- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWalter Clarence Taylor II
- Nicknames
- Dub
- Cannonball
- Height5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
- Dub Taylor was born on February 26, 1907 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Getaway (1972), The Wild Bunch (1969) and You Can't Take It with You (1938). He was married to Florence Gertrude Heffernan. He died on October 3, 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseFlorence Gertrude Heffernan(April 21, 1931 - October 10, 1987) (her death, 2 children)
- Children
- RelativesAdam C. Taylor(Grandchild)Cooper Taylor(Grandchild)Tiffany Taylor(Grandchild)Matthew Taylor(Grandchild)
- Often played supporting roles in Westerns. His characters often wore the top half of faded long johns as a shirt.
- Also often wore bowler hat
- Was on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) one night and played the xylophone using three mallets in each hand.
- Father of Buck Taylor, with whom he appeared in Conagher (1991).
- Was a member of the 1937 Alabama Crimson Tide football team that played in the 1938 Rose Bowl. He stayed behind to make it in films, and secured the role of Ed Carmichael in Frank Capra's film, You Can't Take It with You (1938), because he could play the xylophone.
- Once explained that, as a boy, he had been called "W" as a nickname for his first name Walter. That was later shortened to just "Dub."
- His life was chronicled in 2007 in a feature length documentary, "That Guy: The Legacy of Dub Taylor," directed by Mark Ezra Stokes and produced by James Kicklighter.
- I don't care about winning an Oscar. I'm just an actor who can play parts and make people believe them.
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