Vaughn Taylor
Born: 1911-02-22 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1983-04-26
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2019
- The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration as Mr. Carsville (archive footage)
1976
- The Gumball Rally as Andy McAllister - Mercedes Team
1975
- The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return as Land Agent
1974
- Winter Kill as Frank
1973
- Brock's Last Case as Doc Walters
- Set This Town on Fire as Stabler
1972
- Scarecrow as Reverend Rand
1971
- The Day They Hanged Kid Curry as Willis
- The Million Dollar Duck as Bank President (uncredited)
- They Call It Murder as Harry Marshall
1970
- Arnie
- The Ballad of Cable Hogue as Powell
1969
- Marcus Welby, M.D. as Dean Worthington
- My Dog, the Thief as Dog Catcher
1968
- Lancer
- The Power as Mr. Hallson
- The Shakiest Gun in the West as Rev. Longbaugh
- Fever Heat as Toad Taplinger
1967
- Mannix
- Ironside
- The Invaders as Kemper
- The High Chaparral as Asa Simmons
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
- In Cold Blood as Good Samaritan
- The Last Challenge as Jim Haskell (uncredited)
1966
- The Professionals as Banker
- Run, Buddy, Run
- Occasional Wife
- The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! as Mr. Bell
1965
- Get Smart as Herb Gaffer, Agent Four
- The F.B.I. as Sarrew
- Run for Your Life as Henry Sloan
- Branded
- Laredo
- The Legend of Jesse James as Prosecutor Clayton
- Kilroy as bank president
- Dark Intruder as Dr. Burdett
- Zebra in the Kitchen as Councilman Pew
- The Further Adventures of Gallegher as Mr. Bildad
1964
- Bewitched
- Daniel Boone as Justice Homer Godwin
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- The Cara Williams Show
- The Carpetbaggers as Doctor
- The Unsinkable Molly Brown as Mr. Cartwright
1963
- The Fugitive as Arvin Keel
- Burke's Law as Ben Schneider
- Petticoat Junction as Mr. Foley
- The Outer Limits as Randall Latimer
- Grindl
- The Wheeler Dealers as Thaddeus Whipple
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Dr. Babcock
- Diamond Head as Judge Blanding
1961
- Cain's Hundred as Harry Marstow
- The New Breed as Felix Wainwright
- Gunslinger as Matt Calvin
- Target: The Corruptors!
- The Wizard of Baghdad as Norodeen
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Frank Chase
- Thriller as Uncle Philip Landers
- Route 66
- Psycho as George Lowery
- Coronado 9
- Tate
- The Gallant Hours as Mike Pulaski
- The Plunderers as Jess Walters
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Teague
- Rawhide as Judge Brady
- Adventures in Paradise as Lamb
- Black Saddle as Eli Banks
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson as Artie Quint
- Tightrope
- Warlock as Henry Richardson
- Blue Denim as Professor Willard
1958
- Naked City as J. Milton Turpin
- The Texan
- Wanted: Dead or Alive as Dr. Glen Leach
- Bronco
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Party Girl as Dr. Caderman (uncredited)
- The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen as Judge Shinn
- Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as Deacon Davis
- The Young Lions as John Plowman (uncredited)
- Cowboy as Mr. Fowler, Chicago Hotel Manager
- The Lineup as The Man
- Screaming Mimi as Raoul Reynarde
- Gunsmoke in Tucson as Ben Bodeen
- Andy Hardy Comes Home as Thomas Chandler
1957
- Perry Mason as Mr. Boles
- Trackdown
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective as Julian Tyler
- Jailhouse Rock as Mr. Shores (narrator)
- Decision at Sundown as Mr. Baldwin
- This Could Be the Night as Ziggy Dawit
1956
- Wire Service as Hugh Saxton
1955
- Cheyenne
- The Millionaire as Lucas
- Gunsmoke as Olie Ridgers
1954
- Inner Sanctum
- It Should Happen to You as Entrikin
1953
- Letter to Loretta as Boris Atherton
- General Electric Theater as Marlowe
- Harvest as Gramps
- The Bells of Cockaigne as Jonesy
- Beauty and the Bride as Narrator
1952
- Omnibus
- 10,000 Horses Singing as Mr. Racknall
- Meet Danny Wilson as T.W. Hatcher
- Back at the Front as Maj. Lester Ormsby
1951
- Tales of Tomorrow as Crazy John
- Francis Goes to the Races as Chief Inspector Carrington
- Up Front as Maj. Lester
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents as Pa Kettle
- Armstrong Circle Theatre
- Lux Video Theatre as Count Clerk
1948
- The Philco Television Playhouse as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
- Studio One as Casca