Former Oklahoma City resident Dub Taylor, a character actor who last starred in "Maverick" with Mel Gibson this summer, died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 87. Taylor died of congestive heart failure. Dub Taylor was an American character actor. With a characteristic grizzled appearance and a trademark bowler hat, he worked in around 500 films, mostly Western and comedies, in his. Walter Clarence Taylor Jr. (February 26, 1907 – October 3, 1994), known as Dub Taylor, was an American character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extensively in films and on television, often in Westerns but also in comedies.
Walter Clarence Taylor Jr. (February 26, 1907 – October 3, 1994), known as Dub Taylor, was an American character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extensively in films and on television, often in Westerns but also in comedies. Dub Taylor, who played grizzled characters and sidekicks in a nearly 60-year movie career that included supporting roles in "Bonnie and Clyde" and "Maverick," died on Monday at Westlake Medical... Dub Taylor, the grizzled character actor who appeared in about 500 Westerns and other films over six decades, including this summer’s “Maverick,” has died. He was 87. 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... Dub Taylor was an actor that portrayed several characters in westerns with a trademark bowler hat. In Back to the Future Part III, he portrayed Levi, an old-timer in the Palace Saloon.
Dub Taylor, the grizzled character actor who appeared in about 500 Westerns and other films over six decades, including this summer’s “Maverick,” has died. He was 87. 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... Dub Taylor was an actor that portrayed several characters in westerns with a trademark bowler hat. In Back to the Future Part III, he portrayed Levi, an old-timer in the Palace Saloon. "That Guy: The Legacy of Dub Taylor" is a ground-breaking documentary about Walter Clarence "Dub" Taylor, a Western film actor from Augusta, Ga. Taylor is credited with acting in more than 500 films and television shows, and was most well-known for his portrayal as Michael J. Pollard's double-crossing father in Bonnie & Clyde.