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.
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Acting History
1990
Horseplayer as George Samsa
1989All Dogs Go to Heaven as Carface (voice)
1989Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers as Lou
1989Criminal Act as The Exterminator (Greengrass)
1989Loverboy as Harry Bruckner
1988The Underachievers as Coach
1987The Three Kings as Harold
1986Weekend Warriors as Sgt. Burdge
1986George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head as The Bad Guys
1986Treasure Island as Silver
1985Reel Horror as Smedke (archive footage)
1985MacGyver as George Henderson
1984Crazy like a Fox as Mo Scmidt
1984Murder, She Wrote as Sal Domino
1984Tales from the Darkside as Tippy Ryan
1984Tales from the Darkside as Alan Coombs
1984Finder of Lost Loves as Thomas Velasco
1984The Jesse Owens Story as Abe Saperstein
1982Matt Houston
1982Hotel
1982Mysterious Two as Ted Randall
1982T. J. Hooker as Pete Benedict
1981Through the Magic Pyramid as Horembeb
1980The Night the City Screamed as Morris Brustein
1980Gridlock as Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski
1980Rage! as Tommy
1980This Year's Blonde as Harry Cohn
1979Portrait of a Stripper as Harry Parkins
1979Time Express
1979$weepstake$ as Sir Yarbrough
1978Vega$
1978The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978The Cheap Detective as Lieutenant DiMaggio
1978Getting Married as Burt Carboni
1978The Case of the Baltimore Girls as Capt. Barney Marcus
1977The Choirboys as Zoony
1977The Love Boat as Harry Stewart
1977The Love Boat as Harry Beluski
1977CHiPs
1977CHiPs as Vic Tayback (uncredited)
1977Little Ladies of the Night as Finch
1976The Shaggy D.A. as Eddie Roschak
1976Mansion of the Doomed as Detective Simon
1976Alice as Mel Sharples
1976Special Delivery as Wyatt
1976The Big Bus as Goldie
1976Dark Victory as Archie
1976No Deposit, No Return as Big Joe Adamo
1976The Practice
1975The Black Bird as Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
1975On the Rocks
1975Switch as Ralph Kabelka
1975Lepke as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
1975Bronk
1975Khan!
1975Report to the Commissioner as Lt. Seidensticker
1975Barney Miller as Mr. Stavochek
1974Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Mel
1974The Gambler as One
1974Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as Mario Pinski
1973Papillon as Sergeant
1973The Don Is Dead as Ralph Negri
1973The Blue Knight as Neil Grogan
1973The Blue Knight as Neil Grogan
1973The Alpha Caper as Policeman
1973Griff
1973Emperor of the North as Yardman
1973Partners in Crime
1973Police Story
1973Honor Thy Father as Don A. Tirello
1973Maxie as Smedke
1972The Streets of San Francisco
1972The Rookies
1972Emergency! as Driver
1972Death Follows a Psycho
1971They Call It Murder as Jeff Poland
1971Columbo as Sam Franklin
1971Cannon
1971Blood and Lace as Calvin Carruthers
1971All in the Family as Joe Tucker
1970The Partridge Family as Ingram
1970The Partridge Family as Rocco
1970The Partridge Family as Harlan Laws
1970The Silent Force as Capt. Al Grant
1970The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970McCloud
1969Medical Center
1969The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Bernie
1969My World and Welcome to It
1969The Bill Cosby Show as Calvin
1968Bullitt as Pete Ross
1968Lancer
1968The Mod Squad
1968Land of the Giants as Hood
1968Hawaii Five-O as Parmel
1968Hawaii Five-O as Martin Lynch
1968The Outsider
1967Mannix
1967Cimarron Strip
1967Ironside
1967Captain Nice
1966Gambit as Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
1966Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as Detective Merchant (uncredited)
1966Mission: Impossible as Egan's Goon
1966Mission: Impossible as Sgt. Gorte
1966Occasional Wife
1966Family Affair
1966The Monkees as George
1966The Monkees as Rocco
1966The Monkees as Chuche
1966Felony Squad
1966Star Trek as Jojo Krako
1966That Girl
1966Love on a Rooftop
1965The F.B.I. as Ed Larch
1965The F.B.I. as Neil Parks
1965I Dream of Jeannie as Turhan
1965Get Smart
1965F Troop
1964Daniel Boone as American Soldier
1964Daniel Boone as Hongas Hongas - Huron Indian Chief
1964The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Sergeant
1964Bewitched as Mayor's Chauffeur
1963Love with the Proper Stranger as Cye (uncredited)
1962Surftide 77 as Arms Cooper
1961The Mike Douglas Show as Self
1961Five Minutes to Live as Fred Dorella
1959Gangster Story as Norm (uncredited)
1959T-Bird Gang as Policeman
1959Rawhide as Monte
1958The Power of the Resurrection as Simon the Canaanite
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Man Talking to Cab Driver
1955Gunsmoke as Gaines
1955Gunsmoke as Rawlins
1955Gunsmoke as Dirks
1955Gunsmoke as Bill Hankins