Vaughn Taylor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 22, 1911
- Died
- April 26, 1983 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Vaughn Taylor (February 22, 1910 – April 26, 1983) was an American film and television actor. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His film credits include Jailhouse Rock, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Psycho and In Cold Blood. In his many television appearances, Taylor appeared in several episodes of the Twilight Zone, including the role of the salesman in the episode" I Sing the Body Electric". He also appeared in "Time Enough at Last", "Still Valley", an episode of "The Outer Limits" called "The Guests" as the character Mr. Latimer, "The Incredible World of Horace Ford" and "The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross". In 1958, he appeared as a doctor shot to death in the back by the brother, played by Nick Adams of an outlaw, portrayed by Michael Landon, whom he had treated in the Steve McQueen CBS western Wanted: Dead or Alive. Taylor appeared three times in the 1960–1961 season in the syndicated series COronado 9 starring Rod Cameron. He guest starred in 1961 as a veterinarian in the ABC sitcom The Hathaways, starring Peggy Cass, Jack Weston, and the Marquis Chimps. Taylor also appeared in 1961 in James Franciscus's short-lived CBS drama series, The Investigators. He was also a frequent guest on the Perry Mason series, appearing a total of eight times (including the first episode). He died in 1983, aged 73, two months before the release of Psycho II, which was the sequel to the original Psycho.
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Filmography
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Movie · as Mr. Carsville (archive footage)
The Gumball Rally
Movie · as Andy McAllister - Mercedes Team
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
Movie · as Land Agent
Winter Kill
Movie · as Frank
Set This Town on Fire
Movie · as Stabler
Brock's Last Case
Movie · as Doc Walters
Scarecrow
Movie · as Reverend Rand
They Call It Murder
Movie · as Harry Marshall
The Million Dollar Duck
Movie · as Bank President (uncredited)
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
Movie · as Willis
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Movie · as Powell
Arnie
TV · 1 ep
My Dog, the Thief
Movie · as Dog Catcher
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TV · as Dean Worthington · 1 ep
The Power
Movie · as Mr. Hallson
Fever Heat
Movie · as Toad Taplinger
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Movie · as Rev. Longbaugh
Lancer
TV · 2 eps
In Cold Blood
Movie · as Good Samaritan
The Last Challenge
Movie · as Jim Haskell (uncredited)
Mannix
TV · 1 ep
Ironside
TV · 1 ep
The High Chaparral
TV · as Asa Simmons · 1 ep
The Guns of Will Sonnett
TV · 1 ep
The Invaders
TV · as Kemper · 1 ep
The Professionals
Movie · as Banker
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Movie · as Mr. Bell
Run, Buddy, Run
TV · 1 ep
Occasional Wife
TV · 1 ep
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Movie · as Mr. Bildad
Zebra in the Kitchen
Movie · as Councilman Pew
Dark Intruder
Movie · as Dr. Burdett
Kilroy
Movie · as bank president
The F.B.I.
TV · as Sarrew · 1 ep
Get Smart
TV · as Herb Gaffer, Agent Four · 1 ep
Laredo
TV · 1 ep
Run for Your Life
TV · as Henry Sloan · 1 ep
Branded
TV · 2 eps
The Legend of Jesse James
TV · as Prosecutor Clayton · 1 ep
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
Movie · as Mr. Cartwright
The Carpetbaggers
Movie · as Doctor
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
TV · 1 ep
Bewitched
TV · 1 ep
Daniel Boone
TV · as Justice Homer Godwin, Judge Qualey · 1 ep
The Cara Williams Show
TV · 1 ep
The Wheeler Dealers
Movie · as Thaddeus Whipple
Burke's Law
TV · as Ben Schneider, Mr. Moody · 1 ep
Petticoat Junction
TV · as Mr. Foley, Bill Clayton · 1 ep
The Fugitive
TV · as Arvin Keel, Mayor Otis Penfield, Pharmacist Feeney, Sheriff Crowley · 1 ep
Grindl
TV · 1 ep
The Outer Limits
TV · as Randall Latimer, Dean Flint · 1 ep
Diamond Head
Movie · as Judge Blanding
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV · as Dr. Babcock · 1 ep
The Wizard of Baghdad
Movie · as Norodeen
Cain's Hundred
TV · as Harry Marstow · 1 ep
Target: The Corruptors!
TV · 1 ep
The New Breed
TV · as Felix Wainwright · 1 ep
Gunslinger
TV · as Matt Calvin · 1 ep
The Investigators
TV · as The Judge · 1 ep
Psycho
Movie · as George Lowery
The Plunderers
Movie · as Jess Walters
The Gallant Hours
Movie · as Mike Pulaski
The Andy Griffith Show
TV · as Frank Chase · 1 ep
Route 66
TV · 1 ep
Thriller
TV · as Uncle Philip Landers, Pontifex Tundifer · 1 ep
Tate
TV · 1 ep
Coronado 9
TV · 3 eps
Warlock
Movie · as Henry Richardson
Blue Denim
Movie · as Professor Willard
The Twilight Zone
TV · as Teague, Mr. Judson, Salesman, Mr. Maitland · 1 ep
Rawhide
TV · as Judge Brady, Clay Heath, Perce Morgan · 1 ep
Adventures in Paradise
TV · as Lamb · 1 ep
Black Saddle
TV · as Eli Banks · 1 ep
Tightrope
TV · 1 ep
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
TV · as Artie Quint · 1 ep
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Movie · as Deacon Davis
The Lineup
Movie · as The Man
Screaming Mimi
Movie · as Raoul Reynarde
Party Girl
Movie · as Dr. Caderman (uncredited)
Gunsmoke in Tucson
Movie · as Ben Bodeen
Cowboy
Movie · as Mr. Fowler, Chicago Hotel Manager
The Young Lions
Movie · as John Plowman (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Movie · as Thomas Chandler
77 Sunset Strip
TV · 1 ep
Naked City
TV · as J. Milton Turpin · 1 ep
Bronco
TV · 3 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
TV · as Dr. Glen Leach, Curtis Paine, Doc Adams · 1 ep
The Texan
TV · 1 ep
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
TV · as Judge Shinn · 1 ep
Jailhouse Rock
Movie · as Mr. Shores (narrator)
This Could Be the Night
Movie · as Ziggy Dawit
Decision at Sundown
Movie · as Mr. Baldwin
Trackdown
TV · 1 ep
Perry Mason
TV · as Mr. Boles, Harry Folsom, Bishop Arthur Mallory, Ralph Duncan, Prof. Sneider, Martin Weston, Sanford Harper, Montrose Foster · 1 ep
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
TV · as Julian Tyler · 1 ep
Wire Service
TV · as Hugh Saxton · 1 ep
Cheyenne
TV · 2 eps
Gunsmoke
TV · as Olie Ridgers, Parson, Judge Fletcher Anderson · 1 ep
The Millionaire
TV · as Lucas · 1 ep
It Should Happen to You
Movie · as Entrikin
Inner Sanctum
TV · 1 ep
Beauty and the Bride
Movie · as Narrator
The Bells of Cockaigne
Movie · as Jonesy
Harvest
Movie · as Gramps
General Electric Theater
TV · as Marlowe · 1 ep
Letter to Loretta
TV · as Boris Atherton, Mr. Ashley, Steve Winters, John Douglas · 1 ep
Meet Danny Wilson
Movie · as T.W. Hatcher
Back at the Front
Movie · as Maj. Lester Ormsby
10,000 Horses Singing
Movie · as Mr. Racknall
Omnibus
TV · 1 ep
Francis Goes to the Races
Movie · as Chief Inspector Carrington
Up Front
Movie · as Maj. Lester
Tales of Tomorrow
TV · as Crazy John · 2 eps
Lux Video Theatre
TV · as Count Clerk · 1 ep
Armstrong Circle Theatre
TV · 1 ep
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV · as Pa Kettle, Retz, Bill Stapp, Quincy Berry, Edward, Gramps, Harry Knighton, Captain Crocker, Dabe, William Deveraux, Lester, Barnes · 1 ep
Studio One
TV · as Casca, Admiral Luetjens, Mr. Racknall, Carlton Delafield, Billy, Prof. Henry Lempkin, Doc · 1 ep
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV · as Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Mr. Mergenthwirker, Alfred Stubbs, Pa Blanchard · 1 ep
Radio, Take It Away
Movie
Kraft Television Theatre
TV · as Jonathan Rockwood · 1 ep
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Movie