Vaughn Taylor

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 (119 Appearances)

The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration

The Gumball Rally

The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return

Winter Kill

Brock's Last Case

Set This Town on Fire

Scarecrow

They Call It Murder

The Day They Hanged Kid Curry

The Million Dollar Duck

Arnie

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

Marcus Welby, M.D.

My Dog, the Thief

Lancer

The Shakiest Gun in the West

Fever Heat

The Power

In Cold Blood

Mannix

The High Chaparral

The Guns of Will Sonnett

The Last Challenge

Ironside

The Invaders

The Professionals

Occasional Wife

Run, Buddy, Run

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

The Further Adventures of Gallegher

The F.B.I.

Get Smart

Laredo

Run for Your Life

The Legend of Jesse James

Dark Intruder

Zebra in the Kitchen

Kilroy

Branded

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

Daniel Boone

The Cara Williams Show

Bewitched

The Unsinkable Molly Brown

The Carpetbaggers

The Wheeler Dealers

Petticoat Junction

Burke's Law

The Fugitive

The Outer Limits

Grindl

Diamond Head

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The New Breed

Target: The Corruptors!

Cain's Hundred

The Wizard of Baghdad

Gunslinger

The Plunderers

Route 66

The Andy Griffith Show

Thriller

Coronado 9

Psycho

The Gallant Hours

Tate

Adventures in Paradise

The Twilight Zone

The DuPont Show with June Allyson

Tightrope

Blue Denim

Warlock

Black Saddle

Rawhide

Andy Hardy Comes Home

Gunsmoke in Tucson

Party Girl

77 Sunset Strip

Naked City

The Texan

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen

Bronco

Wanted: Dead or Alive

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Screaming Mimi

The Lineup

The Young Lions

Cowboy

Decision at Sundown

Trackdown

Perry Mason

Richard Diamond, Private Detective

This Could Be the Night

Jailhouse Rock

Wire Service

Cheyenne

Gunsmoke

The Millionaire

It Should Happen to You

Inner Sanctum

Harvest

The Bells of Cockaigne

Letter to Loretta

Beauty and the Bride

General Electric Theater

Omnibus

Back at the Front

10,000 Horses Singing

Meet Danny Wilson

Tales of Tomorrow

Francis Goes to the Races

Up Front

Lux Video Theatre

Armstrong Circle Theatre

Robert Montgomery Presents

Studio One

The Philco Television Playhouse

Radio, Take It Away

Seven Keys to Baldpate

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