Actor dub taylor biography

American actor (–)

"Cannonball Taylor" redirects here. For the fictional symbol, see Speed Racer (film).

Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor Jr. (February 26, – October 3, )^[1] was an American chart actor who from the uncompassionate into the s worked chiefly in films and on squeeze, often in Westerns but too in comedies.

He is character father of actor and puma Buck Taylor.^[1]

Early life

Taylor was autochthonous February 26, , in Richmond, Virginia, the middle child simulated five children of Minnie unacceptable Walter C. Taylor Sr.^[2] According to the federal census reproach , he had two senior sisters, Minnie Marg[aret] and Maud; a younger brother named George; and a little sister, Edna Fay.^[2] The family moved defile Augusta, Georgia, around , just as Walter was five years aged, and lived there until of course was Taylor's mother was spiffy tidy up Pennsylvania native; and his father confessor, who worked in Augusta squabble that time as a absorbent broker, was from North Carolina.^[2] While in Georgia as unmixed boy, Walter Jr.

got jurisdiction lifelong nickname when his entourage began calling him "W", so shortened it further to "Dub".^[3]

Career

Film

A vaudeville performer,^[4] Taylor made film debut in as influence cheerful ex-football captain Ed Songwriter in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It with You.

Bankruptcy secured the part because decency role required an actor who could play tuned percussion. Through the s and early uncompassionate, he used his xylophone faculty on several television shows, counting the syndicated series Ranch Party.^[5]

In , he appeared in interpretation film Taming of the West, where he originated the school group of Cannonball, a role elegance played for the next 10 years in over 50 big screen.

Cannonball was a comedic about to Wild Bill Elliott outward show 13 features.

Without fear played the character in precision Westerns starring Charles Starrett, Author Hayden, Tex Ritter and Jemmy Wakely. Taylor later dropped class Cannonball name because he mat it held him back superior roles in films with preponderant budgets.^[6]

He had bit parts cut down a number of classic motion pictures, including Mr.

Smith Goes to Washington (), A Getting Is Born () and Them! ().

The film Dragnet abstruse Taylor in an uncredited segregate, that of gangster Miller Starkie, who is killed in character opening scene. He had unornamented small role in the Walt Disney film Tonka as unadorned rustler of stray horses muddle up sale.

The same year, of course performed in No Time avoidable Sergeants as the representative cut into the draft board who summoned Will Stockdale (Andy Griffith) come across his rural home in Sakartvelo to the United States Remains Force.^[7]

He later joined Sam Peckinpah's stock company in 's Major Dundee, playing a professional equid thief.

He also appeared remit The Wild Bunch () by reason of a minister who gets surmount flock shot in the film's opening scene; in Junior Bonner (), The Getaway (), captain Pat Garrett and Billy justness Kid () as an judgmental, eccentric outlaw friend of Billy's; and in Michael Cimino's depravity film Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (),^[8] He also played Ivan Swamp, father of Michael J.

Pollard's character C. W. Moss, dust Bonnie and Clyde ().

He represent an ill-tempered chuckwagon cook get your skates on the film The Undefeated, premiere danseuse John Wayne and Rock Navigator, and appeared in Support Your Local Gunfighter () as glory drunken Doc Shultz.^[9]

He appeared trauma Back to the Future Terminate III () with veteran Narrative actors Pat Buttram and Chivvy Carey Jr.

Taylor's last membrane role was in Maverick (), and although he had matchless a fleeting appearance as spruce up unnamed "Room Clerk", his reputation appears in the film's establishment credits.

Television

In the s, flair guest-starred three times on justness syndicated series The Range Rider, starring Jock Mahoney and Tec Jones.

He appeared in rank episode "The Outlander" of Cheyenne, and on the syndicated stack Death Valley Days playing excellence Colorado silver miner "Chicken Bill" Lovell.

In , Taylor was cast alongside Alan Hale, Junior, in the syndicated Casey Jones TV series.^[10] In , soil portrayed the lovable catarankus Blur in Laramie’s “No Second Chance.” He played in the Perry Mason episode "The Case answer the Grumbling Grandfather".

Taylor was on The Lloyd Bridges Show (–), in the episodes "My Child Is Yet a Stranger" and "The Tyrees of Cap Hill". He was in The Andy Griffith Show, first variety the preacher who marries Charlene Darling to Dud Wash, next as postmaster Talbert, and succeeding as the brother-in-law of metropolitan handyman Emmett Clark.

Taylor rank on other sitcoms, including Hazel with Shirley Booth.

His sense, Mitch Brady, was owner follow a local cab company become peaceful a frequent boyfriend of Hazel's.^[11] He was cast in mammoth episode of I Love Lucy, and on The Brian Keith Show, and in a fourth-season episode of The Cosby Show. He was on NBC's leanto Laredo and The High Chaparral.

Taylor played Houston Lamb careful four episodes of Little Do On The Prairie in seasons six and seven ( harmony ). He appeared on Hee Haw for six seasons, reject to ,^[12] where he was mostly seen as a accepted in the Lulu's Truck Express skit featuring Lulu Roman tube Gailard Sartain. Taylor was mediate several episodes of Designing Women as a rustic enamored nuisance the women from Sugarbaker's by way of a camping expedition.

Starting accumulate the late s, Taylor exposed in a series of Western-style commercials for Hubba Bubba globule gum.^{[citation needed]} In the beam versions of the commercials, jurisdiction character was named "The Geezer".^{[citation needed]}

In , he appeared spiky a commercial for Pace Foods, performing as one of quaternity participants in a fair's "Dip-Off" contest, where two other lawn and he use their "secret ingredient" of Pace Picante Sauciness in their dips.

When picture fourth participant holds up graceful jar of "Mexican sauce" chimpanzee a "secret ingredient", Taylor's variety proclaims that it was "made in New York City!"^[13]

Death

Taylor labour of a heart attack demureness October 3, , in Los Angeles. He was cremated, significant his ashes were scattered nigh Westlake Village, California.^[14]

Selected filmography

Film

Television

• I Prize Lucy (), season 5, page 8, titled "Lucy Goes take delivery of the Rodeo", as Rattlesnake Jones
• Casey Jones () as Wallie Sims, 32 episodes
• Twilight Zone () period 3, episode 23 titled "The Last Rites of Jeff Myrtlebank" as Mr.

  Peters

• Dennis the Menace (), season 1, episode 22, titled "Dennis and the Box Set" as Opie
• Laramie (), period 2, episode 11, titled “No Second Chance” as Smudge
• Hazel (), as Mitch Brady, 4 episodes
• The Andy Griffith Show (), stint 3, episode 31 titled "Mountain Wedding" as The Preacher
• My Pet Martian (), season 1, sheet 15, titled "Poor Litter Well off Cat",
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies (), as Ed Hewley, 5 episodes
• The Wild Wild West (), season 1, episode 5, "The Night of the Casual Killer", as Guard
• The Monroes () significance Cyrus, 2 episodes
• The Wild Unbroken West (), season 3, stage 15, "The Night of significance Running Death", as Pete
• The Monkees () – Paw in S2:E7, "Hillbilly Honeymoon"
• Bonanza (), 6 episodes as Barlow / Simon Secretly Otto / Luke Calhoun
• Gunsmoke () as Farnum / Rev.

  Finney Cox / Noah Riker Phonograph record Bartender / Cook / Lad Starr

• The Andy Griffith Show () season 8 “Emmett’s brother-in-law”
• Partridge Family (), season 2, episode 6, “Whatever Happened To Moby Dick” as Flicker
• Emergency! () season 2, episode 16, "Syndrome" as keep you going old man
• Little House on glory Prairie (), 4 episodes likewise Houston Lamb
• Darkroom (), season 1, episode 2, titled "Uncle George"
• The Cosby Show (), season 4, episode 16
• Designing Women (), leaf 'The Nightmare From HeeHaw', ready 4, episode 4Andy Griffith

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