Dub Taylor

Dub Taylor

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1907-02-26
Deathday: 1994-10-03 (87 years old)

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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

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Movies 151

TV Shows 56

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Room Clerk
Maverick

Maverick (1994)

Movie
6.67
Grandpa Parks
Falling from Grace

Falling from Grace (1992)

Movie
Gimme Cap
My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)

Movie
Saloon Old Timer
Back to the Future Part III

Back to the Future Part III (1990)

Movie
5.9
Charlie Lee
Once Upon a Texas Train

Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)

Movie
Designing Women

Designing Women (1986)

TV
6
Mac
The Best of Times

The Best of Times (1986)

Movie
10
The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show (1984)

TV
6.2
L.D. Sloane
The Outlaws

The Outlaws (1984)

Movie
Police Officer
Cannonball Run II

Cannonball Run II (1984)

Movie
5.14
Bret Maverick

Bret Maverick (1981)

TV
Cottonmouth Gorch
Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.

Soggy Bottom, U.S.A. (1981)

Movie
Tucker
Used Cars

Used Cars (1980)

Movie
3.5
Mr. Malcomb
1941

1941 (1979)

Movie
6
Gunner
They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way

They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978)

Movie
Harley Davidson
The Great Smokey Roadblock

The Great Smokey Roadblock (1978)

Movie
Actor
Beartooth

Beartooth (1978)

Movie
Digger (voice)
The Rescuers

The Rescuers (1977)

Movie
7.33
Uncle Bill
Moonshine County Express

Moonshine County Express (1977)

Movie
Doc
Great Day

Great Day (1977)

Movie
Stableman
Kit Carson and the Mountain Men

Kit Carson and the Mountain Men (1977)

Movie
Boomer Riley
Pony Express Rider

Pony Express Rider (1976)

Movie
Walker
Burnt Offerings

Burnt Offerings (1976)

Movie
6
Mayor T.L. Caffery
Gator

Gator (1976)

Movie
Sheriff Forbes
Treasure of Matecumbe

Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)

Movie
Rattler S. Gravley
The Winds of Autumn

The Winds of Autumn (1976)

Movie
(archive footage)
Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch (1976)

Movie
Grandpaw Bridges
Creature from Black Lake

Creature from Black Lake (1976)

Movie
Nevada Ticket Agent
Hearts of the West

Hearts of the West (1975)

Movie
Justice of the Peace Floyd
Poor Pretty Eddie

Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)

Movie
Sheriff C.W. Thurston
Flash and the Firecat

Flash and the Firecat (1975)

Movie
Rattlesnake Tom
The Fortune

The Fortune (1975)

Movie
Bitteroot
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)

Movie
Little House on the Prairie

Little House on the Prairie (1974)

TV
6
Run, Joe, Run

Run, Joe, Run (1974)

TV
Station Attendant
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Movie
1
Movin' On

Movin' On (1974)

TV
Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk (1974)

Movie
Halsey
Shootout in a One-Dog Town

Shootout in a One-Dog Town (1974)

Movie
Sheriff Gordon
This Is a Hijack

This Is a Hijack (1973)

Movie
Josh
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

Movie
6
Clayton
Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer (1973)

Movie
Judge Robbins
Brock's Last Case

Brock's Last Case (1973)

Movie
J.J. 'Jumpy' Belk
Country Blue

Country Blue (1973)

Movie
Laughlin
The Getaway

The Getaway (1972)

Movie
1
The Brian Keith Show

The Brian Keith Show (1972)

TV
Del
Junior Bonner

Junior Bonner (1972)

Movie
Officer Roddenberry
Wild in the Sky

Wild in the Sky (1972)

Movie
Old Man
Emergency!

Emergency! (1972)

TV
8.33
Turquoise Smith
Evel Knievel

Evel Knievel (1971)

Movie
Atkins
Man and Boy

Man and Boy (1971)

Movie
Doc Schultz
Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

Movie
1
Reed, the Lawyer
Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster?

Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971)

Movie
Alias Smith and Jones

Alias Smith and Jones (1971)

TV
Phil
The Wild Country

The Wild Country (1970)

Movie
6
Slim
The Odd Couple

The Odd Couple (1970)

TV
6
Joe
A Man Called Horse

A Man Called Horse (1970)

Movie
4
Mayor
The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)

Movie
Cicero Everhart
Menace on the Mountain

Menace on the Mountain (1970)

Movie
Junior
Tick... Tick... Tick...

Tick... Tick... Tick... (1970)

Movie
Dr. Peabody
The Reivers

The Reivers (1969)

Movie
McCartney
The Undefeated

The Undefeated (1969)

Movie
Pa
Love, American Style

Love, American Style (1969)

TV
Spikey
The Learning Tree

The Learning Tree (1969)

Movie
Reverend Wainscoat
The Wild Bunch

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Movie
3.67
Doc Adams
Death of a Gunfighter

Death of a Gunfighter (1969)

Movie
Purse
Ride a Northbound Horse

Ride a Northbound Horse (1969)

Movie
Sheriff
Something for a Lonely Man

Something for a Lonely Man (1968)

Movie
Lancer

Lancer (1968)

TV
The Mod Squad

The Mod Squad (1968)

TV
6
Ray Tobias
Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O (1968)

TV
5.45
Pop Cushings
The Shakiest Gun in the West

The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

Movie
Attendant
Bandolero!

Bandolero! (1968)

Movie
Pete Jensen
The Money Jungle

The Money Jungle (1967)

Movie
Oscar Hipple / Fargo Smith
The High Chaparral

The High Chaparral (1967)

TV
6
The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967)

TV
Cimarron Strip

Cimarron Strip (1967)

TV
Custer

Custer (1967)

TV
Ivan Moss
Bonnie and Clyde

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

Movie
5.4
Johnny Banco

Johnny Banco (1967)

Movie
Electrician
Don't Make Waves

Don't Make Waves (1967)

Movie
Ironside

Ironside (1967)

TV
6
Preacher
Mr. Terrific

Mr. Terrific (1967)

TV
The Monkees

The Monkees (1966)

TV
4.25
That Girl

That Girl (1966)

TV
6
The Monroes

The Monroes (1966)

TV
Dealer
The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

Movie
6
Jim
The Loner

The Loner (1965)

TV
Guard
The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West (1965)

TV
5.75
Hank
Tammy

Tammy (1965)

TV
Laredo

Laredo (1965)

TV
6
Doc Tully
The Big Valley

The Big Valley (1965)

TV
6.2
Ed Hewley / Mr. Hewley
Please Don't Eat the Daisies

Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1965)

TV
4.33
Clayton Howell
The Hallelujah Trail

The Hallelujah Trail (1965)

Movie
Taxi Driver
The Decorator

The Decorator (1965)

Movie
Priam
Major Dundee

Major Dundee (1965)

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

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)

TV
6
Garnet
Burke's Law

Burke's Law (1963)

TV
6
Percy Cook
Spencer's Mountain

Spencer's Mountain (1963)

Movie
Gregory
The Losers

The Losers (1963)

Movie
Fire Tender
Mooncussers

Mooncussers (1962)

Movie
Man (uncredited)
How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won (1962)

Movie
6
Drunk (uncredited)
Period of Adjustment

Period of Adjustment (1962)

Movie
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)

TV
6
Clerk
Ensign O'Toole

Ensign O'Toole (1962)

TV
Runty Bojohn / Walt Cooper
The Virginian

The Virginian (1962)

TV
Freddy
The Lloyd Bridges Show

The Lloyd Bridges Show (1962)

TV
Doc
Black Gold

Black Gold (1962)

Movie
Dan Hatcher
Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Movie
Doc Morgan / Pete Dibley
The Beachcomber

The Beachcomber (1962)

TV
Man (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Movie
Mitch Brady
Hazel

Hazel (1961)

TV
Teet Howie
Parrish

Parrish (1961)

Movie
Surfside 6

Surfside 6 (1960)

TV
Billy Ray Talbot / Preacher / Ben Beecham
The Andy Griffith Show

The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

TV
6
Walt Smith
The Westerner

The Westerner (1960)

TV
George B. Glines
The Barbara Stanwyck Show

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)

TV
Bob Skaggs (uncredited)
Home from the Hill

Home from the Hill (1960)

Movie
Opie
Dennis the Menace

Dennis the Menace (1959)

TV
6
Peters
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone (1959)

TV
8
Wichita Town

Wichita Town (1959)

TV
Fred
A Hole in the Head

A Hole in the Head (1959)

Movie
Luke Calhoun / Barlow / Otto / Simon
Bonanza

Bonanza (1959)

TV
1
County Veterinarian (uncredited)
Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame (1958)

Movie
77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip (1958)

TV
Chef's Assistant (uncredited)
Lawman

Lawman (1958)

TV
Landlord
Hot Rod Gang

Hot Rod Gang (1958)

Movie
Mr. McKinney
No Time for Sergeants

No Time for Sergeants (1958)

Movie
26 Men

26 Men (1957)

TV
Wallie Sims
Casey Jones

Casey Jones (1957)

TV
Stroller
Perry Mason

Perry Mason (1957)

TV
4.33
Joe
You Can't Run Away from It

You Can't Run Away from It (1956)

Movie
Yancie / Harper - Auctioneer
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)

TV
Nolan Brown (uncredited)
The Fastest Gun Alive

The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)

Movie
Ed (uncredited)
I Died a Thousand Times

I Died a Thousand Times (1955)

Movie
Hoyt
Cheyenne

Cheyenne (1955)

TV
Farnum / Rev. Finney Cox / Bartender / Cook / Noah Riker / Sonny Starr
Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke (1955)

TV
6
Hogan
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)

TV
Townsman (uncredited)
Tall Man Riding

Tall Man Riding (1955)

Movie
Norman's Driver (uncredited)
A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born (1954)

Movie
Eli Danvers
The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter (1954)

Movie
Miller Starkie
Dragnet

Dragnet (1954)

Movie
Railroad Yard Watchman
Them!

Them! (1954)

Movie
6
Gus Snider
Crime Wave

Crime Wave (1953)

Movie
Rupert
Death Valley Days

Death Valley Days (1952)

TV
Rattlesnake Jones
I Love Lucy

I Love Lucy (1951)

TV
7.33
A James Boy
Life with Buster Keaton

Life with Buster Keaton (1951)

Movie
Cannonball
The Marshall of Trail City

The Marshall of Trail City (1950)

Movie
Joe
Riding High

Riding High (1950)

Movie
Cannonball Taylor
Lawless Code

Lawless Code (1949)

Movie
Cannonball
Roaring Westward

Roaring Westward (1949)

Movie
Cannonball
Brand of Fear

Brand of Fear (1949)

Movie
Cannonball Taylor
Across The Rio Grande

Across The Rio Grande (1949)

Movie
Cannonball Taylor
Gun Law Justice

Gun Law Justice (1949)

Movie
Cannonball Taylor
Gun Runner

Gun Runner (1949)

Movie
'Cannonball' Taylor
Courtin' Trouble

Courtin' Trouble (1948)

Movie
'Cannonball'
Outlaw Brand

Outlaw Brand (1948)

Movie
Cannonball
Silver Trails

Silver Trails (1948)

Movie
Cannonball
Cowboy Cavalier

Cowboy Cavalier (1948)

Movie
Cannonball
Range Renegades

Range Renegades (1948)

Movie
Cannonball
Partners of the Sunset

Partners of the Sunset (1948)

Movie
Cannonball Taylor
The Rangers Ride

The Rangers Ride (1948)

Movie
Cannonball Taylor
Oklahoma Blues

Oklahoma Blues (1948)

Movie
Cannonball
Song of the Drifter

Song of the Drifter (1948)

Movie
Cannonball
Ridin' Down the Trail

Ridin' Down the Trail (1947)

Movie
Cannonball Taylor
Frontier Gunlaw

Frontier Gunlaw (1946)

Movie
Cannonball Taylor
Texas Panhandle

Texas Panhandle (1945)

Movie
Cannonball
Lawless Empire

Lawless Empire (1945)

Movie
Cannonball
Outlaws of the Rockies

Outlaws of the Rockies (1945)

Movie
Cannonball
Blazing the Western Trail

Blazing the Western Trail (1945)

Movie
Cannonball
Rustlers of the Badlands

Rustlers of the Badlands (1945)

Movie
Cannonball
Both Barrels Blazing

Both Barrels Blazing (1945)

Movie
Cannonball
Rough Ridin' Justice

Rough Ridin' Justice (1945)

Movie
Cannonball Taylor
Sagebrush Heroes

Sagebrush Heroes (1945)

Movie
Cannonball Mullins
Saddle Leather Law

Saddle Leather Law (1944)

Movie
Cannonball Boggs
Cyclone Prairie Rangers

Cyclone Prairie Rangers (1944)

Movie
Cannonball
Cowboy from Lonesome River

Cowboy from Lonesome River (1944)

Movie
Cannonball
The Last Horseman

The Last Horseman (1944)

Movie
Doc 'Canonball' Jones
Wyoming Hurricane

Wyoming Hurricane (1944)

Movie
Cannonball Boggs
Sundown Valley

Sundown Valley (1944)

Movie
Cannonball
Cowboy Canteen

Cowboy Canteen (1944)

Movie
Cannonball Taylor
Cowboy in the Clouds

Cowboy in the Clouds (1943)

Movie
Cannonball Taylor
The Vigilantes Ride

The Vigilantes Ride (1943)

Movie
Seaman Stubby Gordon
Minesweeper

Minesweeper (1943)

Movie
Cannonball Boggs
Silver City Raiders

Silver City Raiders (1943)

Movie
Cannonball
Saddles and Sagebrush

Saddles and Sagebrush (1943)

Movie
Cannonball
Riders of the Northwest Mounted

Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943)

Movie
Cannonball
A Tornado in the Saddle

A Tornado in the Saddle (1942)

Movie
Cannonball
The Lone Prairie

The Lone Prairie (1942)

Movie
Malloy
Tanks a Million

Tanks a Million (1941)

Movie
Cannonball Boggs
King of Dodge City

King of Dodge City (1941)

Movie
Cannonball Boggs
The Son of Davy Crockett

The Son of Davy Crockett (1941)

Movie
Cannonball Boggs
Hands Across the Rockies

Hands Across the Rockies (1941)

Movie
Cannonball
The Return of Daniel Boone

The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)

Movie
Cannonball
North from the Lone Star

North from the Lone Star (1941)

Movie
Cannonball
Across the Sierras

Across the Sierras (1941)

Movie
Cannonball
The Wildcat of Tucson

The Wildcat of Tucson (1940)

Movie
Cannonball
Beyond the Sacramento

Beyond the Sacramento (1940)

Movie
Cannonball
Prairie Schooners

Prairie Schooners (1940)

Movie
Nevady
One Man's Law

One Man's Law (1940)

Movie
Cannonball
The Return of Wild Bill

The Return of Wild Bill (1940)

Movie
Cannonball
The Man from Tumbleweeds

The Man from Tumbleweeds (1940)

Movie
Cannonball Simms
Pioneers of the Frontier

Pioneers of the Frontier (1940)

Movie
Cannonball
The Taming of the West

The Taming of the West (1939)

Movie
Reporter (uncredited)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

Movie
5.27
Bit Part (uncredited)
Carefree

Carefree (1938)

Movie
6.5
Ed Carmichael
You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Movie
6

Ratings

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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1907-02-26

Deathday
1994-10-03 (87 years old)

Birth Place
Richmond, United States of America

Children
Buck Taylor

Citizenships
United States of America

Also Known As
Cannonball Taylor, Dubb Taylor, Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor Jr., Walter Clarence Taylor Jr.


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