Personal Info
Birth date
1907-05-11 (118 Years)
Day of death
1987-04-11
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Nashua, Iowa, USA
Also known as
Louis William Weiss
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kent Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Laramie
6.4
Overview:
Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy and Robert L. Crawford, Jr., as Andy Sherman.The Rifleman
7.1
Overview:
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.Zorro
7.483
Overview:
Diego de la Vega, the son of a wealthy landowner, returns from his studies in Spain and discovers that Los Angeles is under the command of Capitan Monastario, a cruel man who relishes in the misuse of his power for personal gain. Knowing that he cannot hope to single-handedly defeat Monastario and his troops, Diego resorts to subterfuge. He adopts the secret identity of Zorro, a sinister figure dressed in black, and rides to fight Monastario's injustice.Hawaiian Eye
5.2
Overview:
Private Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they work both hotel security and are hired by others to look into various matters. They're helped by their trusty right-hand man Kazuo Kim who runs a taxi company and is always eager to help them.The Ford Television Theatre
7.333
Overview:
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.77 Sunset Strip
6.7
Overview:
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.Tightrope
5.5
Overview:
Tightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of the J.B. Williams Company, and American Tobacco. Produced by Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene in association with Screen Gems, the series stars Mike Connors as an undercover agent named "Nick" who was assigned to infiltrate criminal gangs. The show was to have originally been titled Undercover Man but it was changed before going to air.Peter Gunn
6.5
Overview:
Peter Gunn is an American private eye television series. Filmed in a film noir atmosphere and featuring Henry Mancini music that could tell you the action with your eyes closed, Peter Gunn worked in style. Known as Pete to his friends and simply as Gunn to his enemies, he did his job in a calm cool way.Bat Masterson
6.1
Overview:
Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.Land of the Giants
6.693
Overview:
Set fifteen years in the then-future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport ship named Spindrift. In the pilot episode, the Spindrift is en route from Los Angeles to London, on an ultra-fast sub-orbital flight. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the Spindrift encounters a magnetic space storm, and is dragged through a space warp to a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than on Earth, whose inhabitants the Earthlings nickname "the Giants". The Spindrift crash-lands, and the damage renders it inoperable.Bronco
5.2
Overview:
Bronco is a Western series on ABC from 1958 through 1962. It was shown by the BBC in the United Kingdom. The program starred Ty Hardin as Bronco Layne, a former Confederate officer who wandered the Old West, meeting such well-known individuals as Wild Bill Hickok, Billy the Kid, Jesse James, Theodore Roosevelt, Belle Starr, Cole Younger, and John Wesley Hardin.Mr. Lucky
6.4
Overview:
Mr. Lucky is a CBS adventure/drama television series that aired from October 24, 1959, to June 18, 1960, with repeats until September 3. Blake Edwards developed the program as a retooling of his Willie Dante character from Four Star Playhouse, where the role was played by studio boss Dick Powell. In the 1960–1961 season, Howard Duff assumed the role of Willie Dante in the NBC adventure/drama series Dante. Mr. Edwards directed and co-wrote the first episode of Mr. Lucky, and the credits of the first eighteen episodes included "Entire production supervised by Blake Edwards." Jack Arnold produced the show and directed fifteen of the thirty-four episodes. Henry Mancini's smooth theme music for the show reached Number 21 in the US singles charts. He released two successful LP's based on the show, Mr. Lucky and Mr. Lucky Goes Latin.Sugarfoot
4.8
Overview:
Sugarfoot is an American western television series that aired on ABC from 1957 to 1961. The series stars Will Hutchins as Tom Brewster, an Easterner who comes to the Oklahoma Territory to become a lawyer. Jack Elam is cast in occasional episodes as sidekick Toothy Thompson. Brewster was a correspondence-school student whose apparent lack of cowboy skills earned him the nickname "Sugarfoot", a designation even below that of a tenderfoot.My Little Margie
3
Overview:
My Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955.Riverboat
6.2
Overview:
Riverboat is a 44-episode western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds broadcast on the NBC television network from September 13, 1959 until January 2, 1961. It was produced by Revue Studios.Rango
NYR
Overview:
Rango is an American Western situation comedy starring comedian Tim Conway which was broadcast in the United States on the ABC television network in 1967. In Rango, Conway played an inept Texas Ranger who had been assigned to the quietest post the Rangers had, Deep Wells, so as to keep him from creating unnecessary trouble. The Rangers apparently had wanted him removed from the service altogether but were prevented from doing so by the fact that his father was their commander. But he seemed to bring his own trouble with him, as crime suddenly returned to a place that had seen very little of it the prior 20 years. Also appearing in Rango was the American Indian character Pink Cloud, an overly-assimilated Indian who was very fond of the ways of the whites and whose command of the English language was generally better than theirs. The theme song co-written by Earle Hagen and sung by Frankie Laine. The series ran for less than a year. TV Guide ranked the series number 47 on its TV Guide's 50 Worst Shows of All Time list in 2002.The Bigelow Theatre
6.5
Overview:
The Bigelow Theatre is an American anthology series originally broadcast on CBS Television and on the DuMont Television Network. This series is not to be confused with the similarly named The Bigelow Show, a musical variety program which aired on NBC and CBS in the late 1940s.The Rough Riders
6.3
Overview:
The Rough Riders is an American Western television series set in the West after the American Civil War. It aired on ABC for the 1958-1959 television season. It was produced by Ziv Television, the production company responsible for such hit shows as Bat Masterson, Tombstone Territory, Sea Hunt, and Highway Patrol.The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
4.154
Overview:
A marine biologist and a government agent investigate mysterious deaths and rumors of a sea monster in a secluded ocean cove, and find themselves involved with a marine biology professor conducting secretive experiments, international spies trying to steal his secrets, a radioactive light on the sea bottom, and the malevolent thing which guards it.Five Came Back
6.2
Overview:
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course. Crashing into jungles known to be inhabited by head hunters, pilots Bill and Joe race against time to fix the engines and attempt a take off. The situation brings out the best and worst in the stranded dozen as they create a makeshift runway and prepare to escape before the natives attack. But damage to the plane and low fuel reserves means that only 5 people can be carried to safety.Slightly Scarlet
6.2
Overview:
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace, associate of crime boss Sol "Solly" Caspar, sees this as a way to smear Jansen's campaign. Seductive Dorothy will do anything to get what she wants, which includes having a good time with Ben-- whom June is now in love with.The Scarlet Empress
6.915
Overview:
During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.Death Takes a Holiday
6.405
Overview:
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.If I Had a Million
6.698
Overview:
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.Payment on Demand
6.2
Overview:
David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce. When she then learns that David has taken up with a younger woman, Joyce decides to make the most of this separation by taking a solo trip to the Caribbean. However, just before diving into a vacation fling, she runs into Emily, an old chum whose own divorce has left her embittered. Joyce then debates giving married life one last chance.The Crawling Hand
2.9
Overview:
After an astronaut space capsule is detonated in orbit, with the astronaut begging to be killed, a teenager couple finds a severed arm on a remote beach. The boy takes the arm home, where it becomes animate and the alien force which animates it soon possesses his mind as well.I'm No Angel
6.4
Overview:
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the circus makes it to New York and Tira can pursue her dearest occupation— flirting with rich men and accepting expensive presents.Acting
1991The Crawling Hand as Dr. Max Weitberg
1974Girls for Rent as Moreno
1974The Phantom of Hollywood as Wickes
1972Angel's Wild Women as Parker
1971Brain of Blood as Dr. Trenton
1970Hell's Bloody Devils as Count von Delberg
1969The Mighty Gorga as Tonga Jack Adams
1969Satan's Sadists as Lew
1968Land of the Giants (1 Episode) as Doc Jelko
1968Brides of Blood as Dr. Paul Henderson
1967Blood Of Ghastly Horror as Elton Corey
1967Rango (1 Episode) as Unknown
1964Law of the Lawless as Attorney Rand McDonald
1963The Crawling Hand as Dr. Max Weitzberg
1963Harbor Lights as Dan Crown
1963The Day Mars Invaded Earth as Dr. David Fielding
1962The Firebrand as Maj. Tim Bancroft
1962The Broken Land as Marshal Jim Cogan
1961The Purple Hills as Johnny Barnes
1960Walk Tall as Frank Carter
1959Mr. Lucky (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Hawaiian Eye (1, 1 Episode) as Adam Kendricks, Justin Crane
1959Laramie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1959Riverboat (1 Episode) as Morrell
1959Tightrope (1 Episode) as Unknown
195877 Sunset Strip (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Bat Masterson (1 Episode) as John Martin / Gabilan
1958The Rough Riders (39 Episodes) as Unknown
1958The Rifleman (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1958Bronco (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1958Peter Gunn (1 Episode) as Unknown
1958Gang War as Bryce Barker, Meadows' Attonery
1958Fort Bowie as Col. James Garrett
1957Zorro (2, 1, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Carlos Murrietta, Carlos Murietta
1957Sugarfoot (1 Episode) as Hank Farragut
1957The Iron Sheriff as Phil Quincy
1957Panic! (1 Episode) as Unknown
1956Frontier Gambler as Roger Chadwick
1956Ghost Town as Anse Conroy
1956Slightly Scarlet as Frank Jansen
1955The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues as Dr. Ted Stevens, alias Ted Baxter
1955Secret Venture as Ted O'Hara
1955Track the Man Down as John Ford
1954Playgirl as Ted Andrews
1952The Ford Television Theatre (1 Episode) as Frank Carson
1952My Little Margie (1 Episode) as Unknown
1951The Adventures of Boston Blackie (58 Episodes) as Unknown
1951Payment on Demand as Robert Townsend
1950The Bigelow Theatre (1 Episode) as Unknown
1950Trial Without Jury as Jed Kilgore
1950Western Pacific Agent as Rod Kendall
1950Federal Agent at Large as Mark Reed, aka Nick Ravel
1949The Sickle or the Cross as Rev. John Burnside
1948Half Past Midnight as Wade Hamilton
1947Second Chance as Kendal Wolf
1947The Crimson Key as Lawrence 'Larry' Morgan
1946Dangerous Millions as Jack Clark
1946Deadline for Murder as Steve Millard
1946Tangier as Ramon
1946Young Widow as Peter Waring
1946Smooth as Silk as Mark Fenton (Defense Attorney)
1945The Daltons Ride Again as Bob Dalton
1944Alaska as Gary Corbett
1944Roger Touhy, Gangster as Steve Warren
1943Bomber's Moon as Capt. Paul von Block
1942Army Surgeon as Lt. Philip Harvey
1942Half Way to Shanghai as Frederick Barton, [Screen Credit / Ads Name: Alexander Barton ]
1942Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die as Doc Holliday
1942Mississippi Gambler as John J. 'Johnny' Forbes
1942Gang Busters as Det. Lt. Bannister
1942Frisco Lil as Unknown
1941Washington Melodrama as Hal Thorne
1941Repent at Leisure as Richard Hughes
1940I'm Still Alive as Steve Bennett
1940Men Against the Sky as Martin Ames
1940The Girl from Avenue A as MacMillan Forrester
1940Girl in 313 as Gregg Dunn
1940Two Girls on Broadway as 'Chat' Chatsworth
1940I Take This Woman as Phil Mayberry
1939Escape to Paradise as Richard Fleming
1939Sued for Libel as Steve Lonegan
1939Three Sons as Gene Pardway
1939Five Came Back as Joe
1939The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Bill Brown
1939Four Girls in White as Robert 'Bob' Maitland
1939Pirates of the Skies as Unknown
1938The Last Express as Duncan MacLain, Private Detective
1938The Jury's Secret as Walter Russell
1937Prescription for Romance as Steve Macy
1937A Girl with Ideas as Frank Barnes
1937The Lady Fights Back as Owen Merrill
1937Love in a Bungalow as Jeff Langan
1937Wings Over Honolulu as Greg Chandler
1937When Love Is Young as Andy Russell
1936The Accusing Finger as Jerry Welch
1936The Sky Parade as Tommy Wade
1936Ramona as Felipe Moreno
1936Florida Special as Wally Nelson
1936My Marriage as John DeWitt Tyler III
1935Two-Fisted as Clint Blackburn
1935Without Regret as Steve Paradin
1935Smart Girl as Nick Graham
1935College Scandal as Seth Dunlap
1935The County Chairman as Ben Harvey
1934Limehouse Blues as Eric Benton
1934Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch as Bob Redding
1934Many Happy Returns as Movie Actor (uncredited)
1934The Scarlet Empress as Unknown
1934Double Door as Rip Van Brett
1934Death Takes a Holiday as Corrado
1934David Harum as John
1933Cradle Song as Antonio
1933White Woman as David von Elst
1933I'm No Angel as Kirk Lawrence
1933Sunset Pass as Clink Peeples
1933The Story of Temple Drake as First Jellybean (uncredited)
1933A Lady's Profession as Dick Garfield
1933The Mysterious Rider as Wade Benton
1932Under-Cover Man as Russ
1932If I Had a Million as Bank Teller (uncredited)
1932Blonde Venus as Hiker (uncredited)
1932The Night of June 13 as Reporter (uncredited)
1932The Man from Yesterday as Military Policeman
1932Merrily We Go to Hell as Greg Boleslavsky
1932Forgotten Commandments as Gregor
1932One Hour with You as Party Guest Greeted by Colette (uncredited)
1932Dancers in the Dark as Saxophonist
1931The False Madonna as Footman
1931The Road to Reno as Jackie's Admirer
1931Born to Love as Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
1931Ladies' Man as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)