Vaughn Taylor
Acting
Born February 22, 1911, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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
- 2019The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration — Mr. Carsville (archive footage)
- 1976The Gumball Rally — Andy McAllister - Mercedes Team
- 1975The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return — Land Agent
- 1974Winter Kill — Frank
- 1973Brock's Last Case — Doc Walters
- 1973Set This Town on Fire — Stabler
- 1972Scarecrow — Reverend Rand
- 1971The Day They Hanged Kid Curry — Willis
- 1971The Million Dollar Duck — Bank President (uncredited)
- 1971They Call It Murder — Harry Marshall
- Arnie
- 1970The Ballad of Cable Hogue — Powell
- Marcus Welby, M.D. — Dean Worthington
- 1969My Dog, the Thief — Dog Catcher
- 1968Fever Heat — Toad Taplinger
- Lancer
- 1968The Power — Mr. Hallson
- 1968The Shakiest Gun in the West — Rev. Longbaugh
- 1967In Cold Blood — Good Samaritan
- Ironside
- Mannix
- The Guns of Will Sonnett
- The High Chaparral — Asa Simmons
- The Invaders — Kemper
- 1967The Last Challenge — Jim Haskell (uncredited)
- Occasional Wife
- Run, Buddy, Run
- 1966The Professionals — Banker
- 1966The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! — Mr. Bell
- Branded
- 1965Dark Intruder — Dr. Burdett
- Get Smart — Herb Gaffer, Agent Four
- 1965Kilroy — bank president
- Laredo
- Run for Your Life — Henry Sloan
- The F.B.I. — Sarrew
- 1965The Further Adventures of Gallegher — Mr. Bildad
- The Legend of Jesse James — Prosecutor Clayton
- 1965Zebra in the Kitchen — Councilman Pew
- Bewitched
- Daniel Boone — Justice Homer Godwin, Judge Qualey
- Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
- The Cara Williams Show
- 1964The Carpetbaggers — Doctor
- 1964The Unsinkable Molly Brown — Mr. Cartwright
- Burke's Law — Ben Schneider, Mr. Moody
- Grindl
- Petticoat Junction — Mr. Foley, Bill Clayton
- The Fugitive — Arvin Keel, Mayor Otis Penfield, Pharmacist Feeney, Sheriff Crowley
- The Outer Limits — Randall Latimer, Dean Flint
- 1963The Wheeler Dealers — Thaddeus Whipple
- 1962Diamond Head — Judge Blanding
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Dr. Babcock
- Cain's Hundred — Harry Marstow
- Gunslinger — Matt Calvin
- Target: The Corruptors!
- The New Breed — Felix Wainwright
- 1961The Wizard of Baghdad — Norodeen
- Coronado 9
- 1960Psycho — George Lowery
- Route 66
- Tate
- The Andy Griffith Show — Frank Chase
- 1960The Gallant Hours — Mike Pulaski
- 1960The Plunderers — Jess Walters
- Thriller — Uncle Philip Landers, Pontifex Tundifer
- Adventures in Paradise — Lamb
- Black Saddle — Eli Banks
- 1959Blue Denim — Professor Willard
- Rawhide — Judge Brady, Clay Heath, Perce Morgan
- The DuPont Show with June Allyson — Artie Quint
- The Twilight Zone — Teague, Mr. Judson, Salesman, Mr. Maitland
- Tightrope
- 1959Warlock — Henry Richardson
- 77 Sunset Strip
- 1958Andy Hardy Comes Home — Thomas Chandler
- Bronco
- 1958Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — Deacon Davis
- 1958Cowboy — Mr. Fowler, Chicago Hotel Manager
- 1958Gunsmoke in Tucson — Ben Bodeen
- Naked City — J. Milton Turpin
- 1958Party Girl — Dr. Caderman (uncredited)
- 1958Screaming Mimi — Raoul Reynarde
- The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen — Judge Shinn
- 1958The Lineup — The Man
- The Texan
- 1958The Young Lions — John Plowman (uncredited)
- Wanted: Dead or Alive — Dr. Glen Leach, Curtis Paine, Doc Adams
- 1957Decision at Sundown — Mr. Baldwin
- 1957Jailhouse Rock — Mr. Shores (narrator)
- Perry Mason — Mr. Boles, Harry Folsom, Bishop Arthur Mallory, Ralph Duncan, Prof. Sneider, Martin Weston, Sanford Harper, Montrose Foster
- Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Julian Tyler
- 1957This Could Be the Night — Ziggy Dawit
- Trackdown
- Wire Service — Hugh Saxton
- Cheyenne
- Gunsmoke — Olie Ridgers, Parson, Judge Fletcher Anderson
- The Millionaire — Lucas
- Inner Sanctum
- 1954It Should Happen to You — Entrikin
- 1953Beauty and the Bride — Narrator
- General Electric Theater — Marlowe
- 1953Harvest — Gramps
- Letter to Loretta — Boris Atherton, Mr. Ashley, Steve Winters, John Douglas
- 1953The Bells of Cockaigne — Jonesy
- 195210,000 Horses Singing — Mr. Racknall
- 1952Back at the Front — Maj. Lester Ormsby
- 1952Meet Danny Wilson — T.W. Hatcher
- Omnibus
- 1951Francis Goes to the Races — Chief Inspector Carrington
- Tales of Tomorrow — Crazy John
- 1951Up Front — Maj. Lester
- Armstrong Circle Theatre
- Lux Video Theatre — Count Clerk
- Robert Montgomery Presents — Pa Kettle, Retz, Bill Stapp, Quincy Berry, Edward, Gramps, Harry Knighton, Captain Crocker, Dabe, William Deveraux, Lester, Barnes
- Studio One — Casca, Admiral Luetjens, Mr. Racknall, Carlton Delafield, Billy, Prof. Henry Lempkin, Doc
- The Philco Television Playhouse — Sir Andrew Aguecheek, Mr. Mergenthwirker, Alfred Stubbs, Pa Blanchard
- 1947Radio, Take It Away
- 1946Seven Keys to Baldpate