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Acting
Birthday:
May 11, 1907
Place of Birth:
Nashua, Iowa, USA
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Kent Taylor
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kent Taylor (May 11, 1907 – April 11, 1987) was an American actor.
Born Louis William Weiss in Nashua, Iowa, Taylor appeared in more than 110 films, the bulk of them B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s, although he also had roles in more prestigious studio releases, including I'm No Angel (1933), Death Takes a Holiday (1934), Payment on Demand (1951), and Track the Man Down (1955).
In the 1950s, with his movie career on the decline and television production on the upswing, he played the title role in 58 episodes of the detective series Boston Blackie and the lead in 39 episodes of ABC's The Rough Riders (1958–1959). Other small screen credits include My Little Margie, Tales of Wells Fargo, Zorro, Bat Masterson, Peter Gunn, and Hawaiian Eye. The last years of his career were spent in slasher and horror films with titles like Satan's Sadists, Blood of Ghastly Horror, I Spit on Your Corpse, and Hell's Bloody Devils.
Taylor is interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | The Crawling Hand | Dr. Max Weitberg |
| 1974 | Girls for Rent | Moreno |
| 1974 | The Phantom of Hollywood | Wickes |
| 1972 | Angel's Wild Women | Parker |
| 1971 | Brain of Blood | Dr. Trenton |
| 1970 | Hell's Bloody Devils | Count von Delberg |
| 1969 | The Mighty Gorga | Tonga Jack Adams |
| 1969 | Satan's Sadists | Lew |
| 1968 | Brides of Blood | Dr. Paul Henderson |
| 1967 | Blood Of Ghastly Horror | Elton Corey |
| 1964 | Law of the Lawless | Attorney Rand McDonald |
| 1963 | The Crawling Hand | Dr. Max Weitzberg |
| 1963 | The Day Mars Invaded Earth | Dr. David Fielding |
| 1963 | Harbor Lights | Dan Crown |
| 1962 | The Broken Land | Marshal Jim Cogan |
| 1962 | The Firebrand | Maj. Tim Bancroft |
| 1961 | The Purple Hills | Johnny Barnes |
| 1960 | Walk Tall | Frank Carter |
| 1958 | Gang War | Bryce Barker, Meadows' Attonery |
| 1958 | Fort Bowie | Col. James Garrett |
| 1957 | The Iron Sheriff | Phil Quincy |
| 1956 | Slightly Scarlet | Frank Jansen |
| 1956 | Frontier Gambler | Roger Chadwick |
| 1956 | Ghost Town | Anse Conroy |
| 1955 | The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues | Dr. Ted Stevens, alias Ted Baxter |
| 1955 | Secret Venture | Ted O'Hara |
| 1955 | Track the Man Down | John Ford |
| 1954 | Playgirl | Ted Andrews |
| 1951 | Payment on Demand | Robert Townsend |
| 1950 | Western Pacific Agent | Rod Kendall |
| 1950 | Trial Without Jury | Jed Kilgore |
| 1950 | Federal Agent at Large | Mark Reed, aka Nick Ravel |
| 1949 | The Sickle or the Cross | Rev. John Burnside |
| 1948 | Half Past Midnight | Wade Hamilton |
| 1947 | Second Chance | Kendal Wolf |
| 1947 | The Crimson Key | Lawrence 'Larry' Morgan |
| 1946 | Deadline for Murder | Steve Millard |
| 1946 | Smooth as Silk | Mark Fenton (Defense Attorney) |
| 1946 | Young Widow | Peter Waring |
| 1946 | Tangier | Ramon |
| 1946 | Dangerous Millions | Jack Clark |
| 1945 | The Daltons Ride Again | Bob Dalton |
| 1944 | Roger Touhy, Gangster | Steve Warren |
| 1944 | Alaska | Gary Corbett |
| 1943 | Bomber's Moon | Capt. Paul von Block |
| 1942 | Half Way to Shanghai | Frederick Barton, [Screen Credit / Ads Name: Alexander Barton ] |
| 1942 | Frisco Lil | |
| 1942 | Army Surgeon | Lt. Philip Harvey |
| 1942 | Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Doc Holliday |
| 1942 | Gang Busters | Det. Lt. Bannister |
| 1942 | Mississippi Gambler | John J. 'Johnny' Forbes |
| 1941 | Washington Melodrama | Hal Thorne |
| 1941 | Repent at Leisure | Richard Hughes |
| 1940 | Girl in 313 | Gregg Dunn |
| 1940 | Two Girls on Broadway | 'Chat' Chatsworth |
| 1940 | Men Against the Sky | Martin Ames |
| 1940 | I'm Still Alive | Steve Bennett |
| 1940 | I Take This Woman | Phil Mayberry |
| 1940 | The Girl from Avenue A | MacMillan Forrester |
| 1939 | Five Came Back | Joe |
| 1939 | The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Bill Brown |
| 1939 | Four Girls in White | Robert 'Bob' Maitland |
| 1939 | Three Sons | Gene Pardway |
| 1939 | Sued for Libel | Steve Lonegan |
| 1939 | Pirates of the Skies | |
| 1939 | Escape to Paradise | Richard Fleming |
| 1938 | The Last Express | Duncan MacLain, Private Detective |
| 1938 | The Jury's Secret | Walter Russell |
| 1937 | Love in a Bungalow | Jeff Langan |
| 1937 | The Lady Fights Back | Owen Merrill |
| 1937 | Wings Over Honolulu | Greg Chandler |
| 1937 | When Love Is Young | Andy Russell |
| 1937 | Prescription for Romance | Steve Macy |
| 1937 | A Girl with Ideas | Frank Barnes |
| 1936 | The Accusing Finger | Jerry Welch |
| 1936 | Ramona | Felipe Moreno |
| 1936 | The Sky Parade | Tommy Wade |
| 1936 | Florida Special | Wally Nelson |
| 1936 | My Marriage | John DeWitt Tyler III |
| 1935 | Two-Fisted | Clint Blackburn |
| 1935 | College Scandal | Seth Dunlap |
| 1935 | Without Regret | Steve Paradin |
| 1935 | Smart Girl | Nick Graham |
| 1935 | The County Chairman | Ben Harvey |
| 1934 | Death Takes a Holiday | Corrado |
| 1934 | Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Bob Redding |
| 1934 | Limehouse Blues | Eric Benton |
| 1934 | Double Door | Rip Van Brett |
| 1934 | The Scarlet Empress | |
| 1934 | David Harum | John |
| 1934 | Many Happy Returns | Movie Actor (uncredited) |
| 1933 | I'm No Angel | Kirk Lawrence |
| 1933 | A Lady's Profession | Dick Garfield |
| 1933 | Cradle Song | Antonio |
| 1933 | White Woman | David von Elst |
| 1933 | Sunset Pass | Clink Peeples |
| 1933 | The Story of Temple Drake | First Jellybean (uncredited) |
| 1933 | The Mysterious Rider | Wade Benton |
| 1932 | One Hour with You | Party Guest Greeted by Colette (uncredited) |
| 1932 | If I Had a Million | Bank Teller (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Forgotten Commandments | Gregor |
| 1932 | Merrily We Go to Hell | Greg Boleslavsky |
| 1932 | Dancers in the Dark | Saxophonist |
| 1932 | The Man from Yesterday | Military Policeman |
| 1932 | Under-Cover Man | Russ |
| 1932 | The Night of June 13 | Reporter (uncredited) |
| 1932 | Blonde Venus | Hiker (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The False Madonna | Footman |
| 1931 | Born to Love | Ballroom Dancer (uncredited) |
| 1931 | The Road to Reno | Jackie's Admirer |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Land of the Giants | Doc Jelko |
| 1967 | Rango | |
| 1959 | Mr. Lucky | |
| 1959 | Laramie | |
| 1959 | Riverboat | Morrell |
| 1959 | Tightrope | |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Adam Kendricks |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Justin Crane |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | |
| 1958 | Peter Gunn | |
| 1958 | Bronco | |
| 1958 | The Rough Riders | |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | |
| 1958 | Bat Masterson | John Martin / Gabilan |
| 1957 | Zorro | |
| 1957 | Sugarfoot | Hank Farragut |
| 1957 | Panic! | |
| 1957 | Zorro | Carlos Murrietta |
| 1957 | Zorro | Carlos Murietta |
| 1952 | My Little Margie | |
| 1952 | The Ford Television Theatre | Frank Carson |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Boston Blackie | |
| 1950 | The Bigelow Theatre |