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Kent Taylor was an American actor of film and television. 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 Merrily We Go to Hell (1932), I'm No Angel (1933), Cradle Song (1933), Death Takes a Holiday (1934), Payment on Demand (1951), and Track the Man Down (1955). He had the lead role in Half Past Midnight in 1948, among a few others.
Birth Name
Louis William Weiss
Born
Friday, 11 May 1906
Died
Saturday, 11 April 1987
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Girls for Rent | Moreno | 1974 |
The Phantom of Hollywood | Wickes | 1974 |
Barnaby Jones | Guthrie Reinhart | 1973 |
Angels' Wild Women | Parker | 1972 |
Brain of Blood | Dr. Trenton / Dr. Lloyd Trenton | 1971 |
Hell's Bloody Devils | Count von Delberg / Count Otto Von Delberg | 1970 |
Satan's Sadists | Lew | 1969 |
The Mighty Gorga | Tonga Jack Adams | 1969 |
Land of the Giants | Doc Jelko | 1968 |
Brides of Blood | Dr. Paul Henderson | 1968 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Girls for Rent | Moreno | 1974 |
The Phantom of Hollywood | Wickes | 1974 |
Barnaby Jones | Guthrie Reinhart | 1973 |
Angels' Wild Women | Parker | 1972 |
Brain of Blood | Dr. Trenton / Dr. Lloyd Trenton | 1971 |
Hell's Bloody Devils | Count von Delberg / Count Otto Von Delberg | 1970 |
Satan's Sadists | Lew | 1969 |
The Mighty Gorga | Tonga Jack Adams | 1969 |
Land of the Giants | Doc Jelko | 1968 |
Brides of Blood | Dr. Paul Henderson | 1968 |
Blood of Ghastly Horror | Dr. Elton Corey / Elton Corey | 1967 |
Rango | Bancroft | 1967 |
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Johnson | 1964 |
Law of the Lawless | Attorney Rand McDonald / Rand McDonald | 1964 |
The Crawling Hand | Dr. Max Weitzberg | 1963 |
Harbor Lights | Dan Crown | 1963 |
The Day Mars Invaded Earth | Dr. David Fielding | 1963 |
The Firebrand | Maj. Tim Bancroft | 1962 |
The Broken Land | Marshal Jim Cogan | 1962 |
The Purple Hills | Johnny Barnes | 1961 |
The Brothers Brannagan | Ray Norton | 1960 |
Walk Tall | Frank Carter | 1960 |
Mr. Lucky | Frankie Bragan | 1959 |
Hawaiian Eye | Justin Crane / Adam Kendricks | 1959 |
Laramie | Ben Carson | 1959 |
Riverboat | Morrell | 1959 |
Tightrope | Harry Brockton | 1959 |
77 Sunset Strip | Henry Thaxton | 1958 |
Bat Masterson | John Martin / Gabilan | 1958 |
The Ann Sothern Show | Ed Morley | 1958 |
The Rough Riders | Captain Jim Flagg / Capt. Jim Flagg | 1958 |
The Rifleman | Forbes McKee | 1958 |
Bronco | Three-Finger Jack / Billy Rawlins | 1958 |
Peter Gunn | George Nye | 1958 |
Gang War | Bryce Barker, Meadows' Attonery / Bryce Barker - Meadows' Attonery | 1958 |
Fort Bowie | Col. James Garrett | 1958 |
Colt .45 | Wallace Grant | 1957 |
Tombstone Territory | John Whittaker | 1957 |
Zorro | Carlos Murrietta / Carlos Murietta | 1957 |
The Restless Gun | Elston Deiblery | 1957 |
Sugarfoot | Hank Farragut | 1957 |
The Iron Sheriff | Phil Quincy | 1957 |
Tales of Wells Fargo | Quirt Johnson | 1957 |
Panic! | Barney Dutton | 1957 |
Frontier Gambler | Roger 'The Duke' Chadwick / Roger Chadwick | 1956 |
Ghost Town | Anse Conroy | 1956 |
Slightly Scarlet | Frank Jansen, Mayoral Candidate / Mayor of Bay City / Frank Jansen | 1956 |
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues | Dr. Ted Stevens / Dr. Ted Stevens, alias Ted Baxter | 1955 |
Crossroads | Ted Diamond | 1955 |
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial | Phillip Brady | 1955 |
Track the Man Down | John Ford | 1955 |
Damon Runyon Theater | Lucky Diamond | 1955 |
Playgirl | Ted Andrews | 1954 |
The Ford Television Theatre | Frank Carson | 1952 |
My Little Margie | Phillip Hubbard | 1952 |
Boston Blackie | Boston Blackie | 1951 |
Payment on Demand | Robert Townsend | 1951 |
Trial Without Jury | Jed Kilgore | 1950 |
Western Pacific Agent | Rod Kendall | 1950 |
Federal Agent at Large | Mark Reed, aka Nick Ravel / Mark Reed - aka Nick Ravel | 1950 |
The Sickle or the Cross | Rev. John Burnside | 1949 |
Half Past Midnight | Wade Hamilton | 1948 |
Second Chance | Kendal Wolf | 1947 |
The Crimson Key | Lawrence 'Larry' Morgan | 1947 |
Dangerous Millions | Jack Clark | 1946 |
Deadline for Murder | Steve Millard | 1946 |
Tangier | Ramon | 1946 |
Young Widow | Peter Waring | 1946 |
Smooth as Silk | Mark Fenton | 1946 |
The Daltons Ride Again | Bob Dalton | 1945 |
Alaska | Gary Corbett | 1944 |
Roger Touhy, Gangster | Police Capt. Steven Warren / Steve Warren | 1944 |
Bomber's Moon | Capt. Paul von Block | 1943 |
Army Surgeon | Lt. Philip 'Phil' Harvey / Lt. Philip Harvey | 1942 |
Halfway to Shanghai | Ads Name: Alexander Barton ] / Frederick Barton, [Screen Credit | 1942 |
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | Doc Holiday / Doc Holliday | 1942 |
Gang Busters | Det. Lt. Bannister / Det. Lt. Bill Bannister | 1942 |
Frisco Lil | Peter Brewster | 1942 |
Washington Melodrama | Hal Thorne | 1941 |
Repent at Leisure | Richard Hughes | 1941 |
I'm Still Alive | Steve Bennett | 1940 |
Men Against the Sky | Martin Ames | 1940 |
Girl from Avenue A | MacMillan Forrester | 1940 |
Girl in 313 | Gregg Dunn | 1940 |
Two Girls on Broadway | 'Chat' Chatsworth | 1940 |
I Take This Woman | Phil Mayberry | 1940 |
Escape to Paradise | Richard Fleming | 1939 |
Sued for Libel | Steve Lonegan | 1939 |
Three Sons | Gene Pardway | 1939 |
Five Came Back | Joe Brooks / Joe | 1939 |
The Gracie Allen Murder Case | Bill Brown | 1939 |
Four Girls in White | Robert Maitland / Robert 'Bob' Maitland | 1939 |
Pirates of the Skies | Nick Conlon | 1939 |
The Last Express | Duncan MacLain / Duncan MacLain, Private Detective | 1938 |
The Jury's Secret | Walter Russell | 1938 |
Prescription for Romance | Steve Macy | 1937 |
A Girl with Ideas | Frank Barnes | 1937 |
The Lady Fights Back | Owen Merrill | 1937 |
Love in a Bungalow | Jeff Langan | 1937 |
Wings Over Honolulu | Gregory Chandler / Greg Chandler | 1937 |
When Love Is Young | Andy Russell | 1937 |
The Accusing Finger | Jerry Welch | 1936 |
Ramona | Felipe Moreno | 1936 |
Sky Parade | Tommy Wade | 1936 |
Florida Special | Wally Tucker | 1936 |
My Marriage | John DeWitt Tyler III | 1936 |
Two Fisted | Clint Blackburn | 1935 |
Without Regret | Steve Paradin / Steven Paradin | 1935 |
Smart Girl | Nick Graham | 1935 |
College Scandal | Seth Dunlap | 1935 |
The County Chairman | Ben Harvey | 1935 |
Limehouse Blues | Eric Benton | 1934 |
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | Bob Redding | 1934 |
The Scarlet Empress | Paul | 1934 |
Many Happy Returns | Movie Actor | 1934 |
Double Door | Rip Van Brett | 1934 |
Death Takes a Holiday | Corrado | 1934 |
David Harum | John Lennox | 1934 |
Cradle Song | Antonio Perez / Antonio | 1933 |
White Woman | David von Elst | 1933 |
I'm No Angel | Kirk Lawrence | 1933 |
Sunset Pass | Clink Peeples | 1933 |
The Story of Temple Drake | First Jellybean | 1933 |
A Lady's Profession | Dick Garfield | 1933 |
The Sign of the Cross | Romantic Spectator | 1933 |
Tonight Is Ours | Minor Role | 1933 |
The Mysterious Rider | Wade Benton | 1933 |
Under-Cover Man | Russ | 1932 |
If I Had a Million | Bank Teller | 1932 |
Blonde Venus | Hiker | 1932 |
The Night of June 13 | Reporter | 1932 |
Devil and the Deep | A Friend at Party | 1932 |
Make Me a Star | Theatre Doorman Ticket Taker | 1932 |
The Man from Yesterday | Military Policeman | 1932 |
Merrily We Go to Hell | Gregory 'Greg' Boleslavsky / Greg Boleslavsky | 1932 |
Forgotten Commandments | Gregor | 1932 |
Sinners in the Sun | Dancing Gigolo | 1932 |
One Hour with You | Party Guest Greeted by Colette | 1932 |
Dancers in the Dark | Saxophonist | 1932 |
Two Kinds of Women | Milt Fleisser | 1932 |
Husband's Holiday | Miguel Balboa | 1931 |
The False Madonna | Footman | 1931 |
The Magnificent Lie | Cafe Customer | 1931 |
Kick In | Counter Man in Shop | 1931 |
Ladies' Man | Night Club Patron | 1931 |
Born to Love | Dancing Doughboy | 1931 |