Dub Taylor Biography (1907-1994)

Original name, Walter Clarence Taylor II; born February 26, 1907, in Richmond, VA; died of congestive heart failure, October 3, 1994, in Westlake Village,Los Angeles, CA; children: Buck (an actor). Avocational interests: Hunting, fishing. Career: Actor.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Actor
Birth Details
February 26, 1907
Richmond, Virginia, United States
Death Details
October 3, 1994
Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Appearances
  • Ed Carmichael, You Can't Take It with You,1938
  • Reporter, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington(also known as Frank Capra's Mr. Smith Goes to Washington), 1939
  • Cannonball, The Taming of the West,1939
  • Cannonball, The Return of Wild Bill,1940
  • Cannonball, Prairie Schooners,1940
  • Cannonball, Pioneers of the Frontier,1940
  • Nevady, One Man's Law,1940
  • Cannonball, The Man from Tumbleweeds,1940
  • Cannonball, The Wildcat of Tucson,1941
  • Cannonball, The Son of Davy Crockett,1941
  • Cannonball, The Return of Daniel Boone,1941
  • Cannonball, North from Lone Star,1941
  • Cannonball, King of Dodge City,1941
  • Hands across the Rockies,1941
  • Cannonball, Beyond the Sacramento,1941
  • Cannonball, Across the Sierras(also known as Welcome Stranger), 1941
  • Cannonball, A Tornado in the Saddle,1942
  • The Lone Prairie,1942
  • Cannonball, Silver City Raiders(also known as Legal Larceny), 1943
  • Cannonball, Saddles and Sagebrush,1943
  • Cannonball, Riders of the Northwest Mounted,1943
  • Cannonball, Cowboy in the Clouds,1943
  • Jed, What's Buzzin', Cousin?,1943
  • Cannonball, Sundown Valley,1944
  • Sagebrush Heroes,1944
  • Saddle Leather Law,1944
  • Cannonball, The Last Horseman,1944
  • Cannonball, Cyclone Prairie Rangers,1944
  • Cowboy from Lonesome River,1944
  • Cowboy Canteen,1944
  • Cannonball, Both Barrels Blazing,1944
  • Rustlers of the Badlands,1945
  • Cannonball, Lawless Empire,1946
  • Frontier Gunlaw,1946
  • Ridin' down the Trail,1947
  • Song of the Drifter,1948
  • Cannonball, Silver Trails,1948
  • The Rangers Ride,1948
  • Range Renegades,1948
  • Oklahoma Blues,1948
  • Partners of the Sunset,1948
  • Cannonball, Cowboy Cavalier,1948
  • Outlaw Brand,1948
  • Cannonball, Courtin' Trouble,1948
  • Cannonball, Roaring Westward,1949
  • Gun Law Justice,1949
  • Cannonball, Gun Runner,1949
  • Cannonball, Across the Rio Grande,1949
  • Brand of Fear,1949
  • Lawless Code,1949
  • Joe, Riding High,1950
  • Actor, The Story of Will Rogers,1952
  • Danowicz, The Charge at Feather River,1953
  • Eddie, Riding Shotgun, Warner Bros., 1954
  • Railroad yard watchman, Them!, Warner Bros., 1954
  • Miller Starkie, Dragnet,1954
  • Danvers, The Bounty Hunter, Warner Bros., 1954
  • Gus Snider, Crime Wave(also known as The City Is Dark), Warner Bros., 1954
  • Driver, A Star Is Born, Warner Bros., 1954
  • Ed, I Died a Thousand Times, Warner Bros., 1955
  • Tall Man Riding, Warner Bros., 1955
  • Joe, You Can't Run Away from It, Columbia, 1956
  • The Fastest Gun Alive, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1956
  • Duffy Tyler, Street of Darkness,1958
  • Al Berrywhiff, Hot Rod Gang,1958
  • Veterinarian, Auntie Mame,1958
  • McKinney, No Time for Sergeants, Warner Bros., 1958
  • Fred the clerk, A Hole in the Head, United Artists, 1959
  • Bob Skaggs, Home from the Hill, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1960
  • Teet Howie, Parrish, Warner Bros., 1961
  • Mooncussers,1962
  • Dan Hatcher, Sweet Bird of Youth, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1962
  • Doc, Black Gold,1963
  • Percy Cook, Spencer's Mountain, Warner Bros., 1963
  • Card dealer, The Cincinnati Kid, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965
  • Benjamin Priam, Major Dundee, Columbia, 1965
  • Clayton Howell, The Hallelujah Trail, United Artists, 1965
  • Johnny Banco(also known as Johnny Banco--Geliebter Taugenichts), 1967
  • Ivan Moss, Bonnie and Clyde, Warner Bros., 1967
  • Electrician, Don't Make Waves, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
  • Timekeeper, The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin, Buena Vista, 1967
  • Pop McGovern, The Shakiest Gun in the West, Universal, 1968
  • Sheriff, Three Guns for Texas,1968
  • Attendant, Bandolero!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1968
  • Dr. Peabody, The Reivers(also known as Yellow Winton Flyer), National General, 1969
  • Spikey, The Learning Tree, Warner Bros., 1969
  • Doc Adams, Death of a Gunfighter, Universal, 1969
  • Mayor Wainscoat, The Wild Bunch, Warner Bros., 1969
  • McCartney, The Undefeated, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1969
  • Mayor, The Liberation of L. B. Jones, Columbia, 1970
  • Joe, white hunter, A Man Called Horse,1970
  • Junior, ...Tick ...Tick ...Tick,1970
  • Phil, The Wild Country(also known as The Newcomers), BuenaVista, 1971
  • Turquoise Smith, Evel Knievel,1971
  • Doctor Schultz, Support Your Local Gunfighter, United Artists, 1971
  • Officer Roddenberry, Wild in the Sky(also known as Black Jack and God Bless the Bomb), 1972
  • Atkins, Man and Boy(also known as Ride a Dark Horse), Levitt, Pickman, 1972
  • Laughlin, The Getaway, National General, 1972
  • Del, Junior Bonner, Cinerama, 1972
  • Sheriff Gordon, This Is a Hijack,1973
  • Clayton, Tom Sawyer, United Artists, 1973
  • Floyd, Poor Pretty Eddy(also known as Black Vengeance, Heartbreak Motel, Poor Pretty Eddie, Redneck County, and Redneck County Rape), 1973
  • Josh, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1973
  • Gas station attendant, Thunderbolt and Lightfoot, United Artists,1974
  • Nevada ticket agent, Hearts of the West(also known as HollywoodCowboy), United Artists, 1975
  • Sheriff C. W. Thurston, Flash and the Firecat,1975
  • Rattlesnake Tom, The Fortune(also known as Spite and Malice), 1975
  • Country Blue,1975
  • S. Gravely, The Winds of Autumn,1976
  • Sheriff Forbes, Treasure of Matecumbe, Buena Vista, 1976
  • Boomer, Pony Express Rider(also known as Doc Hooker's Bunch), 1976
  • Harley Davidson, The Great Smokey Roadblock(also known as The Last of the Cowboys), 1976
  • Grandpaw Bridges, Creature from Black Lake(also known as Demonof the Lake), 1976
  • Walker, Burnt Offerings, United Artists, 1976
  • Mayor Caffrey, Gator, United Artists, 1976
  • Uncle Bill, Moonshine County Express, New World, 1977
  • Voice of Digger, The Rescuers,1977
  • Warden Warden (some sources cite the role of gunner), They Went That-a-Way and That-a-Way,1978
  • Mr. Malcomb, 1941, Universal, 1979
  • Tucker, Used Cars, Columbia, 1980
  • Cottonmouth Gorch, Soggy Bottom, USA(also known as Swamp Rats), 1980
  • Sheriff, Cannonball Run II, Warner Bros., 1984
  • Mac, The Best of Times,1986
  • Saloon old-timer, Back to the Future Part III, Universal, 1990
  • Gimme Cap, My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys, Samuel Goldwyn, 1991
  • Grandpa Parks, Falling from Grace, Columbia, 1992
  • Room clerk, Maverick, Warner Bros., 1994
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Wally Sims, Casey Jones,1958
  • Ed Hewley, Please Don't Eat the Daisies,1965-66
  • Hee Haw,1983-88
  • Movies
  • Reed, the lawyer, Sam Hill: Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?(also known as Sam Hill: Who Killed Mr. Foster?), NBC, 1971
  • Old-timer, The Delphi Bureau, ABC, 1972
  • Judge Robbins, Brock's Last Case, NBC, 1973
  • Honky Tonk, NBC, 1974
  • Halsey, Shootout in a One-Dog Town, ABC, 1974
  • Bitteroot, The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return, ABC, 1975
  • L. D. Sloane, The Outlaws, ABC, 1984
  • Charlie Lee, Once upon a Texas Train(also known as Texas Guns), CBS, 1988
  • Station agent, Conagher(also known as Louis L'Amour's Conagher), TNT, 1991
  • Specials
  • Angus McClay, The Murdocks and the McClays, ABC, 1970
  • Doc, Great Day, ABC, 1977
  • Cool Sam Bennett, The Dooley Brothers, CBS, 1979
  • Ben, Getting There, CBS, 1980
  • Uncle Bob, Pumpboys and Dinettes on Television, NBC, 1983
  • Purse, Ride a Northbound Horse, PBS, 1987
  • The Hee Haw 20th Anniversary Show, syndicated, 1988
  • Charlie, Road Show, CBS, 1989
  • Episodic
  • Rattlesnake Jones, "Lucy Goes to the Rodeo," I Love Lucy,1955
  • Hud, "The Courtship of Marshal Higgins," The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin,1957
  • Billy Ray, the postman, "Guitar Player," The Andy Griffith Show,1960
  • "Sidekicks," Wichita Town,1960
  • "A Gun for Willie," Zane Grey Theater,1960
  • "School Days," The Westerner,1960
  • "The Empty Shell," Zane Grey Theater,1961
  • Stroller, "The Case of the Grumbling Grandfather," Perry Mason,1961
  • Peters, "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank," The Twilight Zone,1962
  • Cliff Willard, "Jubilee," Temple Houston,1963
  • "Yahoo," Laredo,1965
  • Guard, "The Night of the Casual Killer," The Wild, Wild West,1965
  • "Ponderosa Explosion," Bonanza,1966
  • "Long Ride to Wind River," The Virginian,1966
  • "Limit of the Law Larkin," Laredo,1966
  • Sonny Starr, "My Father's Guitar," Gunsmoke,1966
  • Bartender, "Lost Treasure," The Big Valley,1966
  • "The Gold Detector," Bonanza,1967
  • Cook, "Saturday Night," Gunsmoke,1967
  • Bartender, "Mad Dog," Gunsmoke,1967
  • Preacher, "The Apple a Day Affair," The Man from U.N.C.L.E.,1967
  • Farnum, "Nitro," Parts 1-2, Gunsmoke,1967
  • "The Night of the Running Death," The Wild, Wild West,1967
  • Doc Tully, "Fall of a Hero," The Big Valley,1968
  • Oscar Hipple, "Tornado Frances," The High Chaparral,1968
  • Noah Riker, "Slocum," Gunsmoke,1968
  • Luke Calhoun, "The Horse Traders," Bonanza,1969
  • Luke Calhoun, "Meena," Bonanza,1969
  • Fargo Smith, "Lady Fair," The High Chaparral,1969
  • Otto, "An Earthquake Called Callahan," Bonanza,1970
  • Reverend Cox, "Kiowa," Gunsmoke,1970
  • Luke Calhoun, "Easy Come, Easy Go," Bonanza,1971
  • Johnson, "Journey from San Juan," Alias Smith and Jones,1971
  • Flicker, "Whatever Happened to Moby Dick?," The Partridge Family,1971
  • Jim, "The Reformation of Harry Briscoe," Alias Smith and Jones,1971
  • "Delegate at Large," Cade's County,1971
  • "Syndrome," Emergency!,1973
  • "Surprise," Emergency!,1974
  • Houston Lamb, "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not," Parts 1-2, Little Houseon the Prairie,1980
  • Houston Lamb, "The Silent Cry," Little House on the Prairie,1980
  • Toothless Tim Teal, "The Hidalgo Thing," Bret Maverick, ABC, 1981
  • Dixie, "Uncle George," Darkroom,1981
  • Houston Lamb, "Blind Justice," Little House on the Prairie,1981
  • Daddy Jones, "Nightmare from Hee Haw," Designing Women, CBS, 1989
  • Daddy Jones, "Tornado Watch," Designing Women, CBS, 1990
  • Hick, Johnny Bago, CBS, 1993
  • Appeared as Mr. Rhodes in an episode of The Brian Keith Show; appeared as Slim in an episode of The Odd Couple.
  • Television Appearances, Other
  • Sheriff, Something for a Lonely Man,1968
  • Cicero Everhart, Menace on the Mountain,1970
  • Luck of the Draw: The Gambler Returns(miniseries), NBC, 1991

Further Reference

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals:
    • People Weekly, October 17, 1994, p. 70.*