Walter Clarence "Buck" Taylor, III (born May 13, 1938) is an American actor and water color artist best known for his role as gunsmith-turned-deputy Newly O'Brien in 113 episodes during the last eight seasons of CBS's Gunsmoke television series (1967–1975). In recent years, he has painted the portrait of his friend and Gunsmoke costar James Arness. Taylor's painting specialty is the American West, and each year, he creates the posters for several Texas rodeos. Taylor lives with his second wife on a ranch near Fort Worth, Texas. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buck Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2025Buffalo Daze
• 2025Sod and Stubble
• 2023Two Sinners and a Mule — Sheriff Cleetus
• 2022The Contested Plains — Rufus Brown
• 2019Trading Paint — Ben
• Yellowstone — Emmett Walsh
• 2016Bender — Sheriff J.E. Stone
• 2016Hell or High Water — Old Man
• 2016Indiscretion — Abe
• 2015Canyon Trail — Marshal Trevor Cooper
• 2015Rodeo and Juliet — Judge Lawrence
• Rectify — Zeke
• 2011Cowboys & Aliens — Wes Claiborne
• 2011The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy — Pete Snyder
• Comanche Moon — Ben Lily
• 2007The Mist — Ambrose Cornell
• 2006Flicka — Wagner
• 2005Hell to Pay — Dr. Adam Galen
• 2005Miracle at Sage Creek — Buckskin Charlie
• 2005The Wendell Baker Story — Bob Draper
• 2005Truce — Harry Dodds
• 2004The Trail to Hope Rose — Parson Brown
• 2003Gods and Generals — Gen. Maxcy Gregg
• 2000Comanche — Capt. Myles Keogh
• 2000Jericho — Pap Doolin
• 1999The Soul Collector — Charlie
• 1999Wild Wild West — Cross-Eyed Reb
• 1998Hard Time — Capt. Adam Gunther
• 1996Dallas: J.R. Returns — Steve Grisham
• 1993Gettysburg — Col. William Gamble
• 1993Tombstone — Turkey Creek Jack Johnson
• 1991Conagher
• 1991Payback — Nick
• 1990Big Bad John — Bob Simmons
• 1989Desperado: The Outlaw Wars — Wes Porter
• 1987Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge — Newly
• 1987Proud Men — Homer
• 1987The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory — Buck Smith
• 1987Timestalkers — Shaving Cowboy
• 1986Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills — Grey
• 1986T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport — Off. Phillips
• 1985Wild Horses — Cowboy
• Crazy like a Fox — Blake
• 1983Triumphs of a Man Called Horse — Sgt. Bridges
• 1982Dangerous Company — Petrie
• Matt Houston — Renfield
• T. J. Hooker — Sam Rand
• 1981Cattle Annie and Little Britches — Dynamite Dick
• 1981Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail — Laird
• 1981The Legend of the Lone Ranger — Robert Edward Gattlin
• Wild Times — McBride
• Knots Landing — Fred Morgan
• The Sacketts — Reed Carney
• 1978Beartooth
• 1978Doc Hooker's Bunch — Mike Lassiter
• 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid — Joe
• 1978Standing Tall — George Fewster
• 1976Pony Express Rider — Bovey Kingman
• 1967Devil's Angels — Gage
• 1967The St. Valentine's Day Massacre — Poolside Interviewer 2 (uncredited)
• 1966And Now Miguel — Gabriel
• 1966The Wild Angels — Dear John
• 1965Johnny Shiloh — Josh
• 1964Ensign Pulver — Mannion (uncredited)
• My Favorite Martian — Bruce Baker
• The Fugitive — Jamie
• The Outer Limits — Gard Hayden
• Stoney Burke — Mule
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour — Dancer Smith
• The Virginian — Lem Bliss
• My Three Sons — Howard Sears
• The Rebel — Gunman
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Eddie
• Wagon Train — Skeeter Ames
• Gunsmoke — Leonard Parker, Newly O'Brian
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Josh

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2008When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist' — Self
• 2000The Making of Comanche — Self