Dub Taylor

Actor

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Also Known As

Dub Taylor (Cannonball), Walter Clarence Taylor Jr., Dub "Cannonball" Taylor, Cannonball Taylor, "Cannonball" Taylor

Birth Place

Richmond, Virginia, USA

Born

February 26, 1907

Died

October 03, 1994

Cause of Death

Congestive Heart Failure

Biography

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Omnipresent, much-loved character actor, a fixture of Westerns for over 60 years. Taylor began in vaudeville playing the harmonica and the xylophone, and the latter talent came in handy when he made his film debut as the untalented xylophone-playing Ed Carmichael, one of a family of zanies peopling Frank Capra's adaptation of the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart farce, "You Can't Take It ...

Filmography

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Maverick (1994)

Falling From Grace (1992)

Conagher (1991)

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)

Back To The Future (Part 3) (1990)

Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)

Photos & Videos

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Crime Wave (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Chicken Feed

Crime Wave (1954) -- (Movie Clip) That's Gershwin

Family & Companions

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Florence Dean

Wife

Vaudevillian.

Biography

Omnipresent, much-loved character actor, a fixture of Westerns for over 60 years. Taylor began in vaudeville playing the harmonica and the xylophone, and the latter talent came in handy when he made his film debut as the untalented xylophone-playing Ed Carmichael, one of a family of zanies peopling Frank Capra's adaptation of the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart farce, "You Can't Take It With You" (1938). Although he can be spotted in that same year's delightful Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire musical "Carefree" (1938), Taylor soon began hitting the dusty trail in "The Taming of the West" (1939), "The Man from Tumbleweeds" (1940), "Sagebrush Heroes" (1944) and dozens of others during the 1940s. He proved himself one of the best things to happen to fine "B" Westerns as he played comic sidekick first to Bill Elliott, then to Charles Starrett and later to Russell Hayden.

Delighting audiences as he had trouble with his saddle, his gun, or a flirtatious frontierswoman, Taylor continued his antics on TV's "The Roy Rogers Show" in the 50s. His film credits began to diversify, though, including crime drama ("Crime Wave" 1954), comedy ("No Time for Sergeants" 1958, Capra's "A Hole in the Head" 1959) and theatrical adaptation ("Sweet Bird of Youth" 1962). He also brought rustic humor to his recurring roles of Ben, fix-it-shop owner Emmet's brother-in-law, on TV's "The Andy Griffith Show" and repairman Ed Hewley on the first season (1965-66) of "Please Don't Eat the Daisies." In 1967 he memorably played the man who helped bring down the title characters in Arthur Penn's landmark "Bonnie and Clyde."

Taylor never left the Western, though. As genre revisions became common, Taylor's leathery presence, often grizzled, came to embody the Old West not only as it was lived but how it had been represented onscreen. Sam Peckinpah used him thusly in "Major Dundee" (1965), "The Wild Bunch" (1969), "Junior Bonner" (1972) and "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (1973), as did films ranging from "Death of a Gunfighter" (1969) to "Back to the Future III" (1990, credited as "saloon old timer"). Taylor was as busy as in the old days, with eight credits in 1976 alone. He was as amusing as ever as a toothless varmint in the revival series, "Bret Maverick" (1981-82) and in the TV western comedies "The Dooley Brothers" (1979) and "Once Upon a Texas Train" (1988). Well into his 80s Taylor still stole scenes as the grandfather in the feature country singer saga, "Falling from Grace" (1992).

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Maverick (1994)

Falling From Grace (1992)

Conagher (1991)

My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys (1991)

Back To The Future (Part 3) (1990)

Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)

The Best Of Times (1986)

The Outlaws (1984)

Cannonball Run II (1984)

Used Cars (1980)

The Great Smokey Roadblock (1978)

They Went That-a-Way & That-a-Way (1978)

The Rescuers (1977)

Moonshine County Express (1977)

Burnt Offerings (1976)

Treasure of Matecumbe (1976)

Doc Hooker's Bunch (1976)

Pony Express Rider (1976)

The Winds of Autumn (1976)

The Creature From Black Lake (1976)

Country Blue (1975)

Poor Pretty Eddie (1975)

Hearts of the West (1975)

Nevada Ticket Agent

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return (1975)

Flash and the Firecat (1975)

Sheriff C W Thurston

Honky Tonk (1974)

Thunderbolt And Lightfoot (1974)

Gas Station Attendant

Brock's Last Case (1973)

Tom Sawyer (1973)

Shootout In A One Dog Town (1973)

This Is A Hijack (1973)

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

The Getaway (1972)

Junior Bonner (1972)

Del [Bartender]

Man and Boy (1972)

The Delphi Bureau (1972)

Wild in the Sky (1972)

Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

Evel Knievel (1971)

Turquoise Smith

Black Jack (1971)

Sam Hill: Who Killed the Mysterious Mr. Foster? (1971)

A Man Called Horse (1970)

The Liberation of L. B. Jones (1970)

...tick...tick...tick... (1970)

Death of a Gunfighter (1969)

The Reivers (1969)

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Mayor Wainscoat

The Learning Tree (1969)

The Undefeated (1969)

Three Guns for Texas (1968)

The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)

Bandolero! (1968)

The Money Jungle (1968)

Don't Make Waves (1967)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin (1967)

The Hallelujah Trail (1965)

Major Dundee (1965)

The Cincinnati Kid (1965)

Spencer's Mountain (1963)

Black Gold (1963)

Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Home from the Hill (1960)

A Hole in the Head (1959)

Hot Rod Gang (1958)

Auntie Mame (1958)

No Time for Sergeants (1958)

McKinney, draft board man

Street of Darkness (1958)

You Can't Run Away From It (1956)

The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)

Tension at Table Rock (1956)

Tall Man Riding (1955)

I Died a Thousand Times (1955)

The McConnell Story (1955)

Technical sergeant

Riding Shotgun (1954)

A Star Is Born (1954)

The Bounty Hunter (1954)

Danvers, postmaster

Crime Wave (1954)

The Charge at Feather River (1953)

The Story of Will Rogers (1952)

Woman of the North Country (1952)

Riding High (1950)

Roaring Westward (1949)

Lawless Code (1949)

Across the Rio Grande (1949)

Cannonball Taylor

Brand of Fear (1949)

Gun Runner (1949)

Gun Law Justice (1949)

Outlaw Brand (1948)

Range Renegades (1948)

Courtin' Trouble (1948)

The Rangers Ride (1948)

Cowboy Cavalier (1948)

Oklahoma Blues (1948)

Silver Trails (1948)

Partners of the Sunset (1948)

Song of the Drifter (1948)

Ridin' Down the Trail (1947)

"Cannonball" Taylor

Frontier Gun Law (1946)

Rough Ridin' Justice (1945)

Sagebrush Heroes (1945)

Texas Panhandle (1945)

Cannonball Taylor

Lawless Empire (1945)

Both Barrels Blazing (1945)

Rustlers of the Badlands (1945)

Blazing the Western Trail (1945)

Outlaws of the Rockies (1945)

Cowboy Canteen (1944)

Cyclone Prairie Rangers (1944)

Sundown Valley (1944)

Cannonball Boggs

The Last Horseman (1944)

Saddle Leather Law (1944)

The Vigilantes Ride (1944)

Cannonball Taylor

Wyoming Hurricane (1944)

Cowboy from Lonesome River (1944)

What's Buzzin' Cousin? (1943)

Riders of the Northwest Mounted (1943)

Silver City Raiders (1943)

Saddles and Sagebrush (1943)

Cowboy in the Clouds (1943)

Minesweeper (1943)

A Tornado in the Saddle (1942)

The Lone Prairie (1942)

Tanks a Million (1941)

The Son of Davy Crockett (1941)

Hands Across the Rockies (1941)

Cannonball [Taylor]

The Return of Daniel Boone (1941)

North from the Lone Star (1941)

King of Dodge City (1941)

Cannonball [Taylor]

Across the Sierras (1941)

The Return of Wild Bill (1940)

The Man from Tumbleweeds (1940)

Beyond the Sacramento (1940)

Prairie Schooners (1940)

One Man's Law (1940)

The Wildcat of Tucson (1940)

Pioneers of the Frontier (1940)

Cannonball [Sims]

The Taming of the West (1939)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Editor Carmichael

Cast (Special)

Road Show (1989)

The Hee Haw 20th Anniversary Show (1988)

Ride a Northbound Horse (1987)

Pumpboys and Dinettes on Television (1983)

Getting There (1980)

The Dooley Brothers (1979)

Great Day (1977)

Doc; A Derelict

The Murdocks and the McClays (1970)

Life Events

1938

Made feature film debut in Frank Capra's film version of the George S Kaufman-Moss Hart farce, "You Can't Take It With You"

1938

Was under contract to Columbia Pictures

1954

Billed as "Walter Dub Taylor" in the feature crime drama, "Crime Wave", directed by Andre de Toth

1990

Returned to features after nearly seven years to play a role in "Back to the Future III"

Photo Collections

Poor Pretty Eddie - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for Poor Pretty Eddie (1975), starring Michael Christian, Leslie Uggams, and Shelley Winters. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Crime Wave (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Chicken Feed Little-to-no artifice from director Andre de Toth, with exteriors from LAPD then located inside City Hall, and the first spoken lines for Sterling Hayden as detective Sims, hearing from robbery victim Dub Taylor, then with police station denizens, Iris Adrian the girlfriend, Jack Woody the informer, in Crime Wave, 1954.

Crime Wave (1954) -- (Movie Clip) That's Gershwin Opening at what probably really is (as later reported on police radio) Maple Ave. in downtown LA, goons Morgan (Ned Young) and Hastings (Charles Buchinsky-later-Bronson) then Penny (Ted de Corsia) show up, making trouble for gas jockey Dub Taylor, in Crime Wave, 1954, starring Sterling Hayden.

You Can't Take It With You (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Home Sweet Home This ensemble scene featuring Donald Meek, Lionel Barrymore, Ann Miller, Dub Taylor, Spring Byington and others illuminates the Sycamore household in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You, 1938.

You Can't Take It With You (1938) -- (Movie Clip) My Father Makes Fireworks Taxman Henderson (Charles Lane) and Grandpa Sycamore (Lionel Barrymore) lead off this mayhem as Tony (James Stewart) collects Alice (Jean Arthur) for a date. with Ann Miller, Spring Byington, Dub Taylor, and Mischa Auer, in Frank Capra's You Can't Take It with You, 1938.

No Time For Sergeants (1958) -- (Movie Clip) Be Christian To Him! Having just proved that Will (Andy Griffith) can read, Pa (William Fawcett) reluctantly concedes to letting him leave with the draft board man (Dub Taylor), early in No Time For Sergeants, 1958.

...tick...tick...tick... (1970) -- (Movie Clip) There's A Rumor Goin' Round Opening director Ralph Nelson’s uneven and sometimes brilliant feature from James Lee Barrett’s original screenplay, menacing Dub Taylor as Junior fries an egg and George Kennedy begins his striking performance as Mississippi sheriff John Little, in …tick…tick…tick…, 1970, starring Jim Brown.

Man Called Horse, A (1970) -- (Movie Clip) Open, I'd Be Shooting Grouse Something like a disclaimer, or a tease, relating to what became a notorious scene, then an evocative credit sequence and the introduction of Richard Harris in the title role, a wayward English nobleman, Dub Taylor a sidekick, in director Elliott Silverstein’s A Man Called Horse, 1970.

Burnt Offerings (1976) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Underprivileged Child The opening, Oliver Reed as the English guy helming the station wagon, with spouse Karen Black and son Lee Montgomery, from Burnt Offerings, 1976, also starring Bette Davis.

1941 (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Save It For The Japs Dan Aykroyd as Sergeant Tree with his crew (Treat Williams as "Sitarski," also John Candy) in a coastal cafe, then meeting gonzo pilot Wild Bill Kelso (John Belushi), observed by veteran Elisha Cook Jr., in Steven Spielberg's 1941, 1979.

Parrish (1961) -- (Movie Clip) We Just Smoke It Opening in which we learn the title is the given name of the protagonist (Troy Donahue), who does some exposition with "Skipper" (John McGovern), then travels with his mother (Claudette Colbert), met by "Teet" (Dub Taylor), from Delmer Daves' Parrish, 1961.

Parrish (1961) -- (Movie Clip) It's You Know Who New in town title character (Troy Donahue) stops by to tell his mom (Claudette Colbert) he's found a job and won't have to share her Connecticut tobacco farm staff apartment, then joins local Lucy (Connie Stevens) to survey his new digs, early in Delmer Daves' Parrish, 1961.

Poor Pretty Eddie -- (Movie Clip) Open, Liz Wetherly Leslie Uggams (as "Liz Wetherly) with a crisp Star-Spangled Banner at a football game, and the opening credits for director Richard Robinson's Poor Pretty Eddie, 1975.

Tension at Table Rock - (Original Trailer) When the owner of a stagecoach station is killed, a gunman takes his place in Tension at Table Rock (1956) starring Richard Egan.

No Time for Sergeants - (Original Trailer) Hillbilly draftee Andy Griffith turns the Air Force upside down in No Time For Sergeants (1958).

Burnt Offerings - (Original Trailer) A family moves into a haunted house that seems to be stealing their lives in Burnt Offerings (1976) starring Oliver Reed, Karen Black and Bette Davis.

Charge at Feather River, The - (textless trailer) A platoon of army misfits tries to rescue two women kidnapped by Indians in The Charge at Feather River (1953).

Major Dundee - (Original Trailer) A Union officer (Charlton Heston) leads Confederate prisoners against Apaches in Mexico in Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee (1965).

McConnell Story, The - (Original Trailer) A man's plans to settle down and raise a family are upset by the Korean War in The McConnell Story (1955) starring Alan Ladd.

1941 - (Original Trailer) Panic sweeps Hollywood when a Japanese invasion is suspected in Steven Spielberg's gigantic farce 1941 (1979).

Bounty Hunter, The - (Original Trailer) A bounty hunter (Randolph Scott) attempts to track down three killers in The Bounty Hunter (1954).

Hole In The Head, A - (Original Trailer) Frank Sinatra is a single father whose swinging lifestyle could cost him custody of his son in Frank Capra's A Hole In The Head (1959).

Support Your Local Gunfighter - (Original Trailer) When a con man (James Garner) sneaks off a train, he's mistaken for a gunman in Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971).

Crime Wave - (Original Trailer) A reformed parolee is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him out for shelter in Crime Wave (1954).

tick...tick...tick - (Original Trailer) Racial fireworks are set off in a small southern town when a black sheriff (Jim Brown) arrives in ...tick...tick...tick (1970).

Family

Faydean Taylor

Daughter

Buck Taylor

Son

Actor. Born in 1938.

Cooper Taylor

Grandson

Cowboy, actor.

Companions

Florence Dean

Wife

Vaudevillian.

Bibliography

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