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Vaughn Taylor

Vaughn Taylor

Actor · 1911 – 1983 · 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.

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  • Movie8.4

    Psycho

    1960 · 11K votes

  • Movie7.1

    The Professionals

    1966 · 359 votes

  • Movie7.5

    In Cold Blood

    1967 · 451 votes

  • Movie7.6

    Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

    1958 · 867 votes

  • Movie6.7

    The Young Lions

    1958 · 150 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Warlock

    1959 · 176 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Jailhouse Rock

    1957 · 206 votes

  • Movie5.8

    The Million Dollar Duck

    1971 · 97 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    1970 · 230 votes

  • Movie6.1

    The Gumball Rally

    1976 · 90 votes

  • Movie6.5
  • Movie7.1

    It Should Happen to You

    1954 · 74 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Party Girl

    1958 · 70 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Power

    1968 · 31 votes

  • Movie5.9

    The Carpetbaggers

    1964 · 41 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Last Challenge

    1967 · 30 votes

  • Movie5.7
  • Movie6.5

    Cowboy

    1958 · 74 votes

  • Movie6.2
  • Movie5.5

    Diamond Head

    1962 · 11 votes

  • Movie6.8

    My Dog, the Thief

    1969 · 15 votes

  • Movie6.3

    Decision at Sundown

    1957 · 88 votes

  • Movie10.0
  • Movie

    Kilroy

    1965

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  • TV7.7

    Perry Mason

    1957 · 139 votes

  • TV6.8

    Ironside

    1967 · 71 votes

  • TV6.8

    Mannix

    1967 · 56 votes

  • TV7.6

    The Andy Griffith Show

    1960 · 175 votes

  • TV7.9
  • TV7.3

    The Fugitive

    1963 · 63 votes

  • TV8.0

    Get Smart

    1965 · 448 votes

  • TV7.8

    Bewitched

    1964 · 764 votes

  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV6.0
  • TV8.5

    The Twilight Zone

    1959 · 1.1K votes

  • TV5.6

    The F.B.I.

    1965 · 25 votes

  • TV7.0

    Daniel Boone

    1964 · 34 votes

  • TV6.2

    Cheyenne

    1955 · 26 votes

  • TV5.7

    Naked City

    1958 · 13 votes

  • TV6.7

    Route 66

    1960 · 20 votes

  • TV7.1

    Run for Your Life

    1965 · 7 votes

  • TV6.6
  • TV5.9

    Petticoat Junction

    1963 · 42 votes

  • TV7.2

    Rawhide

    1959 · 49 votes

  • TV6.3

    Burke's Law

    1963 · 12 votes

  • TV6.6

    Marcus Welby, M.D.

    1969 · 20 votes

  • TV7.1

    Wanted: Dead or Alive

    1958 · 38 votes

  • TV6.7

    Gunsmoke

    1955 · 119 votes