Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 6, 1930
Place of Birth:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Vic Tayback
Biography
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Horseplayer | George Samsa |
| 1989 | All Dogs Go to Heaven | Carface (voice) |
| 1989 | Loverboy | Harry Bruckner |
| 1989 | Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers | Lou |
| 1989 | Criminal Act | The Exterminator (Greengrass) |
| 1988 | The Underachievers | Coach |
| 1987 | The Three Kings | Harold |
| 1986 | George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head | The Bad Guys |
| 1986 | Weekend Warriors | Sgt. Burdge |
| 1986 | Treasure Island | Silver |
| 1985 | Reel Horror | Smedke (archive footage) |
| 1984 | The Jesse Owens Story | Abe Saperstein |
| 1982 | Mysterious Two | Ted Randall |
| 1981 | Through the Magic Pyramid | Horembeb |
| 1980 | Gridlock | Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski |
| 1980 | This Year's Blonde | Harry Cohn |
| 1980 | The Night the City Screamed | Morris Brustein |
| 1980 | Rage! | Tommy |
| 1979 | Portrait of a Stripper | Harry Parkins |
| 1978 | Getting Married | Burt Carboni |
| 1978 | The Cheap Detective | Lieutenant DiMaggio |
| 1978 | The Case of the Baltimore Girls | Capt. Barney Marcus |
| 1977 | Little Ladies of the Night | Finch |
| 1977 | The Choirboys | Zoony |
| 1976 | No Deposit, No Return | Big Joe Adamo |
| 1976 | Mansion of the Doomed | Detective Simon |
| 1976 | The Shaggy D.A. | Eddie Roschak |
| 1976 | Dark Victory | Archie |
| 1976 | The Big Bus | Goldie |
| 1976 | Special Delivery | Wyatt |
| 1975 | Report to the Commissioner | Lt. Seidensticker |
| 1975 | The Black Bird | Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant |
| 1975 | Lepke | Charles 'Lucky' Luciano |
| 1974 | Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Mario Pinski |
| 1974 | The Gambler | One |
| 1974 | Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Mel |
| 1973 | Papillon | Sergeant |
| 1973 | The Don Is Dead | Ralph Negri |
| 1973 | The Blue Knight | Neil Grogan |
| 1973 | Emperor of the North | Yardman |
| 1973 | Maxie | Smedke |
| 1973 | The Alpha Caper | Policeman |
| 1973 | Partners in Crime | |
| 1973 | Honor Thy Father | Don A. Tirello |
| 1972 | Death Follows a Psycho | |
| 1971 | Blood and Lace | Calvin Carruthers |
| 1971 | They Call It Murder | Jeff Poland |
| 1968 | Bullitt | Pete Ross |
| 1966 | Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round | Detective Merchant (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Gambit | Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited) |
| 1963 | Love with the Proper Stranger | Cye (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Surftide 77 | Arms Cooper |
| 1961 | Five Minutes to Live | Fred Dorella |
| 1959 | Gangster Story | Norm (uncredited) |
| 1959 | T-Bird Gang | Policeman |
| 1958 | The Power of the Resurrection | Simon the Canaanite |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | MacGyver | George Henderson |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Sal Domino |
| 1984 | Tales from the Darkside | Tippy Ryan |
| 1984 | Crazy like a Fox | Mo Scmidt |
| 1984 | Tales from the Darkside | Alan Coombs |
| 1984 | Finder of Lost Loves | Thomas Velasco |
| 1982 | T. J. Hooker | Pete Benedict |
| 1982 | Hotel | |
| 1982 | Matt Houston | |
| 1979 | Time Express | |
| 1979 | $weepstake$ | Sir Yarbrough |
| 1978 | Vega$ | |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | |
| 1977 | CHiPs | |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Harry Stewart |
| 1977 | The Love Boat | Harry Beluski |
| 1977 | CHiPs | Vic Tayback (uncredited) |
| 1976 | Alice | Mel Sharples |
| 1976 | The Practice | |
| 1975 | Khan! | |
| 1975 | Switch | Ralph Kabelka |
| 1975 | On the Rocks | |
| 1975 | Bronk | |
| 1975 | Barney Miller | Mr. Stavochek |
| 1973 | Police Story | |
| 1973 | Griff | |
| 1973 | The Blue Knight | Neil Grogan |
| 1972 | The Rookies | |
| 1972 | The Streets of San Francisco | |
| 1972 | Emergency! | Driver |
| 1971 | All in the Family | Joe Tucker |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1971 | Columbo | Sam Franklin |
| 1970 | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | |
| 1970 | McCloud | |
| 1970 | The Silent Force | Capt. Al Grant |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family | Ingram |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family | Rocco |
| 1970 | The Partridge Family | Harlan Laws |
| 1969 | My World and Welcome to It | |
| 1969 | The Bill Cosby Show | Calvin |
| 1969 | Medical Center | |
| 1969 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Bernie |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Parmel |
| 1968 | Land of the Giants | Hood |
| 1968 | The Mod Squad | |
| 1968 | Lancer | |
| 1968 | The Outsider | |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Martin Lynch |
| 1967 | Mannix | |
| 1967 | Ironside | |
| 1967 | Cimarron Strip | |
| 1967 | Captain Nice | |
| 1966 | Family Affair | |
| 1966 | Star Trek | Jojo Krako |
| 1966 | Love on a Rooftop | |
| 1966 | That Girl | |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Egan's Goon |
| 1966 | The Monkees | George |
| 1966 | Felony Squad | |
| 1966 | Occasional Wife | |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Sgt. Gorte |
| 1966 | The Monkees | Rocco |
| 1966 | The Monkees | Chuche |
| 1965 | F Troop | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Ed Larch |
| 1965 | I Dream of Jeannie | Turhan |
| 1965 | Get Smart | |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Neil Parks |
| 1964 | Bewitched | Mayor's Chauffeur |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | American Soldier |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Hongas Hongas - Huron Indian Chief |
| 1964 | The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Sergeant |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1959 | Rawhide | Monte |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Gaines |
| 1955 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Man Talking to Cab Driver |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Rawlins |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Dirks |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Bill Hankins |