
Acting · Boston, Massachusetts, USA · Born February 22, 1911
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.
MovieThe Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
2019
as Mr. Carsville (archive footage)
MovieThe Gumball Rally
1976
as Andy McAllister - Mercedes Team
MovieThe Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
1975
as Land Agent
MovieWinter Kill
1974
as Frank
MovieBrock's Last Case
1973
as Doc Walters
MovieSet This Town on Fire
1973
as Stabler
MovieScarecrow
1972
as Reverend Rand
MovieThey Call It Murder
1971
as Harry Marshall
MovieThe Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971
as Willis
MovieThe Million Dollar Duck
1971
as Bank President (uncredited)
TVArnie
1970
MovieThe Ballad of Cable Hogue
1970
as Powell
TVMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969
as Dean Worthington
MovieMy Dog, the Thief
1969
as Dog Catcher
TVLancer
1968
MovieThe Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
as Rev. Longbaugh
Fever Heat
1968
as Toad Taplinger
MovieThe Power
1968
as Mr. Hallson
MovieIn Cold Blood
1967
as Good Samaritan
TVMannix
1967
TVThe High Chaparral
1967
as Asa Simmons
TVThe Guns of Will Sonnett
1967
MovieThe Last Challenge
1967
as Jim Haskell (uncredited)
TVIronside
1967
TVThe Invaders
1967
as Kemper
MovieThe Professionals
1966
as Banker
TVOccasional Wife
1966
TVRun, Buddy, Run
1966
MovieThe Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
1966
as Mr. Bell
MovieThe Further Adventures of Gallegher
1965
as Mr. Bildad
TVThe F.B.I.
1965
as Sarrew
TVGet Smart
1965
as Herb Gaffer, Agent Four
TVLaredo
1965
TVRun for Your Life
1965
as Henry Sloan
TVThe Legend of Jesse James
1965
as Prosecutor Clayton
MovieDark Intruder
1965
as Dr. Burdett
MovieZebra in the Kitchen
1965
as Councilman Pew
MovieKilroy
1965
as bank president
TVBranded
1965
TVGomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.
1964
TVDaniel Boone
1964
as Justice Homer Godwin
TVThe Cara Williams Show
1964
TVBewitched
1964
MovieThe Unsinkable Molly Brown
1964
as Mr. Cartwright
MovieThe Carpetbaggers
1964
as Doctor
MovieThe Wheeler Dealers
1963
as Thaddeus Whipple
TVPetticoat Junction
1963
as Mr. Foley
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Ben Schneider
TVThe Fugitive
1963
as Arvin Keel
TVThe Outer Limits
1963
as Randall Latimer
Grindl
1963
MovieDiamond Head
1962
as Judge Blanding
TVThe Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Dr. Babcock
TVThe New Breed
1961
as Felix Wainwright
TVTarget: The Corruptors!
1961
TVCain's Hundred
1961
as Harry Marstow
MovieThe Wizard of Baghdad
1961
as Norodeen
TVGunslinger
1961
as Matt Calvin
MovieThe Plunderers
1960
as Jess Walters
TVRoute 66
1960
TVThe Andy Griffith Show
1960
as Frank Chase
TVThriller
1960
as Uncle Philip Landers
TVCoronado 9
1960
MoviePsycho
1960
as George Lowery
MovieThe Gallant Hours
1960
as Mike Pulaski
TVTate
1960
TVAdventures in Paradise
1959
as Lamb
TVThe Twilight Zone
1959
as Teague
TVThe DuPont Show with June Allyson
1959
as Artie Quint
TVTightrope
1959
MovieBlue Denim
1959
as Professor Willard
MovieWarlock
1959
as Henry Richardson
TVBlack Saddle
1959
as Eli Banks
TVRawhide
1959
as Judge Brady
MovieAndy Hardy Comes Home
1958
as Thomas Chandler
MovieGunsmoke in Tucson
1958
as Ben Bodeen
MovieParty Girl
1958
as Dr. Caderman (uncredited)
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
TVNaked City
1958
as J. Milton Turpin
TVThe Texan
1958
TVThe Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
as Judge Shinn
TVBronco
1958
TVWanted: Dead or Alive
1958
as Dr. Glen Leach
MovieCat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958
as Deacon Davis
MovieScreaming Mimi
1958
as Raoul Reynarde
MovieThe Lineup
1958
as The Man
MovieThe Young Lions
1958
as John Plowman (uncredited)
MovieCowboy
1958
as Mr. Fowler, Chicago Hotel Manager
MovieDecision at Sundown
1957
as Mr. Baldwin
TVTrackdown
1957
TVPerry Mason
1957
as Mr. Boles
TVRichard Diamond, Private Detective
1957
as Julian Tyler
MovieThis Could Be the Night
1957
as Ziggy Dawit
MovieJailhouse Rock
1957
as Mr. Shores (narrator)
TVWire Service
1956
as Hugh Saxton
TVCheyenne
1955
TVGunsmoke
1955
as Olie Ridgers
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Lucas
MovieIt Should Happen to You
1954
as Entrikin
TVInner Sanctum
1954
MovieHarvest
1953
as Gramps
MovieThe Bells of Cockaigne
1953
as Jonesy
TVLetter to Loretta
1953
as Boris Atherton
MovieBeauty and the Bride
1953
as Narrator
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Marlowe
TVOmnibus
1952
MovieBack at the Front
1952
as Maj. Lester Ormsby
Movie10,000 Horses Singing
1952
as Mr. Racknall
MovieMeet Danny Wilson
1952
as T.W. Hatcher
TVTales of Tomorrow
1951
as Crazy John
MovieFrancis Goes to the Races
1951
as Chief Inspector Carrington
MovieUp Front
1951
as Maj. Lester
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Count Clerk
TVArmstrong Circle Theatre
1950
TVRobert Montgomery Presents
1950
as Pa Kettle
TVStudio One
1948
as Casca
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Sir Andrew Aguecheek
Radio, Take It Away
1947
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1946