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Vaughn Taylor

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Vaughn Taylor

Born February 22, 1911 in Boston, Massachusetts, USADied April 26, 198354 films

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

54 films as actor
  1. 1976The Gumball RallyAndy McAllister - Mercedes Team
  2. 1975The Daughters of Joshua Cabe ReturnLand Agent
  3. 1974Winter KillFrank
  4. 1973Brock's Last CaseDoc Walters
  5. 1973Set This Town on FireStabler
  6. 1972ScarecrowReverend Rand
  7. 1971They Call It MurderHarry Marshall
  8. 1971The Day They Hanged Kid CurryWillis
  9. 1971The Million Dollar DuckBank President (uncredited)
  10. 1970The Ballad of Cable HoguePowell
  11. 1969My Dog, the ThiefDog Catcher
  12. 1968The Shakiest Gun in the WestRev. Longbaugh
  13. 1968Fever HeatToad Taplinger
  14. 1968The PowerMr. Hallson
  15. 1967In Cold BloodGood Samaritan
  16. 1967The Last ChallengeJim Haskell (uncredited)
  17. 1966The ProfessionalsBanker
  18. 1966The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!Mr. Bell
  19. 1965The Further Adventures of GallegherMr. Bildad
  20. 1965Dark IntruderDr. Burdett
  21. 1965Zebra in the KitchenCouncilman Pew
  22. 1965Kilroybank president
  23. 1964The Unsinkable Molly BrownMr. Cartwright
  24. 1964The CarpetbaggersDoctor
  25. 1963The Wheeler DealersThaddeus Whipple
  26. 1962Diamond HeadJudge Blanding
  27. 1961The Wizard of BaghdadNorodeen
  28. 1960The PlunderersJess Walters
  29. 1960PsychoGeorge Lowery
  30. 1960The Gallant HoursMike Pulaski
  31. 1959Blue DenimProfessor Willard
  32. 1959WarlockHenry Richardson
  33. 1958Andy Hardy Comes HomeThomas Chandler
  34. 1958Gunsmoke in TucsonBen Bodeen
  35. 1958Party GirlDr. Caderman (uncredited)
  36. 1958Cat on a Hot Tin RoofDeacon Davis
  37. 1958Screaming MimiRaoul Reynarde
  38. 1958The LineupThe Man
  39. 1958The Young LionsJohn Plowman (uncredited)
  40. 1958CowboyMr. Fowler, Chicago Hotel Manager
  41. 1957Decision at SundownMr. Baldwin
  42. 1957This Could Be the NightZiggy Dawit
  43. 1957Jailhouse RockMr. Shores (narrator)
  44. 1954It Should Happen to YouEntrikin
  45. 1953HarvestGramps
  46. 1953The Bells of CockaigneJonesy
  47. 1953Beauty and the BrideNarrator
  48. 1952Back at the FrontMaj. Lester Ormsby
  49. 195210,000 Horses SingingMr. Racknall
  50. 1952Meet Danny WilsonT.W. Hatcher
  51. 1951Francis Goes to the RacesChief Inspector Carrington
  52. 1951Up FrontMaj. Lester
  53. 1947Radio, Take It Away
  54. 1946Seven Keys to Baldpate