DUB TAYLOR BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
 
Dub Taylor was born on February 26th, 1907 in Richmond, Virginia with the birth name Walter Clarence Taylor II.  At the age of five along with his four siblings, relocated to Augusta, Georgia.
 
He became most popular as an actor appearing in a variety of westerns.  Many remember him from his role portraying, Ivan Moss in, "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967).  He actually began his involvement in the industry with his talent as a xylophone player.  He performed in vaudeville and he was cast in his first film, "You Can't Take It With You" (1938) because he knew how to play this particular instrument.
 
Soon more film roles followed such as, "The Taming of the West" (1939) playing the character, 'Cannonball', which he continued to portray this character in a number of other western films over the next ten years such as, "One Man's Law" (1940), "The Wildcat of Tucson" (1940), "The Return of Daniel Boone" (1941) and "The Son of Davy Crocket" (1941) among many others.
 
Other films he appeared on were, "King of Dodge City" (1941), "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), "A Star is Born" (1954), and "Them!" (1954).  Although he is still today most known for the numerous times he portrayed Cannonball in westerns he was also cast in a variety of television series throughout his career such as, "Life with Buster Keaton", "The Range Rider", "I love Lucy", "Cheyenne", "Casey Jones", "Outlaws", "Surfside 6", "Perry Mason", 'Twilight Zone", "77 Sunset Strip", "Burke's Law", "The Virginian", "The Monroes", "Iron Horse", "The Monkees", "The Interns", "Bonanza" and "How the West Was Won" among many others.
 
He is also remembered today for his trademark bowler hat, which he the majority of times he appeared on television or film, he wore this hat.  In the 1990's he made two cameo appearances, one in, "Back to the Future III" and the other in the film, "Maverick".  
 
Dub had one son, Buck Taylor who also grew up to pursue a career as an actor and a daughter, Faydean Taylor Tharp.  On October 3rd, 1994 Dub Taylor passed away in Los Angeles, California after suffering from congestive heart failure.  His remains were cremated and his ashes were scattered near Westlake Village in California. 
 

Filmography

1994 Maverick 
1993 Johnny Bago
1992 Falling from Grace
1991 The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991 Conagher 
1991 My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys 
1990 Back to the Future Part III 
1989-1990 Designing Women 
1989 CBS Summer Playhouse
1988 The Cosby Show 
1988 Once Upon a Texas Train
1987 Starman 
1986 The Best of Times 
1984 The Outlaws
1984 Cannonball Run II 
1982 Father Murphy 
1982 Bret Maverick
1981 Darkroom 
1981 Soggy Bottom, U.S.A.
1980-1981 Little House on the Prairie 
1980 Used Cars 
1980 Getting There
1979 1941 
1979 Salvage 1 
1978 They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way 
1978 Beartooth 
1978 How the West Was Won
1977 The Great Smokey Roadblock
1977 The Rescuers 
1977 Moonshine County Express
1977 Great Day 
1962-1977 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1977 Kit Carson and the Mountain Men
1977 McMillan & Wife 
1976 Pony Express Rider 
1976 Burnt Offerings 
1976 Gator 
1976 Treasure of Matecumbe
1976 The Winds of Autumn 
1976 Creature from Black Lake 
1976 Flash and the Firecat 
1976 Movin' On 
1976 Doc Hooker's Bunch
1975 Hearts of the West
1975 Poor Pretty Eddie
1975 The Fortune 
1975 The Daughters of Joshua Cabe Return
1973-1974 Emergency! 
1974 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974 Chopper One
1974 Honky Tonk
1974 The Brian Keith Show 
1974 Shootout in a One-Dog Town
1973 This Is a Hijack
1973 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid
1973 Tom Sawyer
1973 Brock's Last Case 
1970-1973 Love, American Style
1973 Country Blue 
1972 The Getaway 
1972 Junior Bonner
1972 Wild in the Sky 
1972 The Delphi Bureau 
1967-1971 Bonanza 
1971 Cade's County 
1971 Alias Smith and Jones 
1971 The Partridge Family 
1971 Evel Knievel
1971 Man and Boy 
1971 Support Your Local Gunfighter 
1971 The Interns
1968-1971 Mod Squad 
1971 Hawaii Five-O 
1971 Sam Hill: Who Killed Mr. Foster? 
1971 The Odd Couple 
1970 The Wild Country 
1970 The Murdocks and the McClays
1970 A Man Called Horse
1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970 Menace on the Mountain
1966-1970 Gunsmoke 
1970 ...tick... tick... tick... 
1969 The Reivers
1968-1969 The High Chaparral
1969 The Undefeated
1968-1969 Lancer 
1968-1969 The Guns of Will Sonnett 
1969 The Flim-Flam Man 
1969 The Learning Tree 
1969 The Wild Bunch 
1969 Death of a Gunfighter 
1968 Something for a Lonely Man
1968 The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968 Bandolero! 
1968 Three Guns for Texas
1968 Cimarron Strip 
1966-1968 The Big Valley 
1960-1968 The Andy Griffith Show 
1967 The Money Jungle 
1965-1967 The Wild Wild West 
1967 Dundee and the Culhane 
1967 That Girl 
1967 The Monkees
1962-1967 Death Valley Days
1967 Sheriff Who
1967 Johnny Banco
1967 Bonnie and Clyde 
1967 Don't Make Waves
1967 Mr. Terrific
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. 
1967 The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin 
1966-1967 The Monroes
1967 Custer 
1966 Iron Horse
1965-1966 Please Don't Eat the Daisies
1965-1966 Tammy 
1965-1966 Laredo
1965-1966 The Virginian
1965 The Loner
1965 The Cincinnati Kid 
1965 The Hallelujah Trail 
1965 Major Dundee 
1964 Burke's Law
1964 My Favorite Martian 
1963 Temple Houston 
1963 77 Sunset Strip
1963 Spencer's Mountain 
1962-1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show 
1963 The Dick Powell Theatre
1962-1963 Hazel 
1962 Ensign O'Toole 
1962 The Beachcomber 
1962 Black Gold 
1962 Octavius and Me
1962 Sweet Bird of Youth 
1960-1962 Outlaws 
1962 Twilight Zone 
1961 Surfside 6
1961 Perry Mason 
1961 The Barbara Stanwyck Show 
1961 Parrish
1960-1961 Zane Grey Theater
1960 Laramie 
1960 The Westerner 
1960 Dennis the Menace
1960 Wichita Town 
1960 Home from the Hill 
1959 Alcoa Theatre 
1959 A Hole in the Head 
1958-1959 Lawman 
1958 Auntie Mame 
1958 Tales of the Texas Rangers
1958 26 Men
1958 Hot Rod Gang 
1958 Street of Darkness 
1958 No Time for Sergeants 
1957-1958 Casey Jones 
1958 Flight
1957 Captain David Grief
1957 The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1955-1957 Cheyenne 
1956 You Can't Run Away from It
1956 Tension at Table Rock
1956 The Fastest Gun Alive 
1956 Dr. Hudson's Secret Journal 
1955 I Love Lucy
1955 I Died a Thousand Times 
1955 The McConnell Story
1955 Tall Man Riding
1953-1955 The Roy Rogers Show 
1954 A Star Is Born
1954 The Bounty Hunter 
1954 Dragnet 
1954 Them!
1954 Riding Shotgun 
1954 Crime Wave 
1953 Those Redheads from Seattle 
1953 The Charge at Feather River 
1952 Woman of the North Country
1952 The Story of Will Rogers
1952 Lure of the Wilderness
1952 The Range Rider
1951 Life with Buster Keaton
1950 Riding High
1950 The Marshal of Trail City
1949 Lawless Code 
1949 Roaring Westward 
1949 Brand of Fear 
1949 Across the Rio Grande
1949 Gun Law Justice 
1949 Gun Runner 
1948 Courtin' Trouble 
1948 Outlaw Brand 
1948 Silver Trails
1948 Cowboy Cavalier
1948 Range Renegades 
1948 Partners of the Sunset 
1948 The Rangers Ride 
1948 Oklahoma Blues 
1948 Song of the Drifter
1947 Ridin' Down the Trail 
1946 Frontier Gunlaw 
1945 Texas Panhandle 
1945 Lawless Empire 
1945 Blazing the Western Trail 
1945 Outlaws of the Rockies 
1945 Rustlers of the Badlands 
1945 Both Barrels Blazing 
1945 Rough Ridin' Justice
1945 Sagebrush Heroes 
1944 Saddle Leather Law 
1944 Cyclone Prairie Rangers 
1944 Cowboy from Lonesome River
1944 The Last Horseman
1944 Wyoming Hurricane 
1944 Sundown Valley 
1944 Cowboy Canteen 
1943 The Vigilantes Ride 
1943 Cowboy in the Clouds 
1943 Minesweeper
1943 Silver City Raiders 
1943 What's Buzzin', Cousin?
1943 Saddles and Sagebrush 
1943 Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1942 A Tornado in the Saddle
1942 The Lone Prairie 
1941 Tanks a Million
1941 King of Dodge City 
1941 The Son of Davy Crockett
1941 Hands Across the Rockies
1941 The Return of Daniel Boone
1941 North from the Lone Star 
1941 Across the Sierras 
1940 The Wildcat of Tucson
1940 Beyond the Sacramento
1940 Prairie Schooners 
1940 One Man's Law 
1940 The Return of Wild Bill 
1940 The Man from Tumbleweeds 
1940 Pioneers of the Frontier 
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939 The Taming of the West 
1938 You Can't Take It with You