Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

131

Gender

Male

Birthday

1930-01-06

Deathday

1990-05-25 (60 years old)

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Also Known As

Vic Taybeck
Victor Tayback
Vick Tayback
Vic E. Tayback
Vic Tabback

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

7.8%

Papillon

Dec 16, 1973

8.0%

Star Trek

Sep 8, 1966

7.1%

Bullitt

Oct 17, 1968

6.8%

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Nov 17, 1989

7.7%

MacGyver

Sep 29, 1985

7.8%

I Dream of Jeannie

Sep 18, 1965

8.1%

Columbo

Sep 15, 1971

7.9%

Bewitched

Sep 17, 1964

6.8%

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

May 23, 1974

7.0%

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Dec 9, 1974

7.9%

Get Smart

Sep 18, 1965

7.5%

Murder, She Wrote

Sep 30, 1984

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Acting

1990

Horseplayer as George Samsa

1989		All Dogs Go to Heaven as Carface (voice)
1989		Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers as Lou
1989		Criminal Act as The Exterminator (Greengrass)
1989		Loverboy as Harry Bruckner

1988

The Underachievers as Coach

1987

The Three Kings as Harold

1986		Weekend Warriors as Sgt. Burdge
1986		George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head as The Bad Guys
1986		Treasure Island as Silver

1985		Reel Horror as Smedke (archive footage)
1985		MacGyver as George Henderson

1984		Crazy like a Fox as Mo Scmidt
1984		Murder, She Wrote as Sal Domino
1984		Tales from the Darkside as Tippy Ryan
1984		Tales from the Darkside as Alan Coombs
1984		The New Man as Alan Coombs
1984		Finder of Lost Loves as Thomas Velasco
1984		The Jesse Owens Story as Abe Saperstein

1982		Matt Houston
1982		Hotel
1982		Mysterious Two as Ted Randall
1982		T. J. Hooker as Pete Benedict

1981

Through the Magic Pyramid as Horembeb

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

1979		Portrait of a Stripper as Harry Parkins
1979		Time Express
1979		Sweepstakes

1978		Vega$
1978		The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978		The Cheap Detective as Lieutenant DiMaggio
1978		Getting Married as Burt Carboni
1978		The Case of the Baltimore Girls as Capt. Barney Marcus

1977		The Choirboys as Zoony
1977		The Love Boat as Harry Stewart
1977		The Love Boat as Harry Beluski
1977		CHiPs
1977		CHiPs as Vic Tayback (uncredited)
1977		Little Ladies of the Night as Finch

1976		The Shaggy D.A. as Eddie Roschak
1976		Mansion of the Doomed as Detective Simon
1976		Alice as Mel Sharples
1976		Special Delivery as Wyatt
1976		The Big Bus as Goldie
1976		No Deposit, No Return as Big Joe Adamo
1976		Dark Victory as Archie
1976		The Practice

1975		The Black Bird as Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
1975		On the Rocks
1975		Switch as Ralph Kabelka
1975		Lepke as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
1975		Bronk
1975		Khan!
1975		Report to the Commissioner as Lt. Seidensticker
1975		Barney Miller as Mr. Stavochek

1974		Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Mel
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
1973		Emperor of the North as Yardman
1973		Partners in Crime
1973		Police Story
1973		Honor Thy Father as Don A. Tirello
1973		Maxie as Smedke

1972		The Streets of San Francisco
1972		The Rookies
1972		Emergency! as Driver
1972		Death Follows a Psycho

1971		They Call It Murder as Jeff Poland
1971		Columbo as Sam Franklin
1971		Cannon
1971		Blood and Lace as Calvin Carruthers
1971		All in the Family as Joe Tucker

1970		The Silent Force as Capt. Al Grant
1970		The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970		McCloud

1969		Medical Center
1969		The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Bernie
1969		My World and Welcome to It
1969		The Bill Cosby Show as Calvin

1968		Bullitt as Pete Ross
1968		The Mod Squad
1968		Lancer
1968		Land of the Giants as Hood
1968		Hawaii Five-O as Parmel
1968		Hawaii Five-O as Martin Lynch
1968		The Outsider

1967		Mannix
1967		Cimarron Strip
1967		Ironside
1967		Captain Nice

1966		Gambit as Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
1966		Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as Detective Merchant (uncredited)
1966		Mission: Impossible as Egan's Goon
1966		Mission: Impossible as Sgt. Gorte
1966		Occasional Wife
1966		The Monkees as George
1966		The Monkees as Rocco
1966		The Monkees as Chuche
1966		Family Affair
1966		Felony Squad
1966		Star Trek as Jojo Krako
1966		That Girl
1966		Love on a Rooftop

1965		The F.B.I. as Ed Larch
1965		The F.B.I. as Neil Parks
1965		I Dream of Jeannie as Turhan
1965		Get Smart
1965		F Troop

1964		Daniel Boone as American Soldier
1964		Daniel Boone as Hongas Hongas - Huron Indian Chief
1964		Bewitched as Mayor's Chauffeur

1963

Love with the Proper Stranger as Cye (uncredited)

1962

Surftide 77 as Arms Cooper

1961		The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961		Five Minutes to Live as Fred Dorella

1959		Gangster Story as Norm (uncredited)
1959		T-Bird Gang as Policeman
1959		Rawhide as Monte

1955		Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Man Talking to Cab Driver
1955		Gunsmoke as Gaines
1955		Gunsmoke as Rawlins
1955		Gunsmoke as Dirks
1955		Gunsmoke as Bill Hankins