Walter Clarence Taylor, Jr. (February 26, 1907 â€" October 3, 1994),
known professionally as Dub Taylor, was an American character actor
who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extensively in films and on
television, often in Westerns, but also in comedies.Walter C. Taylor
Jr. was born February 26, 1907, in Richmond, Virginia, the middle
child of five children of Minnie and Walter C. Taylor, Sr. According
to the federal census of 1920, young Walter had two older sisters,
Minnie Marg[aret] and Maud, a younger brother named George, and a
little sister, Edna Fay. The family moved to Augusta, Georgia, around
1912, when Walter was five years old, and the Taylors lived in this
city until he was 13. The census of 1920 also documents that Dub's
mother was a native of Pennsylvania and his father was a native of
North Carolina, who worked in Augusta at that time as a "cotton
broker". While living in Georgia as a boy, Walter, Jr., got his
lifelong nickname when his friends began calling him "W" (double-u),
and then shortened his nickname even farther, to just "Dub".A
vaudeville performer,Taylor made his film debut in 1938 as the
cheerful ex-football captain Ed Carmichael in Frank Capra's You Can't
Take It with You. Taylor secured the part because the role required an
actor who could also play the xylophone. Later, during the 1950s and
early 1960s, he used his xylophone talent on several television shows,
including on the syndicated series Ranch Party.In 1939, he appeared in
the film Taming of the West, where he originated the character of
Cannonball, a role he played for the next 10 years, in over 50 films.
Cannonball was a comedic sidekick to Wild Bill Elliott, in 13
features. He played the same character in B
known professionally as Dub Taylor, was an American character actor
who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extensively in films and on
television, often in Westerns, but also in comedies.Walter C. Taylor
Jr. was born February 26, 1907, in Richmond, Virginia, the middle
child of five children of Minnie and Walter C. Taylor, Sr. According
to the federal census of 1920, young Walter had two older sisters,
Minnie Marg[aret] and Maud, a younger brother named George, and a
little sister, Edna Fay. The family moved to Augusta, Georgia, around
1912, when Walter was five years old, and the Taylors lived in this
city until he was 13. The census of 1920 also documents that Dub's
mother was a native of Pennsylvania and his father was a native of
North Carolina, who worked in Augusta at that time as a "cotton
broker". While living in Georgia as a boy, Walter, Jr., got his
lifelong nickname when his friends began calling him "W" (double-u),
and then shortened his nickname even farther, to just "Dub".A
vaudeville performer,Taylor made his film debut in 1938 as the
cheerful ex-football captain Ed Carmichael in Frank Capra's You Can't
Take It with You. Taylor secured the part because the role required an
actor who could also play the xylophone. Later, during the 1950s and
early 1960s, he used his xylophone talent on several television shows,
including on the syndicated series Ranch Party.In 1939, he appeared in
the film Taming of the West, where he originated the character of
Cannonball, a role he played for the next 10 years, in over 50 films.
Cannonball was a comedic sidekick to Wild Bill Elliott, in 13
features. He played the same character in B
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