Vaughn Taylor
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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Vaughn Taylor
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Any Last Words? | Belle Starr (Character) | - | 2012 |
29% |
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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 |
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They Call It Murder | Doctor Harry Maxwell (Character) | - | 1971 |
94% |
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue | Powell (Character) | - | 1970 |
No Score Yet |
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The Shakiest Gun in the West | Reverend Longbaugh (Character) | - | 1968 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fever Heat | Toad Taplinger (Character) | - | 1968 |
76% |
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In Cold Blood | Good Samaritan (Character) | - | 1967 |
89% |
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The Professionals | Grant's Banker (Character) | - | 1966 |
No Score Yet |
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Zebra in the Kitchen | Councilman Pew (Character) | - | 1965 |
33% |
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The Carpetbaggers | Doctor (Character) | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet |
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Twilight of Honor | Unknown (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet |
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Diamond Head | Judge James Blanding (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet |
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The Wheeler Dealers | Thaddeus Whipple (Character) | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wizard of Baghdad | Norodeen (Character) | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet |
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Blue Denim | Professor Willard (Character) | - | 1959 |
80% |
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Warlock | Henry Richardson (Character) | - | 1959 |
88% |
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The Lineup | The Man (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Andy Hardy Comes Home | Thomas Chandler (Character) | - | 1958 |
97% |
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | Deacon Davis (Character) | - | 1958 |
75% |
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Cowboy | Mr. Fowler (Character) | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke in Tucson | Ben Bodeen (Character) | - | 1958 |
100% |
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Decision at Sundown | Mr. Baldwin (Character) | - | 1957 |
67% |
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Jailhouse Rock | Mr. Shores (Character) | - | 1957 |
100% |
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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 |
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Meet Danny Wilson | T.W. Hatcher (Character) | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet |
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Francis Goes to the Races | Chief Inspector Carrington (Character) | - | 1951 |
No Score Yet |
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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 | 45% | 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 |