Vic Tayback

Known for: Acting
Born: January 6, 1930, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: May 25, 1990
Movies: 57

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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.

Early life

Best-Known Movies

7.8

Papillon

1973

7.2

Bullitt

1968

6.8

All Dogs Go to Heaven

1989

6.8

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

1974

7.0

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974

6.0

Loverboy

1989

7.0

Gambit

1966

6.9

Emperor of the North

1973

6.7

The Gambler

1974

5.3

The Big Bus

1976

Filmography

1990	Horseplayer	George Samsa
1989	All Dogs Go to Heaven	Carface (voice)
1989	Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers	Lou
1989	Criminal Act	The Exterminator (Greengrass)
1989	Loverboy	Harry Bruckner
1988	The Underachievers	Coach
1987	The Three Kings	Harold
1986	Weekend Warriors	Sgt. Burdge
1986	George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head	The Bad Guys
1986	Treasure Island	Silver
1985	Reel Horror	Smedke (archive footage)
1984	The Jesse Owens Story	Abe Saperstein
1982	Mysterious Two	Ted Randall
1981	Through the Magic Pyramid	Horembeb
1980	The Night the City Screamed	Morris Brustein
1980	Gridlock	Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski
1980	Rage!	Tommy
1980	This Year's Blonde	Harry Cohn
1979	Portrait of a Stripper	Harry Parkins
1978	The Cheap Detective	Lieutenant DiMaggio
1978	Getting Married	Burt Carboni
1978	The Case of the Baltimore Girls	Capt. Barney Marcus
1977	The Choirboys	Zoony
1977	Little Ladies of the Night	Finch
1976	The Shaggy D.A.	Eddie Roschak
1976	Mansion of the Doomed	Detective Simon
1976	Special Delivery	Wyatt
1976	The Big Bus	Goldie
1976	No Deposit, No Return	Big Joe Adamo
1976	Dark Victory	Archie
1975	The Black Bird	Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
1975	Lepke	Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
1975	Report to the Commissioner	Lt. Seidensticker
1974	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	Mel
1974	The Gambler	One
1974	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	Mario Pinski
1973	Papillon	Sergeant
1973	The Don Is Dead	Ralph Negri
1973	The Blue Knight	Neil Grogan
1973	The Alpha Caper	Policeman
1973	Emperor of the North	Yardman
1973	Partners in Crime
1973	Honor Thy Father	Don A. Tirello
1973	Maxie	Smedke
1972	Death Follows a Psycho
1971	They Call It Murder	Jeff Poland
1971	Blood and Lace	Calvin Carruthers
1968	Bullitt	Pete Ross
1966	Gambit	Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
1966	Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round	Detective Merchant (uncredited)
1963	Love with the Proper Stranger	Cye (uncredited)
1962	Five Weeks in a Balloon	European Agent (uncredited)
1962	Surftide 77	Arms Cooper
1961	Five Minutes to Live	Fred Dorella
1959	Gangster Story	Norm (uncredited)
1959	T-Bird Gang	Policeman
1958	The Power of the Resurrection	Simon the Canaanite

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