Buck Taylor
Acting • Born 1938-05-13
Biography
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
80 credits
Flicka
Movie • 2006
The Wendell Baker Story
Movie • 2005
Bob Draper
Dangerous Company
Movie • 1982
Petrie
The Wild Angels
Movie • 1966
Dear John
Two Sinners and a Mule
Movie • 2023
Sheriff Cleetus
Miracle at Sage Creek
Movie • 2005
Buckskin Charlie
Dallas: J.R. Returns
Movie • 1996
Steve Grisham
Ensign Pulver
Movie • 1964
Mannion (uncredited)
The Contested Plains
Movie • 2022
Rufus Brown
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
Movie • 1987
Newly
Jericho
Movie • 2000
Pap Doolin
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
Movie • 1983
Sgt. Bridges
Hard Time
Movie • 1998
Capt. Adam Gunther
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
Movie • 1981
Dynamite Dick
Beartooth
Movie • 1978
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
Movie • 1986
Grey
The Soul Collector
Movie • 1999
Charlie
Gettysburg
Movie • 1993
Col. William Gamble
Payback
Movie • 1991
Nick
Big Bad John
Movie • 1990
Bob Simmons
Hell to Pay
Movie • 2005
Dr. Adam Galen
Standing Tall
Movie • 1978
George Fewster
Gods and Generals
Movie • 2003
Gen. Maxcy Gregg
Pony Express Rider
Movie • 1976
Bovey Kingman
Truce
Movie • 2005
Harry Dodds
Canyon Trail
Movie • 2015
Marshal Trevor Cooper
Rodeo and Juliet
Movie • 2015
Judge Lawrence
Tombstone
Movie • 1993
Turkey Creek Jack Johnson
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
Movie • 1978
Joe
The Mist
Movie • 2007
Ambrose Cornell
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
Movie • 1989
Wes Porter
Wild Wild West
Movie • 1999
Cross-Eyed Reb
Hell or High Water
Movie • 2016
Old Man
Conagher
Movie • 1991
Comanche
Movie • 2000
Capt. Myles Keogh
Indiscretion
Movie • 2016
Abe
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Movie • 1967
Poolside Interviewer 2 (uncredited)
The Trail to Hope Rose
Movie • 2004
Parson Brown
Johnny Shiloh
Movie • 1965
Josh
Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail
Movie • 1981
Laird
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
Movie • 2011
Pete Snyder
Cowboys & Aliens
Movie • 2011
Wes Claiborne
Bender
Movie • 2016
Sheriff J.E. Stone
Trading Paint
Movie • 2019
Ben
And Now Miguel
Movie • 1966
Gabriel
Devil's Angels
Movie • 1967
Gage
Wild Horses
Movie • 1985
Cowboy
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
Movie • 2008
Self
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
Movie • 1981
Robert Edward Gattlin
Timestalkers
Movie • 1987
Shaving Cowboy
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
Movie • 1987
Buck Smith
Proud Men
Movie • 1987
Homer
T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport
Movie • 1986
Off. Phillips
Doc Hooker's Bunch
Movie • 1978
Mike Lassiter
The Making of Comanche
Movie • 2000
Self
Sod and Stubble
Movie • 2025
Buffalo Daze
Movie • 2025
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Leonard Parker
The Outer Limits
TV • 1963
Gard Hayden
The Fugitive
TV • 1963
Jamie
My Three Sons
TV • 1960
Howard Sears
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Newly O'Brian
Rectify
TV • 2013
Zeke
Crazy like a Fox
TV • 1984
Blake
Stoney Burke
TV • 1962
Mule
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Josh
Wagon Train
TV • 1957
Skeeter Ames
Have Gun, Will Travel
TV • 1957
Eddie
My Favorite Martian
TV • 1963
Bruce Baker
Wild Times
TV • 1980
McBride
The Sacketts
TV • 1979
Reed Carney
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Newly
Comanche Moon
TV • 2008
Ben Lily
Knots Landing
TV • 1979
Fred Morgan
Yellowstone
TV • 2018
Emmett Walsh
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Dancer Smith
The Rebel
TV • 1959
Gunman
T. J. Hooker
TV • 1982
Sam Rand
The Virginian
TV • 1962
Lem Bliss
Matt Houston
TV • 1982
Renfield