Kent Taylor
Born May 11, 1907 (Age: 118)
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Nashua, Iowa, USA
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kent Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Kent Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Girls for Rent
1974
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as Moreno
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Age: 67
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
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as Wickes
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Age: 66
Angels' Wild Women
1972
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as Parker
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Age: 64
The Mighty Gorga
1969
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as Tonga Jack Adams
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Age: 62
Satan's Sadists
1969
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as Lew
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Age: 62
Law of the Lawless
1964
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as Attorney Rand McDonald
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Age: 57
The Crawling Hand
1963
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as Dr. Max Weitzberg
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Age: 56
Harbor Lights
1963
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as Dan Crown
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Age: 56
The Day Mars Invaded Earth
1963
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as Dr. David Fielding
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Age: 55
The Firebrand
1962
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as Maj. Tim Bancroft
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Age: 55
The Broken Land
1962
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as Marshal Jim Cogan
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Age: 54
The Purple Hills
1961
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as Johnny Barnes
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Age: 54
Walk Tall
1960
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as Frank Carter
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Age: 53
Gang War
1958
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as Bryce Barker, Meadows' Attonery
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Age: 51
Fort Bowie
1958
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as Col. James Garrett
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Age: 50
Frontier Gambler
1956
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as Roger Chadwick
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Age: 49
Ghost Town
1956
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as Anse Conroy
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Age: 48
Slightly Scarlet
1956
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as Frank Jansen
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Age: 48
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
1955
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as Dr. Ted Stevens, alias Ted Baxter
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Age: 48
Secret Venture
1955
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as Ted O'Hara
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Age: 48
Track the Man Down
1955
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as John Ford
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Age: 48
Playgirl
1954
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as Ted Andrews
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Age: 46
Trial Without Jury
1950
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as Jed Kilgore
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Age: 43
Western Pacific Agent
1950
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as Rod Kendall
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Age: 42
Federal Agent at Large
1950
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as Mark Reed, aka Nick Ravel
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Age: 42
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
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as Bob Dalton
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Age: 38
Army Surgeon
1942
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as Lt. Philip Harvey
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Age: 35
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
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as Frederick Barton, [Screen Credit / Ads Name: Alexander Barton ]
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Age: 35
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942
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as Doc Holliday
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Age: 35
Mississippi Gambler
1942
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as John J. 'Johnny' Forbes
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Age: 34
Gang Busters
1942
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as Det. Lt. Bannister
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Age: 34
No Image
Frisco Lil
1942
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as
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Age: 34
Washington Melodrama
1941
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as Hal Thorne
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Age: 33
Repent at Leisure
1941
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as Richard Hughes
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Age: 33
Under-Cover Man
1932
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as Russ
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Age: 25
If I Had a Million
1932
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as Bank Teller (uncredited)
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Age: 25
Blonde Venus
1932
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as Hiker (uncredited)
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Age: 25
The Night of June 13
1932
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as Reporter (uncredited)
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Age: 25
Devil and the Deep
1932
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as A Friend at Party (uncredited)
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Age: 25
The Man from Yesterday
1932
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as Military Policeman
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Age: 25
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
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as Greg Boleslavsky
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Age: 25
Forgotten Commandments
1932
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as Gregor
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Age: 25
One Hour with You
1932
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as Party Guest Greeted by Colette (uncredited)
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Age: 24
Dancers in the Dark
1932
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as Saxophonist
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Age: 24
The False Madonna
1931
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as Footman
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Age: 24
The Road to Reno
1931
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as Jackie's Admirer
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Age: 24
Born to Love
1931
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as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
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Age: 23
Ladies' Man
1931
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as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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Age: 23