Kent Taylor
Known for: Acting
Born: May 11, 1907
Died: April 11, 1987
Place of birth: Nashua, Iowa, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Kent Taylor (May 11, 1907 – April 11, 1987) was an American actor. Born Louis William Weiss in Nashua, Iowa, 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 I'm No Angel (1933), Death Takes a Holiday (1934), Payment on Demand (1951), and Track the Man Down (1955). In the 1950s, with his movie career on the decline and television production on the upswing, he played the title role in 58 episodes of the detective series Boston Blackie and the lead in 39 episodes of ABC's The Rough Riders (1958–1959). Other small screen credits include My Little Margie, Tales of Wells Fargo, Zorro, Bat Masterson, Peter Gunn, and Hawaiian Eye. The last years of his career were spent in slasher and horror films with titles like Satan's Sadists, Blood of Ghastly Horror, I Spit on Your Corpse, and Hell's Bloody Devils. Taylor is interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kent Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
112 movies · 21 TV shows, newest first
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The Crawling Hand
1991
4.8
Girls for Rent
1974
5.5
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
4.8
Angels' Wild Women
1972
2.9
Brain of Blood
1971
4.2
Hell's Bloody Devils
1970
3.7
The Mighty Gorga
1969
4.8
Satan's Sadists
1969
6.8
Land of the Giants
1968
4.8
Brides of Blood
1968
3.2
Blood of Ghastly Horror
1967
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Rango
1967
6.5
Law of the Lawless
1964
3.2
The Crawling Hand
1963
6.0
Harbor Lights
1963
4.3
The Day Mars Invaded Earth
1963
6.5
The Firebrand
1962
6.0
The Broken Land
1962
7.0
The Purple Hills
1961
5.7
Walk Tall
1960
6.7
Mr. Lucky
1959
5.6
Hawaiian Eye
1959
6.7
Laramie
1959
6.5
Riverboat
1959
6.3
Tightrope
1959
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.4
Bat Masterson
1958
6.5
The Rough Riders
1958
7.1
The Rifleman
1958
6.0
Bronco
1958
6.6
Peter Gunn
1958
6.3
Gang War
1958
5.9
Fort Bowie
1958
7.6
Zorro
1957
5.1
Sugarfoot
1957
6.6
The Iron Sheriff
1957
8.0
Panic!
19575.0
On Trial
1956
6.5
Frontier Gambler
1956
5.1
Ghost Town
1956
6.3
Slightly Scarlet
1956
4.2
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
1955
6.5
Secret Venture
1955
6.1
Track the Man Down
1955
4.3
Playgirl
1954
7.8
The Ford Television Theatre
1952
5.0
My Little Margie
1952
4.0
Boston Blackie
1951
6.2
Payment on Demand
1951
6.7
The Bigelow Theatre
1950
7.0
Trial Without Jury
1950
6.2
Western Pacific Agent
1950
5.8
Federal Agent at Large
1950
7.0
The Sickle or the Cross
1949
7.0
Half Past Midnight
1948
6.5
Second Chance
1947
4.5
The Crimson Key
1947
5.4
Dangerous Millions
1946
9.0
Deadline for Murder
1946
6.5
Tangier
1946
4.8
Young Widow
1946
5.0
Smooth as Silk
1946
5.0
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
7.0
Alaska
1944
7.0
Roger Touhy, Gangster
1944
6.5
Bomber's Moon
1943
6.0
Army Surgeon
1942
6.0
Half Way to Shanghai
1942
6.1
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
1942
6.5
Mississippi Gambler
1942
6.0
Gang Busters
19428.3
Frisco Lil
1942
6.0
Washington Melodrama
1941
6.3
Repent at Leisure
1941
7.0
I'm Still Alive
1940
4.6
Men Against the Sky
1940
7.5
The Girl from Avenue A
1940
5.6
Girl in 313
1940
7.0
Two Girls on Broadway
1940
5.8
I Take This Woman
1940
5.4
Escape to Paradise
1939
6.3
Sued for Libel
1939
4.5
Three Sons
1939
6.3
Five Came Back
1939
6.3
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
7.2
Four Girls in White
1939
9.0
Pirates of the Skies
1939
4.0
The Last Express
1938
5.0
The Jury's Secret
1938
9.0
Prescription for Romance
1937
9.0
A Girl with Ideas
19377.0
The Lady Fights Back
1937
10.0
Love in a Bungalow
1937
6.4
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
10.0
When Love Is Young
1937
5.8
The Accusing Finger
1936
8.0
The Sky Parade
1936
5.8
Ramona
1936
7.0
Florida Special
1936
6.7
My Marriage
1936
8.5
Two-Fisted
1935
10.0
Without Regret
1935
7.0
Smart Girl
1935
6.8
College Scandal
1935
6.0
The County Chairman
1935
4.4
Limehouse Blues
1934
6.0
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1934
5.3
Many Happy Returns
1934
6.9
The Scarlet Empress
1934
6.9
Double Door
1934
6.3
Death Takes a Holiday
1934
7.5
David Harum
1934
10.0
Cradle Song
1933
5.8
White Woman
1933
6.3
I'm No Angel
1933
8.0
Sunset Pass
1933
6.5
The Story of Temple Drake
1933
7.0
A Lady's Profession
1933
8.0
The Mysterious Rider
1933
6.2
Under-Cover Man
1932
6.5
If I Had a Million
1932
6.8
Blonde Venus
1932
7.5
The Night of June 13
1932
5.1
Devil and the Deep
1932
5.2
The Man from Yesterday
1932
6.5
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932
7.5
Forgotten Commandments
1932
6.4
One Hour with You
1932
5.7
Dancers in the Dark
1932
7.0
The False Madonna
1931
4.0
The Road to Reno
1931
5.3
Born to Love
1931
4.6
Ladies' Man
1931