Dub Taylor

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AKA: Dub "Cannonball" Taylor, Walter Clarence Taylor, Jr
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 02/26/1907
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia, USA
Death Date: 10/03/1994

biography

Omnipresent, much-loved character actor, a fixture of Westerns for over 60 years. Taylor began in vaudeville playing the harmonica and the xylophone, and the latter talent came in handy when he made his film debut as the untalented xylophone-playing Ed Carmichael, one of a family of zanies peopling Frank Capra's adaptation of the George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart farce, "You Can't Take It With You" (1938). Although he can be spotted in that same year's delightful Ginger Rogers-Fred Astaire musical "Carefree" (1938), Taylor soon began hitting the dusty trail in "The Taming of the West" (1939), Continued

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Augusta, Georgia, and Greenville, South Carolina
 
Played the harmonica and the xylophone in vaudeville
1938 
Made feature film debut in Frank Capra's film version of the George S Kaufman-Moss Hart farce, "You Can't Take It With You"
1938 
Was under contract to Columbia Pictures
 
Played a variety of roles on the long-running "The Roy Rogers Show" on TV in the 1950s (date approximate)
Continued

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