Vic Tayback
Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA — Jan 06 1930• Died May 25 1990
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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.
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Star Trek
Jojo Krako
MacGyver
George Henderson
Murder, She Wrote
Sal Domino
Bewitched
Mayor's Chauffeur
Columbo
Sam Franklin
Mission: Impossible
Egan's Goon
Ironside
Mannix
The Love Boat
Harry Stewart
Get Smart
Jamal
Emergency!
Driver
Hawaii Five-O
Parmel
T. J. Hooker
Pete Benedict
Medical Center
Barney Miller
Mr. Stavochek
Alice
Mel Sharples
Hotel
The F.B.I.
Ed Larch
Cannon
Family Affair
F Troop
Rawhide
Monte
Daniel Boone
American Soldier
Tales from the Darkside
Tippy Ryan
The Rookies
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
I Dream of Jeannie
Turhan
McCloud
The Monkees
George
That Girl
Switch
Ralph Kabelka
All in the Family
Joe Tucker
Vega$
Matt Houston
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Man Talking to Cab Driver
Felony Squad
Crazy like a Fox
Mo Scmidt
The Mod Squad
The Partridge Family
Ingram
Gunsmoke
Gaines
The Streets of San Francisco
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Sergeant
Lancer
Police Story
Land of the Giants
Hood
Finder of Lost Loves
Thomas Velasco
CHiPs
Bronk
The Bill Cosby Show
Calvin
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Bernie
The Outsider
Cimarron Strip
Occasional Wife
$weepstake$
Sir Yarbrough
My World and Welcome to It
Love on a Rooftop
Captain Nice
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Bullitt
Pete Ross
Papillon
Sergeant
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Carface (voice)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Mario Pinski
Loverboy
Harry Bruckner
The Silent Force
Capt. Al Grant
Griff
This Year's Blonde
Harry Cohn
Gambit
Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
Time Express
The Practice
The Gambler
One
The Blue Knight
Neil Grogan
Emperor of the North
Yardman
The Blue Knight
Neil Grogan
Khan!
On the Rocks
The Choirboys
Zoony
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Mel
The Cheap Detective
Lieutenant DiMaggio
Gridlock
Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski
The Don Is Dead
Ralph Negri
The Three Kings
Harold
The Big Bus
Goldie
Lepke
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Criminal Act
The Exterminator (Greengrass)
The Black Bird
Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
The Shaggy D.A.
Eddie Roschak
Weekend Warriors
Sgt. Burdge
Special Delivery
Wyatt
Partners in Crime
The Jesse Owens Story
Abe Saperstein
Report to the Commissioner
Lt. Seidensticker
Dark Victory
Archie
The Night the City Screamed
Morris Brustein
Portrait of a Stripper
Harry Parkins
Love with the Proper Stranger
Cye (uncredited)
Through the Magic Pyramid
Horembeb
The Underachievers
Coach
They Call It Murder
Jeff Poland
Honor Thy Father
Don A. Tirello
The Power of the Resurrection
Simon the Canaanite
Blood and Lace
Calvin Carruthers
No Deposit, No Return
Big Joe Adamo
Little Ladies of the Night
Finch
The Alpha Caper
Policeman
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
Lou
Rage!
Tommy
Mansion of the Doomed
Detective Simon
Reel Horror
Smedke (archive footage)
Getting Married
Burt Carboni
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Capt. Barney Marcus
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Detective Merchant (uncredited)
Mysterious Two
Ted Randall
Death Follows a Psycho
T-Bird Gang
Policeman
Maxie
Smedke
Treasure Island
Silver
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
The Bad Guys
Gangster Story
Norm (uncredited)
Horseplayer
George Samsa
Five Minutes to Live
Fred Dorella
Surftide 77
Arms Cooper