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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 6, 1930
Died
May 25, 1990
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Vic Taybeck
- Victor Tayback
- Vick Tayback
- Vic E. Tayback
- Vic Tabback
Vic Tayback
1.0 Popularity
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
5.4
George Samsa
Horseplayer
1990
6.8
Carface (voice)
All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989
2.1
Lou
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
1989
4.8
The Exterminator (Greengrass)
Criminal Act
1989
6.1
Harry Bruckner
Loverboy
1989
4.8
Coach
The Underachievers
1988
2.8
Harold
The Three Kings
1987
2.9
Sgt. Burdge
Weekend Warriors
1986
7.2
The Bad Guys
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
1986
6.2
Silver
Treasure Island
1986
Credits
Horseplayer
as George Samsa
1990
5.4
All Dogs Go to Heaven
as Carface (voice)
1989
6.8
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
as Lou
1989
2.1
Criminal Act
as The Exterminator (Greengrass)
1989
4.8
Loverboy
as Harry Bruckner
1989
6.1
The Underachievers
as Coach
1988
4.8
The Three Kings
as Harold
1987
2.8
Weekend Warriors
as Sgt. Burdge
1986
2.9
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
as The Bad Guys
1986
7.2
Treasure Island
as Silver
1986
6.2
Reel Horror
as Smedke (archive footage)
1985
2.4
MacGyver
as George Henderson
1985
7.7
Crazy like a Fox
as Mo Scmidt
1984
7.1
Tales from the Darkside
as Tippy Ryan
1984
7.2
Tales from the Darkside
as Alan Coombs
1984
7.2
Murder, She Wrote
as Sal Domino
1984
7.5
The New Man
as Alan Coombs
1984
0.0
Finder of Lost Loves
as Thomas Velasco
1984
5.7
The Jesse Owens Story
as Abe Saperstein
1984
7.9
Matt Houston
1982
6.2
Hotel
1982
6.8
Mysterious Two
as Ted Randall
1982
5.8
T. J. Hooker
as Pete Benedict
1982
6.4
🎬
Through the Magic Pyramid
as Horembeb
1981
2.5
The Night the City Screamed
as Morris Brustein
1980
5.0
Gridlock
as Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski
1980
6.0
Rage!
as Tommy
1980
7.0
This Year's Blonde
as Harry Cohn
1980
5.7
Portrait of a Stripper
as Harry Parkins
1979
2.5
Time Express
1979
6.0
🎬
Sweepstakes
1979
0.0
Vega$
1978
7.0
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
5.0
The Cheap Detective
as Lieutenant DiMaggio
1978
6.2
Getting Married
as Burt Carboni
1978
4.0
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
as Capt. Barney Marcus
1978
0.0
The Choirboys
as Zoony
1977
5.3
The Love Boat
as Harry Stewart
1977
6.3
The Love Boat
as Harry Beluski
1977
6.3
CHiPs
1977
6.8
CHiPs
as Vic Tayback (uncredited)
1977
6.8
Little Ladies of the Night
as Finch
1977
3.3
The Shaggy D.A.
as Eddie Roschak
1976
5.8
Mansion of the Doomed
as Detective Simon
1976
6.2
Alice
as Mel Sharples
1976
7.0
Special Delivery
as Wyatt
1976
5.2
The Big Bus
as Goldie
1976
5.2
No Deposit, No Return
as Big Joe Adamo
1976
6.2
Dark Victory
as Archie
1976
0.0
The Practice
1976
7.5
The Black Bird
as Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
1975
4.6
🎬
On the Rocks
1975
5.0
Switch
as Ralph Kabelka
1975
6.7
Lepke
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
1975
5.2
Bronk
1975
6.2
🎬
Khan!
1975
5.0
Report to the Commissioner
as Lt. Seidensticker
1975
6.6
Barney Miller
as Mr. Stavochek
1975
7.3
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Mel
1974
7.0
The Gambler
as One
1974
6.7
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
as Mario Pinski
1974
6.8
Papillon
as Sergeant
1973
7.8
The Don Is Dead
as Ralph Negri
1973
6.0
The Blue Knight
as Neil Grogan
1973
5.8
The Alpha Caper
as Policeman
1973
7.0
🎬
Griff
1973
5.0
Emperor of the North
as Yardman
1973
6.7
Partners in Crime
1973
2.0
Police Story
1973
6.9
Honor Thy Father
as Don A. Tirello
1973
4.0
Maxie
as Smedke
1973
1.8
The Streets of San Francisco
1972
6.9
The Rookies
1972
6.8
Emergency!
as Driver
1972
7.8
Death Follows a Psycho
1972
0.0
They Call It Murder
as Jeff Poland
1971
5.4
Columbo
as Sam Franklin
1971
8.1
Cannon
1971
6.5
Blood and Lace
as Calvin Carruthers
1971
5.7
All in the Family
as Joe Tucker
1971
7.9
The Silent Force
as Capt. Al Grant
1970
5.0
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
7.5
McCloud
1970
7.1
Medical Center
1969
6.1
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Bernie
1969
6.0
My World and Welcome to It
1969
5.5
The Bill Cosby Show
as Calvin
1969
5.4
Bullitt
as Pete Ross
1968
7.1
The Mod Squad
1968
6.3
Lancer
1968
4.7
Land of the Giants
as Hood
1968
6.7
Hawaii Five-O
as Parmel
1968
7.1
Hawaii Five-O
as Martin Lynch
1968
7.1
The Outsider
1968
5.2
Mannix
1967
6.7
Cimarron Strip
1967
5.0
Ironside
1967
6.8
Captain Nice
1967
5.7
Gambit
as Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
1966
7.0
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Detective Merchant (uncredited)
1966
5.3
Mission: Impossible
as Egan's Goon
1966
7.6
Mission: Impossible
as Sgt. Gorte
1966
7.6
Occasional Wife
1966
7.5
Family Affair
1966
6.6
Felony Squad
1966
6.4
The Monkees
as George
1966
6.5
The Monkees
as Rocco
1966
6.5
The Monkees
as Chuche
1966
6.5
Star Trek
as Jojo Krako
1966
8.0
That Girl
1966
6.2
Love on a Rooftop
1966
5.0
The F.B.I.
as Ed Larch
1965
5.5
The F.B.I.
as Neil Parks
1965
5.5
I Dream of Jeannie
as Turhan
1965
7.8
Get Smart
1965
7.9
F Troop
1965
6.2
Daniel Boone
as American Soldier
1964
6.9
Daniel Boone
as Hongas Hongas - Huron Indian Chief
1964
6.9
Bewitched
as Mayor's Chauffeur
1964
7.9
Love with the Proper Stranger
as Cye (uncredited)
1963
6.8
Surftide 77
as Arms Cooper
1962
4.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Five Minutes to Live
as Fred Dorella
1961
5.5
Gangster Story
as Norm (uncredited)
1959
5.0
T-Bird Gang
as Policeman
1959
4.7
Rawhide
as Monte
1959
7.2
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Man Talking to Cab Driver
1955
7.7
Gunsmoke
as Gaines
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Rawlins
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Dirks
1955
6.6
Gunsmoke
as Bill Hankins
1955
6.6