Victor "Vic" Tayback (January 6, 1930 – May 25, 1990) was an American actor.
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| 1 | His brother Joe had a career in radio and owned am station KAZM, which was, for many years, the only radio station in Sedona, Arizona. |
| 2 | Following his death, he was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) in Los Angeles, California. |
| 3 | With fellow actors Richard Chamberlain and Sally Kellerman, he founded the theatre group Company of Angels in Los Angeles. |
| 4 | Served in the United States Navy before starting his career as an actor at age 25. |
| 5 | Winner of two Golden Globe Awards and an Emmy Award nomination for his role of Mel Sharples on the situation comedy Alice (1976). |
| 6 | His son Christopher Tayback graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1985 and Harvard Law School in 1989. He was a Deputy District Attorney in Los Angeles County from 1989-1991, then served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California, Criminal Division. He is currently (2010) a trial lawyer with Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP in Los Angeles. |
| 7 | Has appeared in both the first ("The New Man") and last ("Basher Malone") episodes of Tales from the Darkside (1983). |
| 8 | Tayback had a listed number in the phone book. When his local phone company decided to pay tribute to his listed number by putting him on the cover, he got so many phone calls he had to change it to unlisted. |
| 9 | Best remembered for his role as diner owner Mel Sharples on the situation comedy Alice (1976). |
| 10 | Attended and graduated from Burbank High School in Burbank, California in 1949. Debbie Reynolds also attended and graduated from Burbank High School in 1950. |
| 11 | During his struggling actor days, he worked for various temporary employment agencies between acting gigs, including the Kelly Corporation. When the big, imposing Tayback showed up for work at a bank one morning with "Hi. I'm your Kelly Girl bank teller," no one was about to argue the point. |
| 12 | Parents are Najeeb James and Helen Tayback. |
| 13 | Had Syrian Arabic ancestry. |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| The Courtship of Eddie's Father | 1971 | TV Series | Bernie |
| Columbo | 1971 | TV Series | Sam Franklin |
| Blood and Lace | 1971 | Calvin Carruthers |
| Bewitched | 1965-1971 | TV Series | Police Officer 1 / Surveyor / Mayor's Chauffeur |
| Mary Tyler Moore | 1971 | TV Series | Officer Jackson |
| The Young Lawyers | 1970 | TV Series | Bartender |
| The Silent Force | 1970 | TV Series | Capt. Al Grant |
| Bonanza | 1970 | TV Series | Everett Gaskell |
| Here Come the Brides | 1968-1970 | TV Series | Larsen / Jason's Man |
| Lancer | 1969 | TV Series | Durham / Porter |
| My World and Welcome to It | 1969 | TV Series | Alexander |
| Land of the Giants | 1969 | TV Series | Hood |
| The Bill Cosby Show | 1969 | TV Series | Calvin |
| The Outsider | 1969 | TV Series | Faber |
| The Good Guys | 1969 | TV Series | Steve Zabisco |
| The Felony Squad | 1967-1968 | TV Series | Dutch / Toby Oliver |
| That Girl | 1968 | TV Series | Max |
| Mission: Impossible | 1966-1968 | TV Series | Sergeant Gorte / Egan's Goon |
| Bullitt | 1968 | Pete Ross (as Victor Tayback) |
| With Six You Get Eggroll | 1968 | Truck Driver (as Victor Tayback) |
| Star Trek | 1968 | TV Series | Krako |
| Judd for the Defense | 1967 | TV Series | Tommy Ferguson |
| The Monkees | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Chuche / Rocco / George |
| Cimarron Strip | 1967 | TV Series | Joe Mulady |
| The Second Hundred Years | 1967 | TV Series | Guard |
| Get Smart | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Jamal / Popov |
| Captain Nice | 1967 | TV Series | Lipton |
| Occasional Wife | 1967 | TV Series | Prisoner |
| Family Affair | 1966-1967 | TV Series | Policeman / Officer Chamas |
| Gambit | 1966 | Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited) |
| Daniel Boone | 1966 | TV Series | Hongas Hongas, Huron Indian Chief / American Soldier |
| Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round | 1966 | Denver Police Detective Merchant (uncredited) |
| Love on a Rooftop | 1966 | TV Series | Policeman |
| I Dream of Jeannie | 1966 | TV Series | Turhan |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | 1965 | TV Series | Sergeant |
| F Troop | 1965 | TV Series | Bill Colton |
| Rawhide | 1965 | TV Series | Monte |
| The Lieutenant | 1964 | TV Series | Cpl. Peter Garth / N.C.O. Driver |
| Arrest and Trial | 1964 | TV Series | Bartender |
| Love with the Proper Stranger | 1963 | Cye (uncredited) |
| Dr. Kildare | 1963 | TV Series | Mr. Pagano |
| Five Weeks in a Balloon | 1962 | European Agent (uncredited) |
| Surftide 77 | 1962 | Arms (as Vick Tayback) |
| Five Minutes to Live | 1961 | Fred Dorella |
| 77 Sunset Strip | 1960 | TV Series | Bearded Rebel |
| North to Alaska | 1960 | Roustabout (uncredited) |
| Hotel de Paree | 1960 | TV Series | Second Miner |
| Gangster Story | 1959 | Norm, Resort Guard (uncredited) |
| Lock Up | 1959 | TV Series | Mr. Malloy |
| T-Bird Gang | 1959 | Cop #1 at gas station (as Vic Tabback) |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | 1958 | TV Series | Man Talking to Cabdriver |
| Buckskin | 1958 | TV Series | Claude |
| The Power of the Resurrection | 1958 | Simon the Canaanite |
| MacGyver | 1990 | TV Series | George Henderson |
| Horseplayer | 1990 | George Samsa |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven | 1989 | Carface (voice) |
| Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers | 1989 | Lou |
| Criminal Act | 1989 | The Exterminator (Greengrass) |
| Loverboy | 1989 | Harry Bruckner |
| Tales from the Darkside | 1984-1988 | TV Series | Tippy Ryan / Alan Coombs |
| The Under Achievers | 1987 | Coach |
| The Three Kings | 1987 | TV Movie | Harold |
| Adderly | 1987 | TV Series | Gregorin |
| The Love Boat | 1979-1987 | TV Series | Vic Tayback / Jack Hamilton / Shelley Sommers / ... |
| Weekend Warriors | 1986 | Sgt. Burdge |
| Crazy Like a Fox | 1986 | TV Series |
| Murder, She Wrote | 1986 | TV Series | Sal Domino |
| Treasure Island | 1985 | Silver |
| Alice | 1976-1985 | TV Series | Mel Sharples |
| Finder of Lost Loves | 1984 | TV Series | Thomas Velasco |
| The Jesse Owens Story | 1984 | TV Movie | Abe Saperstein |
| Hotel | 1983 | TV Series | Wallace Egan |
| Fantasy Island | 1979-1983 | TV Series | George Walters / Norman Atkins / Chet Nolan / ... |
| Matt Houston | 1982 | TV Series | Marvin Garth |
| Mysterious Two | 1982 | TV Movie | Ted Randall |
| T.J. Hooker | 1982 | TV Series | Pete Benedict |
| Through the Magic Pyramid | 1981 | TV Movie | Horembeb |
| Flo | 1981 | TV Series | Mel Sharples |
| The Night the City Screamed | 1980 | TV Movie | Morris Brustein |
| Gridlock | 1980 | TV Movie | Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski |
| Rage! | 1980 | TV Movie | Tommy |
| This Year's Blonde | 1980 | TV Movie | Harry Cohn |
| Portrait of a Stripper | 1979 | TV Movie | Harry Parkins |
| CHiPs | 1979 | TV Series | Vic Tayback |
| Time Express | 1979 | TV Series | Charlie Enright |
| Supertrain | 1979 | TV Series | Frank Tuttle |
| $weepstake$ | 1979 | TV Series | Sgt. Yarbrough |
| The Eddie Capra Mysteries | 1978 | TV Series | Logan |
| Vega$ | 1978 | TV Series | Bruno |
| The Cheap Detective | 1978 | Lt. DiMaggio |
| Getting Married | 1978 | TV Movie | Burt Carboni |
| Hawaii Five-O | 1975-1978 | TV Series | Martin Lynch / Parmel |
| James at 16 | 1978 | TV Series | Coach Murphy |
| The Choirboys | 1977 | Zoony |
| Little Ladies of the Night | 1977 | TV Movie | Finch |
| The Shaggy D.A. | 1976 | Eddie Roschak |
| McCloud | 1972-1976 | TV Series | Harry 'Steam Hammer' McNair / Carlo Banducci / Thomas |
| Mansion of the Doomed | 1976 | Detective Simon |
| Special Delivery | 1976 | Wyatt |
| The Big Bus | 1976 | Goldie |
| Family | 1976 | TV Series | Sgt. Pierce |
| Bronk | 1976 | TV Series | Lasko |
| The Practice | 1976 | TV Series |
| Medical Center | 1974-1976 | TV Series | Mac Atwood / Trailer |
| Dark Victory | 1976 | TV Movie | Archie |
| No Deposit, No Return | 1976 | Big Joe |
| The Black Bird | 1975 | Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant |
| The Blue Knight | 1975 | TV Series | Lou Gilmore |
| Cannon | 1971-1975 | TV Series | Capt. Marsh / Hit Man / Sam Batson |
| Switch | 1975 | TV Series | Ralph Kabelka |
| On the Rocks | 1975 | TV Series | Big Max |
| Insight | 1974-1975 | TV Series | Reporter / Tardiff |
| Khan! | 1975 | TV Series | Lt. Gubbins |
| Barney Miller | 1975 | TV Series | Mr. Stavochek |
| Lepke | 1975 | Lucky Luciano |
| Report to the Commissioner | 1975 | Lt. Seidensticker |
| The Rookies | 1972-1974 | TV Series | Brakow / Gus Caldwell |
| Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | 1974 | Mel |
| The Gambler | 1974 | One |
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | 1974 | Mario Pinski |
| All in the Family | 1974 | TV Series | Joe Tucker |
| Griff | 1973-1974 | TV Series | Capt. Barney Marcus |
| Papillon | 1973 | Sergeant (as Victor Tayback) |
| The Don Is Dead | 1973 | Ralph Negri |
| The Blue Knight | 1973 | TV Movie | Neil Grogan |
| The Alpha Caper | 1973 | TV Movie | Policeman |
| Cops | 1973 | TV Movie | Coach |
| Emperor of the North | 1973 | Yardman |
| Partners in Crime | 1973 | TV Movie |
| Emergency! | 1973 | TV Series | Driver |
| The Partridge Family | 1970-1973 | TV Series | Harlan Laws / Ingram / Rocco |
| Honor Thy Father | 1973 | TV Movie | Don A. Tirello |
| The Streets of San Francisco | 1972-1973 | TV Series | Sgt. Norm Haseejian / Sgt. Norm Hassejian |
| Maxie | 1973 | Smedke |
| Mod Squad | 1972 | TV Series | Dean Wilcox |
| Gunsmoke | 1967-1972 | TV Series | Bill Hankins / Dirks / Rawlins / ... |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | 1972 | TV Series | Frank Wells |
| The Super | 1972 | TV Series | Pizuti |
| Every Little Crook and Nanny | 1972 | Ganucci Strong-Arm Man (uncredited) |
| Call Holme | 1972 | TV Movie | Avery Crest |
| The F.B.I. | 1971-1972 | TV Series | Neil Parks / Ed Larch |
| Longstreet | 1972 | TV Series | Victor Thanatos |
| Ironside | 1972 | TV Series | Henry Garrison |
| Arnie | 1972 | TV Series | Sergeant |
| They Call It Murder | 1971 | TV Movie | Jeff Poland |
| Mannix | 1971 | TV Series | Miles Stark |
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
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| Stand-up Comics Take a Stand | 1988 | TV Special documentary | Himself |
| George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head | 1986 | TV Special documentary | The Bad Guys |
| The 36th Primetime Emmy Awards | 1984 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series & Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series |
| The Alan Thicke Show | 1981 | TV Series | Himself |
| CHiPs | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| CBS All American Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1980 | TV Special | Himself |
| The Hollywood Squares | 1978-1980 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1977-1980 | TV Series | Himself - Actor / Himself - Co-Host |
| The 37th Annual Golden Globe Awards | 1980 | TV Special | Himself |
| The 6th People's Choice Awards | 1980 | TV Special | Himself - Presenter: Favourite New TV Comedy |
| Circus of the Stars #4 | 1979 | TV Special documentary | Himself - Performer |
| The 30th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards | 1978 | TV Special | Himself - Nominated: Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series |
