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Born · February 26, 1907
Died · October 3, 1994 (87 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, USA
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
Room Clerk
6.9
1994
Grandpa Parks
4.7
1992
6.6
1991
Gimme Cap
6.1
1991
Saloon Old Timer
7.5
1990
Charlie Lee
5.4
1988
(2 episodes)
6.7
1986
Mac
5.6
1986
Slim Claxton · (1 episode)
7.0
1984
L.D. Sloane
0.0
1984
Police Officer
5.4
1984
(1 episode)
4.0
1981
Cottonmouth Gorch
4.5
1981
Tucker
6.4
1980
Mr. Malcomb
5.8
1979
Gunner
4.0
1978
Harley Davidson
5.9
1978
3.2
1978
Digger (voice)
6.8
1977
Uncle Bill
5.2
1977
Doc
0.0
1977
Moss · (1 episode)
7.0
1977
Stableman
0.0
1977
Boomer Riley
5.0
1976
Walker
6.5
1976
Mayor T.L. Caffery
5.2
1976
Sheriff Forbes
6.6
1976
Rattler S. Gravley
5.8
1976
(archive footage)
9.0
1976
Grandpaw Bridges
5.1
1976
Nevada Ticket Agent
5.4
1975
Justice of the Peace Floyd
5.0
1975
Sheriff C.W. Thurston
7.0
1975
Rattlesnake Tom
5.3
1975
Bitteroot
5.5
1975
(4 episodes)
8.0
1974
(1 episode)
6.2
1974
Station Attendant
6.7
1974
(1 episode)
6.8
1974
0.0
1974
Rudy · (1 episode)
5.0
1974
Halsey
0.0
1974
Sheriff Gordon
5.5
1973
Josh
7.2
1973
Clayton
6.3
1973
Judge Robbins
4.0
1973
J.J. 'Jumpy' Belk
4.3
1973
Laughlin
7.1
1972
(1 episode)
5.0
1972
Del
6.1
1972
Old Timer
0.0
1972
Officer Roddenberry
0.0
1972
Old Man · (1 episode)
7.8
1972
George · (1 episode)
7.8
1972
Turquoise Smith
4.9
1971
Atkins
6.0
1971
Doc Schultz
6.5
1971
Reed, the Lawyer
8.0
1971
(2 episodes)
6.9
1971
Phil
6.0
1970
Slim · (1 episode)
7.8
1970
Joe
6.4
1970
Mayor
5.7
1970
Cicero Everhart
4.0
1970
Junior
6.5
1970
Dr. Peabody
6.4
1969
McCartney
6.2
1969
(1 episode)
5.8
1969
Pa · (1 episode)
5.8
1969
Grover · (1 episode)
5.8
1969
Spikey
6.9
1969
Reverend Wainscoat
7.6
1969
Doc Adams
6.3
1969
Purse
0.0
1969
Sheriff
7.4
1968
(2 episodes)
6.5
1968
(2 episodes)
4.7
1968
Ray Tobias · (1 episode)
7.1
1968
Pop Cushings
6.2
1968
Attendant
6.5
1968
Pete Jensen
5.0
1967
Oscar Hipple · (1 episode)
6.5
1967
Fargo Smith · (1 episode)
6.5
1967
(1 episode)
5.7
1967
Henry Jackson · (1 episode)
5.7
1967
(1 episode)
5.0
1967
(1 episode)
6.0
1967
Ivan Moss
7.5
1967
4.5
1967
Electrician
5.3
1967
Timekeeper
6.4
1967
Preacher · (1 episode)
7.1
1967
(1 episode)
6.5
1966
(1 episode)
6.1
1966
(2 episodes)
5.7
1966
Dealer
7.0
1965
Jim · (1 episode)
5.7
1965
Guard · (1 episode)
7.6
1965
(2 episodes)
6.3
1965
Doc Tully · (1 episode)
6.0
1965
Ed Hewley · (58 episodes)
6.6
1965
Clayton Howell
6.0
1965
Taxi Driver
6.0
1965
Priam
6.7
1965
Preacher · (1 episode)
7.1
1964
Garnet · (1 episode)
6.0
1963
Percy Cook
6.7
1963
Gregory
0.0
1963
Fire Tender
5.0
1962
Man (uncredited)
7.0
1962
Drunk (uncredited)
5.7
1962
Self · (6 episodes)
7.4
1962
Clerk · (1 episode)
6.5
1962
Walt Cooper · (1 episode)
6.4
1962
Runty Bojohn · (1 episode)
6.4
1962
Freddy · (1 episode)
5.0
1962
Doc
1.0
1962
Dan Hatcher
6.8
1962
Pete Dibley · (1 episode)
0.0
1962
Man (uncredited)
7.3
1961
(2 episodes)
7.0
1961
Mitch Brady · (2 episodes)
7.0
1961
Teet Howie
5.4
1961
(1 episode)
5.0
1960
Billy Ray Talbot · (2 episodes)
7.6
1960
Preacher · (1 episode)
7.6
1960
Ben Beecham · (1 episode)
7.6
1960
Walt Smith · (1 episode)
6.7
1960
George B. Glines · (1 episode)
6.2
1960
Bob Skaggs (uncredited)
6.8
1960
Opie · (3 episodes)
6.7
1959
Peters · (1 episode)
8.4
1959
(1 episode)
4.2
1959
Fred
6.1
1959
Simon · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
Otto · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
Luke Calhoun · (3 episodes)
7.5
1959
Barlow · (1 episode)
7.5
1959
County Veterinarian (uncredited)
7.0
1958
(1 episode)
6.7
1958
Man Tourist · (1 episode)
6.7
1958
(2 episodes)
5.4
1958
Chef's Assistant (uncredited) · (1 episode)
5.4
1958
Landlord
4.8
1958
Mr. McKinney
7.2
1958
(1 episode)
4.2
1957
Wallie Sims · (32 episodes)
5.5
1957
Stroller · (1 episode)
7.7
1957
Joe
4.3
1956
Yancie · (1 episode)
5.5
1956
Harper - Auctioneer · (1 episode)
5.5
1956
Nolan Brown (uncredited)
6.8
1956
Ed (uncredited)
6.1
1955
Hoyt · (1 episode)
5.8
1955
Sonny Starr · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Cook · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Bartender · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Farnum · (2 episodes)
6.5
1955
Noah Riker · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Rev. Finney Cox · (1 episode)
6.5
1955
Hogan · (1 episode)
6.7
1955
Townsman (uncredited)
5.5
1955
Purse · (2 episodes)
7.6
1954
Fire Tender · (1 episode)
7.6
1954
Norman's Driver (uncredited)
7.1
1954
Eli Danvers
6.6
1954
Miller Starkie
6.2
1954
Railroad Yard Watchman
6.8
1954
Gus Snider
7.1
1953
Rupert · (1 episode)
6.4
1952
Rattlesnake Jones · (1 episode)
8.0
1951
0.0
1951
Cannonball
5.0
1950
Joe
5.8
1950
Cannonball Taylor
0.0
1949
Cannonball
0.0
1949
Cannonball
3.0
1949
Cannonball Taylor
3.7
1949
Cannonball
0.0
1949
Cannonball Taylor (as 'Cannonball' Taylor)
0.0
1949
Cannonball
0.0
1948
Cannonball
0.0
1948
Cannonball
0.0
1948
Cannonball
0.0
1948
Cannonball
0.0
1948
Cannonball
0.0
1948
Cannonball Taylor
0.0
1948
Cannonball Taylor
0.0
1948
Cannonball
0.0
1948
Cannonball
0.0
1947
Cannonball
0.0
1946
Cannonball Taylor
6.0
1945
Cannonball
0.0
1945
Cannonball
5.0
1945
Cannonball
5.6
1945
Cannonball
0.0
1945
Cannonball
5.5
1945
Cannonball
0.0
1945
Cannonball
0.0
1945
Cannonball
0.0
1944
Cannonball
0.0
1944
Cannonball
0.0
1944
Cannonball
0.0
1944
Doc 'Canonball' Jones
0.0
1944
Cannonball Boggs
0.0
1944
Cannonball
0.0
1944
Cannonball
0.0
1943
Cannonball Taylor
0.0
1943
Seaman Stubby Gordon
5.0
1943
Cannonball
0.0
1943
Cannonball
4.3
1943
Cannonball
6.5
1943
Cannonball
2.3
1942
Cannonball
0.0
1942
Malloy
5.0
1941
Cannonball Taylor
0.0
1941
Cannonball
0.0
1941
Cannonball Taylor
7.2
1941
Cannonball
4.5
1941
Cannonball
0.0
1941
Cannonball
2.2
1941
Cannonball
0.0
1940
Cannonball
0.0
1940
Cannonball
0.0
1940
Nevady
0.0
1940
Cannonball
0.0
1940
Cannonball
3.0
1940
Cannonball Simms
0.0
1940
Cannonball
0.0
1939
Reporter (uncredited)
7.9
1939
Bit Part (uncredited)
6.6
1938
Ed Carmichael
7.5
1938