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Vaughn Taylor

Highest Rated: 100% It Should Happen to You (1954)

Lowest Rated: 29% The Gumball Rally (1976)

Birthday: Feb 22, 1911

Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

In his best-known role, Vaughn Taylor played Janet Leigh's boss in the 1960 Hitchcock thriller "Psycho," but much of the American actor's career was devoted to work on the small screen. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Taylor had his very first onscreen role in the TV movie "Mr. And Mrs. North," which aired in 1946. He later appeared in the 1957 Elvis Presley smash hit "Jailhouse Rock," following it up a year later with his role as Deacon Davis in the Tennessee Williams adaptation "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," starring Elizabeth Taylor and Paul Newman. Following this film work, he was cast in a number of small roles on television series including "The Twilight Zone," "Perry Mason," "Bonanza" and the theater telecast "Robert Montgomery Presents." These were among the most popular shows of their time, and Taylor worked in television steadily throughout the 1960s, landing both guest appearances and recurring roles. Taylor went on to play a Good Samaritan in the 1967 adaptation of Truman Capote's novel "In Cold Blood," which was nominated for four Academy Awards. He appeared in another notable film, Sam Peckinpah's 1970 Western, "The Ballad of Cable Hogue," and six years later had his final acting role, in the 1976 comedy "The Gumball Rally." He died in Los Angeles in 1983, at the age of 73.

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Highest rated movies

100% 76% It Should Happen to You
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100% 76% Decision at Sundown
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97% 92% Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
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94% 81% The Ballad of Cable Hogue
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89% 81% The Professionals
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86% 83% The Lineup
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76% Warlock
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76% 88% In Cold Blood
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75% 55% Cowboy
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67% 72% Jailhouse Rock
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Filmography

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Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Any Last Words? Belle Starr (Character) - 2012
29% 65% The Gumball Rally Andy McAllister (Character) - 1976
No Score Yet No Score Yet Winter Kill Unknown (Character) - 1974
No Score Yet No Score Yet Brock's Last Case Doc Walters (Character) - 1973
No Score Yet 43% They Call It Murder Doctor Harry Maxwell (Character) - 1971
94% 81% The Ballad of Cable Hogue Powell (Character) - 1970
No Score Yet 70% The Shakiest Gun in the West Reverend Longbaugh (Character) - 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fever Heat Toad Taplinger (Character) - 1968
76% 88% In Cold Blood Good Samaritan (Character) - 1967
89% 81% The Professionals Grant's Banker (Character) - 1966
No Score Yet 46% Zebra in the Kitchen Councilman Pew (Character) - 1965
33% 62% The Carpetbaggers Doctor (Character) - 1964
No Score Yet 31% Twilight of Honor Unknown (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 57% Diamond Head Judge James Blanding (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet 56% The Wheeler Dealers Thaddeus Whipple (Character) - 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wizard of Baghdad Norodeen (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet 61% Blue Denim Professor Willard (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 76% Warlock Henry Richardson (Character) - 1959
86% 83% The Lineup The Man (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Andy Hardy Comes Home Thomas Chandler (Character) - 1958
97% 92% Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Deacon Davis (Character) - 1958
75% 55% Cowboy Mr. Fowler (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke in Tucson Ben Bodeen (Character) - 1958
100% 76% Decision at Sundown Mr. Baldwin (Character) - 1957
67% 72% Jailhouse Rock Mr. Shores (Character) - 1957
100% 76% It Should Happen to You Entrikin (Character) - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Willie and Joe Back at the Front Maj. Lester Ormsby (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 57% Meet Danny Wilson T.W. Hatcher (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 78% Francis Goes to the Races Chief Inspector Carrington (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 50% Lawyer Man Unknown (Character) - 1932

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Maude Unknown (Guest Star) 1975
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Streets of San Francisco Harry Gates (Guest Star) 1973
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mannix Dealer (Guest Star) 1972
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bonanza Unknown (Guest Star) 1961 1966-1967 1970
No Score Yet No Score Yet Name of the Game Unknown (Guest Star) 1969
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunsmoke Parson (Guest Star) 1958-1959 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Unknown (Guest Star) 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lassie Dr. Jonathan Leo (Guest Star) 1968
No Score Yet 48% Bewitched Markham (Guest Star) 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Bud Frazer (Guest Star) 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet Petticoat Junction Unknown (Guest Star) 1966 1968
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Guns of Will Sonnett Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laredo Unknown (Guest Star) 1967
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Fugitive Pharmacist Feeney (Guest Star) 1963 1965-1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet Branded Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Farmer's Daughter Abner Brown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet 84% Get Smart Unknown (Guest Star) 1966
No Score Yet 88% The Andy Griffith Show Frank Chase (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet 100% The Wild, Wild West Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hazel Unknown (Guest Star) 1963 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. Novak Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet My Favorite Martian Unknown (Guest Star) 1965
No Score Yet No Score Yet Perry Mason Sanford Harper (Guest Star) 1957-1959 1961 1963-1964
92% 92% The Outer Limits Randall Latimer (Character) 1964
92% 96% The Twilight Zone Salesman (Character) 1959 1961-1964
No Score Yet No Score Yet Grindl Unknown (Guest Star) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Alfred Hitchcock Hour Unknown (Character) 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Cheyenne Unknown (Guest Star) 1958 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bachelor Father Unknown (Guest Star) 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Thriller Unknown (Character) 1961-1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bronco Unknown (Guest Star) 1959-1960 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip John Montaigne (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Untouchables Unknown (Guest Star) 1959 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Route 66 Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Laramie Pettis (Character),
Undertaker (Guest Star)
1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Unknown (Guest Star) 1960-1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Gunslinger Unknown (Guest Star) 1961
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Seth Wade (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Tall Man Judge Riley (Guest Star) 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal Dillon Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Goldie Mr. Feinbaum (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Wagon Train Unknown (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trackdown Doc Rivers (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet Studio One Doc (Character) 1949 1952 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet The United States Steel Hour Tod White (Character) 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Tomorrow Unknown (Character) 1951 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lights Out Unknown (Character) 1951