Vaughn Taylor

Acting • Born 1911-02-22 – Died 1983-04-26

Acting1Boston, 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.

Filmography

171 credits

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Movie • 1958

Deacon Davis

Psycho

Movie • 1960

George Lowery

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

Movie • 2019

Mr. Carsville (archive footage)

It Should Happen to You

Movie • 1954

Entrikin

The Professionals

Movie • 1966

Banker

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Movie • 1970

Powell

The Lineup

Movie • 1958

The Man

The Gumball Rally

Movie • 1976

Andy McAllister - Mercedes Team

Screaming Mimi

Movie • 1958

Raoul Reynarde

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

Movie • 1964

Mr. Cartwright

Warlock

Movie • 1959

Henry Richardson

Jailhouse Rock

Movie • 1957

Mr. Shores (narrator)

My Dog, the Thief

Movie • 1969

Dog Catcher

The Power

Movie • 1968

Mr. Hallson

The Wheeler Dealers

Movie • 1963

Thaddeus Whipple

24 Hour Psycho

Movie • 1993

George Lowery (archive footage)

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

Movie • 1965

Mr. Bildad

This Could Be the Night

Movie • 1957

Ziggy Dawit

Zebra in the Kitchen

Movie • 1965

Councilman Pew

Radio, Take It Away

Movie • 1947

Meet Danny Wilson

Movie • 1952

T.W. Hatcher

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Movie • 1946

The Plunderers

Movie • 1960

Jess Walters

Dark Intruder

Movie • 1965

Dr. Burdett

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return

Movie • 1975

Land Agent

Francis Goes to the Races

Movie • 1951

Chief Inspector Carrington

Up Front

Movie • 1951

Maj. Lester

Back at the Front

Movie • 1952

Maj. Lester Ormsby

The Gallant Hours

Movie • 1960

Mike Pulaski

Party Girl

Movie • 1958

Dr. Caderman (uncredited)

Set This Town on Fire

Movie • 1973

Stabler

Kilroy

Movie • 1965

bank president

Gunsmoke in Tucson

Movie • 1958

Ben Bodeen

Cowboy

Movie • 1958

Mr. Fowler, Chicago Hotel Manager

Diamond Head

Movie • 1962

Judge Blanding

They Call It Murder

Movie • 1971

Harry Marshall

In Cold Blood

Movie • 1967

Good Samaritan

The Young Lions

Movie • 1958

John Plowman (uncredited)

The Last Challenge

Movie • 1967

Jim Haskell (uncredited)

Brock's Last Case

Movie • 1973

Doc Walters

Andy Hardy Comes Home

Movie • 1958

Thomas Chandler

The Carpetbaggers

Movie • 1964

Doctor

The Wizard of Baghdad

Movie • 1961

Norodeen

Fever Heat

Movie • 1968

Toad Taplinger

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Movie • 1968

Rev. Longbaugh

The Million Dollar Duck

Movie • 1971

Bank President (uncredited)

Blue Denim

Movie • 1959

Professor Willard

Winter Kill

Movie • 1974

Frank

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

Movie • 1966

Mr. Bell

Beauty and the Bride

Movie • 1953

Narrator

Decision at Sundown

Movie • 1957

Mr. Baldwin

The Bells of Cockaigne

Movie • 1953

Jonesy

Harvest

Movie • 1953

Gramps

10,000 Horses Singing

Movie • 1952

Mr. Racknall

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

Movie • 1971

Willis

Time Enough at Last

Movie

Mr. Carsville

Scarecrow

Movie • 1972

Reverend Rand

The Andy Griffith Show

TV • 1960

Frank Chase

77 Sunset Strip

TV • 1958

Cheyenne

TV • 1955

Burke's Law

TV • 1963

Ben Schneider

Trackdown

TV • 1957

Cain's Hundred

TV • 1961

Harry Marstow

Arnie

TV • 1970

The F.B.I.

TV • 1965

Sarrew

Route 66

TV • 1960

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

TV • 1964

Marcus Welby, M.D.

TV • 1969

Dean Worthington

Omnibus

TV • 1952

Petticoat Junction

TV • 1963

Mr. Foley

Naked City

TV • 1958

J. Milton Turpin

Mannix

TV • 1967

Perry Mason

TV • 1957

Mr. Boles

Gunsmoke

TV • 1955

Olie Ridgers

Studio One

TV • 1948

Casca

The Twilight Zone

TV • 1959

Teague

Run, Buddy, Run

TV • 1966

Target: The Corruptors!

TV • 1961

Rawhide

TV • 1959

Judge Brady

Run for Your Life

TV • 1965

Henry Sloan

Daniel Boone

TV • 1964

Justice Homer Godwin

The Fugitive

TV • 1963

Mayor Otis Penfield

The High Chaparral

TV • 1967

Asa Simmons

The Millionaire

TV • 1955

Lucas

Lancer

TV • 1968

Thriller

TV • 1960

Uncle Philip Landers

Lux Video Theatre

TV • 1950

Count Clerk

The Fugitive

TV • 1963

Pharmacist Feeney

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

TV • 1957

Julian Tyler

Armstrong Circle Theatre

TV • 1950

Adventures in Paradise

TV • 1959

Lamb

Bronco

TV • 1958

The Philco Television Playhouse

TV • 1948

Sir Andrew Aguecheek

Grindl

TV • 1963

Occasional Wife

TV • 1966

Branded

TV • 1965

Wanted: Dead or Alive

TV • 1958

Dr. Glen Leach

The Guns of Will Sonnett

TV • 1967

Wire Service

TV • 1956

Hugh Saxton

The Texan

TV • 1958

The New Breed

TV • 1961

Felix Wainwright

Robert Montgomery Presents

TV • 1950

Pa Kettle

Inner Sanctum

TV • 1954

The Cara Williams Show

TV • 1964

Tate

TV • 1960

Tales of Tomorrow

TV • 1951

Crazy John

The Fugitive

TV • 1963

Sheriff Crowley

The Legend of Jesse James

TV • 1965

Prosecutor Clayton

Black Saddle

TV • 1959

Eli Banks

Tightrope

TV • 1959

Coronado 9

TV • 1960

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

TV • 1959

TV • 1953

Mr. Ashley

Letter to Loretta

TV • 1953

TV • 1950

Bill Stapp

TV • 1948

Billy

Studio One

TV • 1948

Studio One

TV • 1948

Prof. Henry Lempkin

Studio One

TV • 1948

Doc

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

TV • 1962

Dr. Babcock

Rawhide

TV • 1959

Perce Morgan

Gunslinger

TV • 1961

Matt Calvin