Dub Taylor

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Dub Taylor (born February 26, 1907 in Richmond , Virginia , † October 3, 1994 in Los Angeles ), actually Clarence Taylor, Jr. , was an American actor .

Life

Taylor grew up in Augusta , Georgia . He made his film debut in 1938 in Frank Capra's Lebenskünstler , the following year he also had a small role in the James Stewart classic Mr. Smith Goes to Washington . In the following 10 years he played the character Cannonball in over 50 westerns . In the 1950s he had a role in the B-movie - horror film Formicula and played the character of Wallie Sims in the television series Casey in 32 episodes from 1957 to 1958 Jones, the engine driver . In 1965 Sam Peckinpahs cast him in Sierra Charriba and then in The Wild Bunch - They Knew No Law , Junior Bonner , The Last Bite the Dogs , Getaway and Pat Garrett chases Billy the Kid . His other films included the western The Undefeated with John Wayne , A Man They Called Horse and Maverick - The Colt on the Belt, an Ace Up Your Sleeve , his last role before his death in 1994. He also starred in series such as Bonanza , Smoking Guns , The Shiloh Ranch People , aka Smith and Jones, and Our Little Farm .

His son Buck Taylor followed in his footsteps as an actor and played a leading role in the series Smoking Colts .

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SURNAME Taylor, Dub
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Taylor, Clarence junior (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Richmond , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH 3rd October 1994
Place of death los Angeles