Vic Tayback
              
              January 6, 1930 (95 years old) in Brooklyn, New York, USA
          
          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.
Known For
Credits
- 1990 · Horseplayer as George Samsa
 - 1989 · All Dogs Go to Heaven as Carface (voice)
 - 1989 · Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers as Lou
 - 1989 · Criminal Act as The Exterminator (Greengrass)
 - 1989 · Loverboy as Harry Bruckner
 - 1988 · The Underachievers as Coach
 - 1987 · The Three Kings as Harold
 - 1986 · Weekend Warriors as Sgt. Burdge
 - 1986 · George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head as The Bad Guys
 - 1986 · Treasure Island as Silver
 - 1985 · Reel Horror as Smedke (archive footage)
 - 1985 · MacGyver as George Henderson
 - 1984 · Crazy like a Fox as Mo Scmidt
 - 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Sal Domino
 - 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Tippy Ryan
 - 1984 · Tales from the Darkside as Alan Coombs
 - 1984 · Finder of Lost Loves as Thomas Velasco
 - 1984 · The Jesse Owens Story as Abe Saperstein
 - 1982 · Matt Houston as
 - 1982 · Hotel as
 - 1982 · Mysterious Two as Ted Randall
 - 1982 · T. J. Hooker as Pete Benedict
 - 1981 · Through the Magic Pyramid as Horembeb
 - 1980 · The Night the City Screamed as Morris Brustein
 - 1980 · Gridlock as Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski
 - 1980 · Rage! as Tommy
 - 1980 · This Year's Blonde as Harry Cohn
 - 1979 · Portrait of a Stripper as Harry Parkins
 - 1979 · Time Express as
 - 1979 · $weepstake$ as Sir Yarbrough
 - 1978 · Vega$ as
 - 1978 · The Eddie Capra Mysteries as
 - 1978 · The Cheap Detective as Lieutenant DiMaggio
 - 1978 · Getting Married as Burt Carboni
 - 1978 · The Case of the Baltimore Girls as Capt. Barney Marcus
 - 1977 · The Choirboys as Zoony
 - 1977 · The Love Boat as Harry Stewart
 - 1977 · The Love Boat as Harry Beluski
 - 1977 · CHiPs as
 - 1977 · CHiPs as Vic Tayback (uncredited)
 - 1977 · Little Ladies of the Night as Finch
 - 1976 · The Shaggy D.A. as Eddie Roschak
 - 1976 · Mansion of the Doomed as Detective Simon
 - 1976 · Alice as Mel Sharples
 - 1976 · Special Delivery as Wyatt
 - 1976 · The Big Bus as Goldie
 - 1976 · Dark Victory as Archie
 - 1976 · No Deposit, No Return as Big Joe Adamo
 - 1976 · The Practice as
 - 1975 · The Black Bird as Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
 - 1975 · On the Rocks as
 - 1975 · Switch as Ralph Kabelka
 - 1975 · Lepke as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
 - 1975 · Bronk as
 - 1975 · Khan! as
 - 1975 · Report to the Commissioner as Lt. Seidensticker
 - 1975 · Barney Miller as Mr. Stavochek
 - 1974 · Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Mel
 - 1974 · The Gambler as One
 - 1974 · Thunderbolt and Lightfoot as Mario Pinski
 - 1973 · Papillon as Sergeant
 - 1973 · The Don Is Dead as Ralph Negri
 - 1973 · The Blue Knight as Neil Grogan
 - 1973 · The Blue Knight as Neil Grogan
 - 1973 · The Alpha Caper as Policeman
 - 1973 · Griff as
 - 1973 · Emperor of the North as Yardman
 - 1973 · Partners in Crime as
 - 1973 · Police Story as
 - 1973 · Honor Thy Father as Don A. Tirello
 - 1973 · Maxie as Smedke
 - 1972 · The Streets of San Francisco as
 - 1972 · The Rookies as
 - 1972 · Emergency! as Driver
 - 1972 · Death Follows a Psycho as
 - 1971 · They Call It Murder as Jeff Poland
 - 1971 · Columbo as Sam Franklin
 - 1971 · Cannon as
 - 1971 · Blood and Lace as Calvin Carruthers
 - 1971 · All in the Family as Joe Tucker
 - 1970 · The Silent Force as Capt. Al Grant
 - 1970 · The Mary Tyler Moore Show as
 - 1970 · McCloud as
 - 1969 · Medical Center as
 - 1969 · The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Bernie
 - 1969 · My World and Welcome to It as
 - 1969 · The Bill Cosby Show as Calvin
 - 1968 · Bullitt as Pete Ross
 - 1968 · Lancer as
 - 1968 · The Mod Squad as
 - 1968 · Land of the Giants as Hood
 - 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Parmel
 - 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as Martin Lynch
 - 1968 · The Outsider as
 - 1967 · Mannix as
 - 1967 · Cimarron Strip as
 - 1967 · Ironside as
 - 1967 · Captain Nice as
 - 1966 · Gambit as Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
 - 1966 · Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round as Detective Merchant (uncredited)
 - 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Egan's Goon
 - 1966 · Mission: Impossible as Sgt. Gorte
 - 1966 · Occasional Wife as
 - 1966 · Family Affair as
 - 1966 · The Monkees as George
 - 1966 · The Monkees as Rocco
 - 1966 · The Monkees as Chuche
 - 1966 · Felony Squad as
 - 1966 · Star Trek as Jojo Krako
 - 1966 · That Girl as
 - 1966 · Love on a Rooftop as
 - 1965 · The F.B.I. as Ed Larch
 - 1965 · The F.B.I. as Neil Parks
 - 1965 · Get Smart as
 - 1965 · I Dream of Jeannie as Turhan
 - 1965 · F Troop as
 - 1964 · Daniel Boone as American Soldier
 - 1964 · Daniel Boone as Hongas Hongas - Huron Indian Chief
 - 1964 · The Man from U.N.C.L.E. as Sergeant
 - 1964 · Bewitched as Mayor's Chauffeur
 - 1963 · Love with the Proper Stranger as Cye (uncredited)
 - 1962 · Surftide 77 as Arms Cooper
 - 1961 · The Mike Douglas Show as Self
 - 1961 · Five Minutes to Live as Fred Dorella
 - 1959 · Gangster Story as Norm (uncredited)
 - 1959 · T-Bird Gang as Policeman
 - 1959 · Rawhide as Monte
 - 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Man Talking to Cab Driver
 - 1955 · Gunsmoke as Gaines
 - 1955 · Gunsmoke as Rawlins
 - 1955 · Gunsmoke as Dirks
 - 1955 · Gunsmoke as Bill Hankins