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Vic Tayback

Actor, Director
Born January 6, 1930Died May 25, 1990 (60 years)
Victor Tayback (January 6, 1930 – May 25, 1990) was an American actor. He is best known for his role as diner owner Mel Sharples in the comedy-drama film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and the television sitcom Alice (1976–1985), for which he won two consecutive Golden Globes.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Bonanza
  • That Girl
  • Mansion of the Doomed
  • Blood and Lace
  • Five Minutes to Live
  • The Jesse Owens Story
  • Criminal Act
  • Gridlock
  • The Power of the Resurrection
Known For
  • Alice
  • Tales from the Darkside
  • Loverboy
  • The Gambler
  • McCloud
  • George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
  • The Shaggy D.A.
  • Blood and Lace
  • Treasure Island
  • No Deposit, No Return
  • Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
  • Five Minutes to Live
  • Maxie
  • Weekend Warriors
  • The Black Bird
  • Lepke
  • Gangster Story

Filmography

2004
Hit Celebrity TV Commercials · as Larry The Cleaner - For Formua 409 Cleaner
1990
Horseplayer · as George Samsa
1989
All Dogs Go to Heaven · as Carface (voice)
1989
1989
Criminal Act · as The Exterminator (greengrass)
1989
Loverboy · as Harry Bruckner
1987
1987
The Three Kings · as Harold
1986
Adderly (TV Series) · as Gregorin
1986
Weekend Warriors · as Sgt. Burdge
1986
1986
Treasure Island · as Silver
1985
Reel Horror · as Smedke (archive Footage)
1985
MacGyver (TV Series) · as George Henderson
1984
Crazy Like A Fox (TV Series) · as Mo Scmidt
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Sal Domino
1984
Finder of Lost Loves (TV Series) · as Thomas Velasco
1984
The Jesse Owens Story · as Abe Saperstein
1983
Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) · as Alan Coombs
1983
Hotel (TV Series)
1982
Matt Houston (TV Series)
1982
Mysterious Two · as Ted Randall
1982
T.J. Hooker (TV Series) · as Pete Benedict
1981
1980
The Night the City Screamed · as Morris Brustein
1980
Gridlock · as Floyd 'snake' Kraslowski
1980
Rage! · as Tommy
1980
This Year's Blonde · as Harry Cohn
1980
Flo (TV Series) · as Mel Sharples
1979
Portrait of a Stripper · as Harry Parkins
1979
Time Express (TV Series)
1979
Supertrain (TV Series) · as Frank Tuttle
1978
1978
The Cheap Detective · as Lieutenant Dimaggio
1978
Getting Married · as Burt Carboni
1978
Vega$ (TV Series)
1977
The Choirboys · as Zoony
1977
CHiPs (TV Series) · as Vic Tayback (uncredited)
1977
James at 15 (TV Series) · as Coach Murphy
1977
The Love Boat (TV Series) · as Harry Stewart
1977
1977
Fantasy Island (TV Series) · as Chet Nolan
1976
The Shaggy D.A. · as Eddie Roschak
1976
The Big Bus · as Goldie
1976
Mansion of the Doomed · as Detective Simon
1976
Alice (TV Series) · as Mel Sharples
1976
Special Delivery · as Wyatt
1976
Family (TV Series) · as Sgt. Pierce
1976
No Deposit, No Return · as Big Joe Adamo
1976
Dark Victory · as Archie
1976
The Practice (TV Series)
1975
The Black Bird · as Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
1975
Report to the Commissioner · as Lt. Seidensticker
1975
On the Rocks (TV Series)
1975
The Blue Knight (TV Series) · as Lou Gilmore
1975
Bronk (TV Series)
1975
Switch (TV Series) · as Ralph Kabelka
1975
Lepke · as Charles 'lucky' Luciano
1975
Barney Miller (TV Series) · as Mr. Stavochek
1974
1974
The Gambler · as One
1974
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot · as Mario Pinski
1973
Papillon · as Sergeant
1973
The Don Is Dead · as Ralph Negri
1973
The Blue Knight · as Neil Grogan
1973
The Alpha Caper · as Policeman
1973
Griff (TV Series)
1973
Emperor of the North · as Yardman
1973
Police Story (TV Series)
1973
Honor Thy Father · as Don A. Tirello
1973
Maxie · as Smedke
1972
1972
The Super (TV Series) · as Pizuti
1972
Every Little Crook and Nanny · as Ganucci Strong-Arm Man
1972
The Rookies (TV Series)
1972
Emergency! (TV Series) · as Driver
1971
They Call It Murder · as Jeff Poland
1971
Columbo (TV Series) · as Sam Franklin
1971
Cannon (TV Series)
1971
Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Fred Sanger
1971
Blood and Lace · as Calvin Carruthers
1971
Longstreet (TV Series) · as Victor Thanatos
1971
All in the Family (TV Series) · as Joe Tucker
1970
The Partridge Family (TV Series) · as Harlan Laws
1970
Arnie (TV Series) · as Sergeant
1970
1970
McCloud (TV Series)
1969
The Young Lawyers (TV Series) · as Bartender
1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (TV Series) · as Bernie
1969
1969
The Bold Ones: The New Doctors (TV Series) · as Frank Wells
1969
The Bill Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Calvin
1969
Medical Center (TV Series)
1968
Bullitt · as Pete Ross
1968
Here Come the Brides (TV Series) · as Jason's Man
1968
The Good Guys (TV Series) · as Steve Zabisco
1968
The Mod Squad (TV Series)
1968
Lancer (TV Series)
1968
Land of the Giants (TV Series) · as Hood
1968
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Parmel
1968
The Outsider (TV Series)
1968
With Six You Get Eggroll · as Truck Driver
1967
Mannix (TV Series)
1967
Ironside (TV Series)
1967
Judd for the Defense (TV Series) · as Tommy Ferguson
1967
Cimarron Strip (TV Series)
1967
The Second Hundred Years (TV Series) · as Guard
1967
Captain Nice (TV Series)
1966
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round · as Detective Merchant (uncredited)
1966
Gambit · as Plainclothes Officer At Twa Counter (uncredited)
1966
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Sgt. Gorte
1966
Occasional Wife (TV Series)
1966
The Felony Squad (TV Series)
1966
Family Affair (TV Series)
1966
That Girl (TV Series)
1966
Star Trek (TV Series) · as Jojo Krako
1966
Love On A Rooftop (TV Series)
1965
The Monkees (TV Series)
1965
Get Smart (TV Series)
1965
I Dream of Jeannie (TV Series) · as Turhan
1965
The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Ed Larch
1965
F Troop (TV Series)
1964
Daniel Boone (TV Series) · as American Soldier
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Sergeant
1964
Bewitched (TV Series) · as Mayor's Chauffeur
1963
Love with the Proper Stranger · as Cye (uncredited)
1963
Arrest and Trial (TV Series) · as Bartender
1963
The Lieutenant (TV Series) · as Cpl. Peter Garth
1962
Saints and Sinners (TV Series) · as Customer At Bar
1962
Five Weeks in a Balloon · as European Agent
1962
Surftide 77 · as Arms Cooper
1961
1961
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) · as Mr. Pagano
1960
North to Alaska · as Roustabout
1960
Insight (TV Series) · as Officer Tardiff
1959
Gangster Story · as Norm (uncredited)
1959
T-Bird Gang · as Policeman
1959
Hotel de Paree (TV Series) · as Second Miner
1959
Lock-Up (TV Series) · as Mr. Malloy
1959
Bonanza (TV Series) · as Everett Gaskell
1959
Rawhide (TV Series) · as Monte
1958
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as Bearded Rebel
1958
Buckskin (TV Series) · as Claude
1958
The Power of the Resurrection · as Simon The Canaanite
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) · as Man Talking To Cab Driver
1955
Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Gaines

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