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Vic Tayback

Acting

Born January 6, 1930 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died May 25, 1990

Also known as Vic Taybeck · Victor Tayback · Vick Tayback

Biography

Victor Tayback was an American actor. He was best known for his role as diner owner Mel Sharples in both the movie Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and on the television sitcom Alice (1976–1985) that was based on it, as well as his multiple guest appearances on The Love Boat (1977–1987). The former earned him two consecutive Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

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Filmography50+ titles

The Jesse Owens Story

1984as Abe Saperstein

Columbo

1971as Sam Franklin

Star Trek

1966as Jojo Krako

Emergency!

1972as Driver

Get Smart

1965as Jamal

Bewitched

1964as Mayor's Chauffeur

Papillon

1973as Sergeant

All in the Family

1971as Joe Tucker

I Dream of Jeannie

1965as Turhan

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Man Talking to Cab Driver

MacGyver

1985as George Henderson

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1970

Mission: Impossible

1966as Sgt. Gorte

Murder, She Wrote

1984as Sal Domino

Gridlock

1980as Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski

George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head

1986as The Bad Guys

Barney Miller

1975as Mr. Stavochek

McCloud

1970

Hawaii Five-O

1968as Martin Lynch

Rawhide

1959as Monte

Alice

1976as Mel Sharples

Bullitt

1968as Pete Ross

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Sergeant

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974as Mel

Police Story

1973

The Streets of San Francisco

1972

Gambit

1966as Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)

Daniel Boone

1964as Hongas Hongas - Huron Indian Chief

The Power of the Resurrection

1958as Simon the Canaanite

CHiPs

1977as Vic Tayback (uncredited)

The Rookies

1972

The Partridge Family

1970as Harlan Laws

Ironside

1967

All Dogs Go to Heaven

1989as Carface (voice)

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

1974as Mario Pinski

Land of the Giants

1968as Hood

Mannix

1967

Love with the Proper Stranger

1963as Cye (uncredited)

The Gambler

1974as One

Family Affair

1966

Gunsmoke

1955as Bill Hankins

Report to the Commissioner

1975as Lt. Seidensticker

T. J. Hooker

1982as Pete Benedict

The Cheap Detective

1978as Lieutenant DiMaggio

The Love Boat

1977as Harry Stewart

Mansion of the Doomed

1976as Detective Simon

No Deposit, No Return

1976as Big Joe Adamo

F Troop

1965

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

1969as Bernie

That Girl

1966