Vaughn Taylor
Acting
- Born:
- 1911-02-22
- Died:
- 1983-04-26
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
The Gumball Rally
The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
Winter Kill
Brock's Last Case
Set This Town on Fire
Scarecrow
They Call It Murder
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
The Million Dollar Duck
Arnie
The Ballad of Cable Hogue
Marcus Welby, M.D.
My Dog, the Thief
Lancer
The Shakiest Gun in the West
Fever Heat
The Power
In Cold Blood
Mannix
The High Chaparral
The Guns of Will Sonnett
The Last Challenge
Ironside
The Invaders
The Professionals
Occasional Wife
Run, Buddy, Run
The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
The F.B.I.
Get Smart
Laredo
Run for Your Life
The Legend of Jesse James
Dark Intruder
Zebra in the Kitchen
Kilroy
Branded
Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
Daniel Boone
The Cara Williams Show
Bewitched
The Unsinkable Molly Brown
The Carpetbaggers
The Wheeler Dealers
Petticoat Junction
Burke's Law
The Fugitive
The Outer Limits
Grindl
Diamond Head
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The New Breed
Target: The Corruptors!
Cain's Hundred
The Wizard of Baghdad
Gunslinger
The Plunderers
Route 66
The Andy Griffith Show
Thriller
Coronado 9
Psycho
The Gallant Hours
Tate
Adventures in Paradise
The Twilight Zone
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Tightrope
Blue Denim
Warlock
Black Saddle
Rawhide
Andy Hardy Comes Home
Gunsmoke in Tucson
Party Girl
77 Sunset Strip
Naked City
The Texan
The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
Bronco
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Screaming Mimi
The Lineup
The Young Lions
Cowboy
Decision at Sundown
Trackdown
Perry Mason
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
This Could Be the Night
Jailhouse Rock
Wire Service
Cheyenne
Gunsmoke
The Millionaire
It Should Happen to You
Inner Sanctum
Harvest
The Bells of Cockaigne
Letter to Loretta
Beauty and the Bride
General Electric Theater
Omnibus
Back at the Front
10,000 Horses Singing
Meet Danny Wilson
Tales of Tomorrow
Francis Goes to the Races
Up Front
Lux Video Theatre
Armstrong Circle Theatre
Robert Montgomery Presents
Studio One
The Philco Television Playhouse
Radio, Take It Away
Seven Keys to Baldpate