Vic Tayback

Vic Tayback

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.

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Known For

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

1961 • as Self

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

1977 • as Harry Stewart

The Love Boat

The Love Boat

1977 • as Harry Beluski

Columbo

Columbo

1971 • as Sam Franklin

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970

MacGyver

MacGyver

1985 • as George Henderson

Filmography

1990

Horseplayer
Horseplayer
as George Samsa
Movie - Released: 1/20/1990

1989

All Dogs Go to Heaven
All Dogs Go to Heaven
as Carface (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/17/1989
Loverboy
Loverboy
as Harry Bruckner
Movie - Released: 4/28/1989
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
as Lou
Movie - Released: 10/11/1989
Criminal Act
Criminal Act
as The Exterminator (Greengrass)
Movie - Released: 9/27/1989

1988

The Underachievers
The Underachievers
as Coach
Movie - Released: 6/1/1988

1987

The Three Kings
The Three Kings
as Harold
Movie - Released: 12/17/1987

1986

George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
as The Bad Guys
Movie - Released: 6/14/1986
Weekend Warriors
Weekend Warriors
as Sgt. Burdge
Movie - Released: 10/1/1986
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
as Silver
Movie - Released: 1/1/1986

1985

Reel Horror
Reel Horror
as Smedke (archive footage)
Movie - Released: 10/1/1985
MacGyver
MacGyver
as George Henderson
TV - Released: 9/29/1985

1984

The New Man
The New Man
as Alan Coombs
Movie - Released: 9/30/1984
The Jesse Owens Story
The Jesse Owens Story
as Abe Saperstein
Movie - Released: 7/9/1984
Murder, She Wrote
Murder, She Wrote
as Sal Domino
TV - Released: 9/30/1984
Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside
as Tippy Ryan
TV - Released: 9/30/1984
Crazy like a Fox
Crazy like a Fox
as Mo Scmidt
TV - Released: 12/30/1984
Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside
as Alan Coombs
TV - Released: 9/30/1984
Finder of Lost Loves
Finder of Lost Loves
as Thomas Velasco
TV - Released: 9/22/1984

1982

Mysterious Two
Mysterious Two
as Ted Randall
Movie - Released: 5/31/1982
T. J. Hooker
T. J. Hooker
as Pete Benedict
TV - Released: 3/13/1982
Hotel
Hotel
TV - Released: 8/21/1982
Matt Houston
Matt Houston
TV - Released: 9/26/1982

1981

Movie
Through the Magic Pyramid
as Horembeb
Movie - Released: 12/6/1981

1980

Gridlock
Gridlock
as Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski
Movie - Released: 10/2/1980
This Year's Blonde
This Year's Blonde
as Harry Cohn
Movie - Released: 5/18/1980
The Night the City Screamed
The Night the City Screamed
as Morris Brustein
Movie - Released: 12/14/1980
Rage!
Rage!
as Tommy
Movie - Released: 9/25/1980

1979

Portrait of a Stripper
Portrait of a Stripper
as Harry Parkins
Movie - Released: 10/2/1979
TV
Sweepstakes
TV - Released: 1/26/1979
Time Express
Time Express
TV - Released: 4/26/1979

1978

Getting Married
Getting Married
as Burt Carboni
Movie - Released: 5/17/1978
The Cheap Detective
The Cheap Detective
as Lieutenant DiMaggio
Movie - Released: 6/23/1978
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
as Capt. Barney Marcus
Movie - Released: 1/23/1978
Vega$
Vega$
TV - Released: 9/20/1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
TV - Released: 9/8/1978

1977

Little Ladies of the Night
Little Ladies of the Night
as Finch
Movie - Released: 1/16/1977
The Choirboys
The Choirboys
as Zoony
Movie - Released: 12/23/1977
CHiPs
CHiPs
TV - Released: 9/15/1977
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
as Harry Stewart
TV - Released: 9/24/1977
The Love Boat
The Love Boat
as Harry Beluski
TV - Released: 9/24/1977
CHiPs
CHiPs
as Vic Tayback (uncredited)
TV - Released: 9/15/1977

1976

No Deposit, No Return
No Deposit, No Return
as Big Joe Adamo
Movie - Released: 2/5/1976
Mansion of the Doomed
Mansion of the Doomed
as Detective Simon
Movie - Released: 10/1/1976
The Shaggy D.A.
The Shaggy D.A.
as Eddie Roschak
Movie - Released: 12/17/1976
Dark Victory
Dark Victory
as Archie
Movie - Released: 2/5/1976
The Big Bus
The Big Bus
as Goldie
Movie - Released: 6/23/1976
Special Delivery
Special Delivery
as Wyatt
Movie - Released: 7/16/1976
Alice
Alice
as Mel Sharples
TV - Released: 8/31/1976
The Practice
The Practice
TV - Released: 1/30/1976

1975

Report to the Commissioner
Report to the Commissioner
as Lt. Seidensticker
Movie - Released: 2/5/1975
The Black Bird
The Black Bird
as Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
Movie - Released: 12/25/1975
Lepke
Lepke
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Movie - Released: 5/23/1975
TV
Khan!
TV - Released: 2/7/1975
Switch
Switch
as Ralph Kabelka
TV - Released: 9/9/1975
TV
On the Rocks
TV - Released: 9/11/1975
Bronk
Bronk
TV - Released: 4/17/1975
Barney Miller
Barney Miller
as Mr. Stavochek
TV - Released: 1/23/1975

1974

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
as Mario Pinski
Movie - Released: 5/23/1974
The Gambler
The Gambler
as One
Movie - Released: 10/2/1974
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Mel
Movie - Released: 12/9/1974

1973

Papillon
Papillon
as Sergeant
Movie - Released: 12/16/1973
The Don Is Dead
The Don Is Dead
as Ralph Negri
Movie - Released: 11/14/1973
The Blue Knight
The Blue Knight
as Neil Grogan
Movie - Released: 11/11/1973
Emperor of the North
Emperor of the North
as Yardman
Movie - Released: 5/23/1973
Maxie
Maxie
as Smedke
Movie - Released: 1/1/1973
The Alpha Caper
The Alpha Caper
as Policeman
Movie - Released: 10/6/1973
Partners in Crime
Partners in Crime
Movie - Released: 3/24/1973
Honor Thy Father
Honor Thy Father
as Don A. Tirello
Movie - Released: 3/1/1973
Police Story
Police Story
TV - Released: 3/20/1973
TV
Griff
TV - Released: 9/29/1973

1972

Death Follows a Psycho
Death Follows a Psycho
Movie - Released: 1/1/1972
The Rookies
The Rookies
TV - Released: 9/11/1972
The Streets of San Francisco
The Streets of San Francisco
TV - Released: 9/23/1972
Emergency!
Emergency!
as Driver
TV - Released: 1/22/1972

1971

Blood and Lace
Blood and Lace
as Calvin Carruthers
Movie - Released: 3/17/1971
They Call It Murder
They Call It Murder
as Jeff Poland
Movie - Released: 12/17/1971
All in the Family
All in the Family
as Joe Tucker
TV - Released: 1/12/1971
Cannon
Cannon
TV - Released: 9/14/1971
Columbo
Columbo
as Sam Franklin
TV - Released: 9/15/1971

1970

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV - Released: 9/19/1970
McCloud
McCloud
TV - Released: 2/17/1970
The Silent Force
The Silent Force
as Capt. Al Grant
TV - Released: 9/21/1970

1969

My World and Welcome to It
My World and Welcome to It
TV - Released: 9/15/1969
The Bill Cosby Show
The Bill Cosby Show
as Calvin
TV - Released: 9/14/1969
Medical Center
Medical Center
TV - Released: 9/24/1969
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Bernie
TV - Released: 9/17/1969

1968

Bullitt
Bullitt
as Pete Ross
Movie - Released: 10/17/1968
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
as Parmel
TV - Released: 9/20/1968
Land of the Giants
Land of the Giants
as Hood
TV - Released: 9/22/1968
The Mod Squad
The Mod Squad
TV - Released: 9/24/1968
Lancer
Lancer
TV - Released: 9/24/1968
The Outsider
The Outsider
TV - Released: 9/18/1968
Hawaii Five-O
Hawaii Five-O
as Martin Lynch
TV - Released: 9/20/1968

1967

Mannix
Mannix
TV - Released: 9/16/1967
Ironside
Ironside
TV - Released: 3/28/1967
Cimarron Strip
Cimarron Strip
TV - Released: 9/7/1967
Captain Nice
Captain Nice
TV - Released: 1/9/1967

1966

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Detective Merchant (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 10/12/1966
Gambit
Gambit
as Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/21/1966
Family Affair
Family Affair
TV - Released: 9/12/1966
Star Trek
Star Trek
as Jojo Krako
TV - Released: 9/8/1966
Love on a Rooftop
Love on a Rooftop
TV - Released: 9/6/1966
That Girl
That Girl
TV - Released: 9/8/1966
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
as Egan's Goon
TV - Released: 9/17/1966
The Monkees
The Monkees
as George
TV - Released: 9/12/1966
Felony Squad
Felony Squad
TV - Released: 9/12/1966
Occasional Wife
Occasional Wife
TV - Released: 9/13/1966
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
as Sgt. Gorte
TV - Released: 9/17/1966
The Monkees
The Monkees
as Rocco
TV - Released: 9/12/1966
The Monkees
The Monkees
as Chuche
TV - Released: 9/12/1966

1965

F Troop
F Troop
TV - Released: 9/14/1965
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Ed Larch
TV - Released: 9/19/1965
I Dream of Jeannie
I Dream of Jeannie
as Turhan
TV - Released: 9/18/1965
Get Smart
Get Smart
TV - Released: 9/18/1965
The F.B.I.
The F.B.I.
as Neil Parks
TV - Released: 9/19/1965

1964

Bewitched
Bewitched
as Mayor's Chauffeur
TV - Released: 9/17/1964
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
as American Soldier
TV - Released: 9/24/1964
Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone
as Hongas Hongas - Huron Indian Chief
TV - Released: 9/24/1964

1963

Love with the Proper Stranger
Love with the Proper Stranger
as Cye (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/25/1963

1962

Surftide 77
Surftide 77
as Arms Cooper
Movie - Released: 7/17/1962

1961

Five Minutes to Live
Five Minutes to Live
as Fred Dorella
Movie - Released: 12/7/1961
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
TV - Released: 12/11/1961

1959

Gangster Story
Gangster Story
as Norm (uncredited)
Movie - Released: 12/1/1959
T-Bird Gang
T-Bird Gang
as Policeman
Movie - Released: 10/16/1959
Rawhide
Rawhide
as Monte
TV - Released: 1/9/1959

1955

Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Gaines
TV - Released: 9/10/1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Man Talking to Cab Driver
TV - Released: 10/2/1955
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Rawlins
TV - Released: 9/10/1955
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Dirks
TV - Released: 9/10/1955
Gunsmoke
Gunsmoke
as Bill Hankins
TV - Released: 9/10/1955