot Rod Gang
1958-08-01

6.7

Major Dundee
1965-03-15

5.8

Riding High
1950-04-12

6

Man and Boy
1971-06-23

Once Upon a Texas Train

5.4

Once Upon a Texas Train
1988-10-12

The Return of Daniel Boone

4.5

The Return of Daniel Boone
1941-05-07

The Bounty Hunter

6.6

The Bounty Hunter
1954-09-25

4.9

Evel Knievel
1971-09-10

0

One Man's Law
1940-06-29

Gun Law Justice

0

Gun Law Justice
1949-03-13

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

4

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way
1978-12-01

The Marshall of Trail City

5

The Marshall of Trail City
1950-05-10

Across The Rio Grande

3.7

Across The Rio Grande
1949-05-14

Kit Carson and the Mountain Men

0

Kit Carson and the Mountain Men
1977-01-09

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

9

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
1976-05-01

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return

5.5

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
1975-01-28

1

Black Gold
1962-07-21

A Hole in the Head

6.1

A Hole in the Head
1959-09-15

6.2

Dragnet
1954-09-04

0

The Losers
1963-01-15

3.2

Beartooth
1978-01-02

The Man from Tumbleweeds

3

The Man from Tumbleweeds
1940-05-02

6.1

Junior Bonner
1972-08-02

6

The Decorator
1965-06-09

Wild in the Sky

0

Wild in the Sky
1972-03-01

0

Gun Runner
1949-01-30

0

Outlaw Brand
1948-10-24

0

Lawless Code
1949-12-04

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

4.5

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1981-10-09

Song of the Drifter

0

Song of the Drifter
1948-01-17

Range Renegades

0

Range Renegades
1948-06-06

Period of Adjustment

5.7

Period of Adjustment
1962-10-31

Something for a Lonely Man

7.4

Something for a Lonely Man
1968-11-26

6.3

Tom Sawyer
1973-03-15

5.2

Gator
1976-08-25

This Is a Hijack

5.5

This Is a Hijack
1973-06-01

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

6.5

Tick... Tick... Tick...
1970-01-09

Ride a Northbound Horse

0

Ride a Northbound Horse
1969-03-16

Hands Across the Rockies

7.2

Hands Across the Rockies
1941-06-19

6.8

Them!
1954-06-16

7.1

A Star Is Born
1954-10-01

The Money Jungle

5

The Money Jungle
1967-12-15

The Great Smokey Roadblock

5.9

The Great Smokey Roadblock
1978-06-21

The Son of Davy Crockett

0

The Son of Davy Crockett
1941-07-15

Courtin' Trouble

0

Courtin' Trouble
1948-11-21

The Rangers Ride

0

The Rangers Ride
1948-04-25

Treasure of Matecumbe

6.5

Treasure of Matecumbe
1976-07-01

Pony Express Rider

5

Pony Express Rider
1976-11-01

Roaring Westward

0

Roaring Westward
1949-09-14

0

Sundown Valley
1944-03-23

Saddle Leather Law

0

Saddle Leather Law
1944-12-21

Partners of the Sunset

0

Partners of the Sunset
1948-05-05

Saddles and Sagebrush

4.3

Saddles and Sagebrush
1943-04-26

0

Silver Trails
1948-08-21

Rough Ridin' Justice

0

Rough Ridin' Justice
1945-03-14

Both Barrels Blazing

5.5

Both Barrels Blazing
1945-05-16

6.5

Bandolero!
1968-06-01

0

Oklahoma Blues
1948-03-28

Cowboy Cavalier

0

Cowboy Cavalier
1948-07-11

Riders of the Northwest Mounted

6.5

Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943-02-15

The Wildcat of Tucson

0

The Wildcat of Tucson
1940-12-31

Home from the Hill

6.8

Home from the Hill
1960-03-03

6.2

The Undefeated
1969-10-04

Life with Buster Keaton

0

Life with Buster Keaton
1951-02-10

The Delphi Bureau

0

The Delphi Bureau
1972-03-06

Prairie Schooners

6

Prairie Schooners
1940-09-29

Brock's Last Case

4

Brock's Last Case
1973-03-05

The Learning Tree

6.9

The Learning Tree
1969-08-06

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

6.5

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967-03-08

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

5.795

The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970-03-18

0

Cowboy Canteen
1944-02-09

The Fastest Gun Alive

6.8

The Fastest Gun Alive
1956-07-12

Blazing the Western Trail

5.6

Blazing the Western Trail
1945-09-08

0

Lawless Empire
1945-11-15

Texas Panhandle

6

Texas Panhandle
1945-12-20

Silver City Raiders

0

Silver City Raiders
1943-11-04

5

Minesweeper
1943-11-10

6.6

Conagher
1991-07-01

Beyond the Sacramento

0

Beyond the Sacramento
1940-11-11

Flash and the Firecat

7

Flash and the Firecat
1975-05-31

Menace on the Mountain

4

Menace on the Mountain
1970-03-01

Across the Sierras

2.2

Across the Sierras
1941-02-13

Frontier Gunlaw

0

Frontier Gunlaw
1946-01-31

Outlaws of the Rockies

5

Outlaws of the Rockies
1945-09-18

Rustlers of the Badlands

0

Rustlers of the Badlands
1945-08-16

Cowboy in the Clouds

0

Cowboy in the Clouds
1943-12-23

The Vigilantes Ride

0

The Vigilantes Ride
1943-12-23

North from the Lone Star

0

North from the Lone Star
1941-03-30

The Return of Wild Bill

0

The Return of Wild Bill
1940-06-26

The Hallelujah Trail

6

The Hallelujah Trail
1965-06-23

Pioneers of the Frontier

0

Pioneers of the Frontier
1940-02-14

A Tornado in the Saddle

2.3

A Tornado in the Saddle
1942-12-15

King of Dodge City

0

King of Dodge City
1941-08-14

The Lone Prairie

0

The Lone Prairie
1942-10-15

Cyclone Prairie Rangers

0

Cyclone Prairie Rangers
1944-11-09

Wyoming Hurricane

0

Wyoming Hurricane
1944-04-20

Cowboy from Lonesome River

0

Cowboy from Lonesome River
1944-09-21

The Last Horseman

0

The Last Horseman
1944-06-22

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

7.2

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973-05-23

Sagebrush Heroes

0

Sagebrush Heroes
1945-02-01

Ridin' Down the Trail

0

Ridin' Down the Trail
1947-10-03

Sweet Bird of Youth

6.8

Sweet Bird of Youth
1962-03-21

3

Brand of Fear
1949-07-10

Don't Make Waves

5.297

Don't Make Waves
1967-06-20

7.013

Auntie Mame
1958-12-04

Hearts of the West

5.412

Hearts of the West
1975-10-08

The Wild Country

6

The Wild Country
1970-12-16

4.5

Johnny Banco
1967-08-10

6.4

Used Cars
1980-07-11

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

8

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?
1971-02-01

6.4

The Reivers
1969-12-20

Tanks a Million

5

Tanks a Million
1941-09-12

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

6.1

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
1991-03-01

The Winds of Autumn

5.8

The Winds of Autumn
1976-06-01

0

Honky Tonk
1974-04-01

You Can't Run Away from It

4.7

You Can't Run Away from It
1956-10-30

The Taming of the West

0

The Taming of the West
1939-12-07

6.6

Carefree
1938-09-02

5

Mooncussers
1962-12-02

Doc Hooker's Bunch

0

Doc Hooker's Bunch
1978-07-11

The Andy Griffith Show

7.6

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

5.2

Movin' On
1974-09-12

77 Sunset Strip

6.7

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

6

Burke's Law
1963-09-20

5.8

Cheyenne
1955-09-20

Little House on the Prairie

7.931

Little House on the Prairie
1974-09-11

7.8

The Odd Couple
1970-09-24

Love, American Style

6

Love, American Style
1969-09-29

7.1

Hawaii Five-O
1968-09-20

7.013

The Cosby Show
1984-09-20

6.2

That Girl
1966-09-08

Alias Smith and Jones

6.867

Alias Smith and Jones
1971-01-05

5

Surfside 6
1960-10-06

6.261

The Mod Squad
1968-09-24

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

7.7

Perry Mason
1957-09-21

6.333

Run, Joe, Run
1974-09-07

The Twilight Zone

8.4

The Twilight Zone
1959-10-02

5.5

Casey Jones
1957-10-08

6.3

Laredo
1965-09-16

5.7

The Monroes
1966-09-07

6.531

The Monkees
1966-09-12

The Beachcomber

0

The Beachcomber
1962-02-20

Dennis the Menace

6.5

Dennis the Menace
1959-10-04

5

Cimarron Strip
1967-09-07

4

Bret Maverick
1981-12-01

The High Chaparral

6.5

The High Chaparral
1967-09-10

6.4

The Virginian
1962-09-19

7.905

I Love Lucy
1951-10-15

4.7

Lancer
1968-09-24

6.1

The Big Valley
1965-09-15

6.868

Hazel
1961-09-28

5.7

The Loner
1965-09-18

5.4

Lawman
1958-10-05

The Guns of Will Sonnett

6.25

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967-09-08

The Brian Keith Show

5

The Brian Keith Show
1972-09-15

4.2

Wichita Town
1959-09-30

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

Please Don't Eat the Daisies

6.6

Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965-09-14

6

Custer
1967-09-06

4.2

26 Men
1957-10-15

Death Valley Days

6.4

Death Valley Days
1952-10-01

The Barbara Stanwyck Show

6.2

The Barbara Stanwyck Show
1960-09-19

7.518

Bonanza
1959-09-12

7.1

Mr. Terrific
1967-01-09

Love, American Style

6

Love, American Style
1969-09-29

6.868

Hazel
1961-09-28

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

7.2

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964-09-22

6.4

The Virginian
1962-09-19

6.5

Ensign O'Toole
1962-09-23

The Andy Griffith Show

7.6

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

The Andy Griffith Show

7.6

The Andy Griffith Show
1960-10-03

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

6.6

Gunsmoke
1955-09-10

5.4

Lawman
1958-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

5.5

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956-10-05

The High Chaparral

6.5

The High Chaparral
1967-09-10

7.518

Bonanza
1959-09-12

The Wild Wild West

7.6

The Wild Wild West
1965-09-17

7.518

Bonanza
1959-09-12

7.518

Bonanza
1959-09-12

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

6.6

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955-09-06

7.8

Emergency!
1972-01-22

The Lloyd Bridges Show

5

The Lloyd Bridges Show
1962-09-11

5

Chopper One
1974-01-17

7.8

Emergency!
1972-01-22

6.8

The Westerner
1960-09-30

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

7.4

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962-10-01

77 Sunset Strip

6.7

77 Sunset Strip
1958-10-10

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

Designing Women

6.7

Designing Women
1986-09-29

The Wonderful World of Disney

7.6

The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27

How the West Was Won

6.9

How the West Was Won
1977-02-06

The Guns of Will Sonnett

6.25

The Guns of Will Sonnett
1967-09-08

Love, American Style

6

Love, American Style
1969-09-29

5.7

Temple Houston
1963-09-19