Al Taylor (August 8, 1887 – March 2, 1951) was an American character actor during the silent and

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eras.

Biography

Born in Boston in 1887, Taylor began in films with a small role in the 1926 silent film, ''The Fighting Cheat'', starring Wally Wales and

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film, '' Man from Cheyenne''.

Filmography

(Per AFI database) * '' The Fighting Cheat'' (1926) ... Cook * '' The Bandit Buster'' (1926) ... Hotel clerk * '' The Bonanza Buckaroo'' (1926) ... Carney * ''

The Dangerous Dub ''The Dangerous Dub'' is a 1926 American silent Western film. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the film stars Buddy Roosevelt, Peggy Montgomery, and Joseph Girard. It was released on July 4, 1926. Synopsis Buddy Martin, a cattle driver, is i ...

'' (1926) ... Scar-Face Hanan * '' Rawhide'' (1926) ... Jim Reep * ''

The Ramblin' Galoot ''The Ramblin' Galoot'' is a 1926 American silent Western film. Directed by Fred Bain at the Poverty Row studios of Action Pictures, the film stars Buddy Roosevelt, Violet La Plante, and Frederick Lee. It was released on November 21, 1926. C ...

'' (1926) * '' Soda Water Cowboy'' (1927) ... Joe * '' The Interferin' Gent'' (1927) ... Ben Douglas * '' Between Dangers'' (1927) ... Charlie * ''

The Ballyhoo Buster ''The Ballyhoo Buster'' is a 1928 American silent Western film. Directed by Richard Thorpe, the film stars Jay Wilsey, Peggy Shaw, and Nancy Nash. It was released on January 8, 1928. Plot After selling cattle to two strangers, Bob Warner i ...

'' (1928) * '' Desperate Courage'' (1928) * '' The Utah Kid'' (1930) * '' Quick Trigger Lee'' (1931) ... Red * '' The Avenger'' (1931) * '' The Range Feud'' (1931) * ''

The Fighting Fool ''The Fighting Fool'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Lambert Hillyer and released by Columbia Pictures starring Tim McCoy, Marceline Day, and William V. Mong. Cast * Tim McCoy as Sheriff Tim Collins * Marceline Day ...

'' (1932) * '' Come On, Tarzan'' (1932) * ''

The Saddle Buster ''The Saddle Buster'' is a 1932 American Western film directed by Fred Allen and starring Tom Keene and Helen Foster.Richard Jewell & Vernon Harbin, ''The RKO Story.'' New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House, 1982. p47 Cast * Tom Keene as M ...

'' (1932) ... Blackie * ''

Ghost Valley ''Ghost Valley'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film starring Tom Keene. It made a profit of $20,000. Plot A jailed cowpoke is hired by the corrupt Judge Drake to impersonate one of the heirs to a gold mine. The cowpoke is in fact, the missing ...

'' (1932) ... Henchman * '' Law and Lawless'' (1932) * '' Unknown Valley'' (1933) * '' Little Man, What Now?'' (1934) ... Cashier * '' Westward Ho'' (1935) * '' The Lawless Nineties'' (1936) ... Red * ''

Guns and Guitars ''Guns and Guitars'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Dorothy Dix in her final film appearance. Written by Dorrell and Stuart E. McGowan, the film is about a singing cowboy who ...

(1936) * ''

The Cattle Thief ''The Cattle Thief'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Ken Maynard, Geneva Mitchell and Ward Bond Wardell Edwin Bond (April 9, 1903 – November 5, 1960) was an American film character actor wh ...

'' (1936) * '' Ranger Courage'' (1936) * '' Rio Grande Ranger'' (1936) * '' Roarin' Guns'' (1936) * '' The Traitor'' (1936) * '' The Unknown Ranger'' (1936) * ''

Come On, Cowboys ''Come On, Cowboys'' is a 1937 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Joseph Kane. Cast * Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke *Ray Corrigan as Tucson Smith *Max Terhune as Lullaby Joslin *Maxine Doyle as Ellen Reed *Willie F ...

'' (1937) * '' Billy the Kid Returns'' (1938) * '' Call the Mesquiteers'' (1938) * ''

Gold Mine in the Sky ''Gold Mine in the Sky'' is a 1938 Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, and Carol Hughes. Based on a story by Betty Burbridge, the film is about a singing cowboy and ranch foreman who, as executor of th ...

'' (1938) * '' The Man from Music Mountain'' (1938) ... Hank * '' Prairie Moon'' (1938) * ''

The Lone Ranger Rides Again ''The Lone Ranger Rides Again'' is a 1939 American Republic serial. It was a sequel to Republic's 1938 serial ''The Lone Ranger'', which had been highly successful, and the thirteenth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic. The serial w ...

'' (1939) * '' Mexicali Rose'' (1939) * '' Mountain Rhythm'' (1939) * '' Wyoming Outlaw'' (1939) * '' The Carson City Kid'' (1940) * '' Covered Wagon Days'' (1940) * ''

Dark Command ''Dark Command'' is a 1940 Western film starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne and Walter Pidgeon loosely based on Quantrill's Raiders during the American Civil War. Directed by Raoul Walsh from the novel by W. R. Burnett, ''Dark Command'' is th ...

'' (1940) * ''

Ghost Valley Raiders ''Ghost Valley Raiders'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by George Sherman and written by Bennett Cohen. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Lona Andre, LeRoy Mason, Tom London, Jack Ingram and Ralph Peters. The film was released on ...

'' (1940) * '' Heroes of the Saddle'' (1940) ... Hendericks * '' Mysterious Doctor Satan'' (1940) * ''

Oklahoma Renegades ''Oklahoma Renegades'' is a 1940 American Western " Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Nate Watt. Cast * Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke * Raymond Hatton as Rusty Joslin * Duncan Renaldo as Renaldo * Lee 'Lasses' White as Jim Keith * F ...

'' (1940) * '' Gangs of Sonora'' (1941) * ''

Jesse James at Bay ''Jesse James at Bay'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane starring Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes. Plot When Jesse learns that crooked banker Krager is cheating settlers, he and his gang rob trains to obtain cash ...

'' (1941) ...

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* '' Outlaws of Cherokee Trail'' (1941) * ''

Robin Hood of the Pecos '' Robin Hood of the Pecos '' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Cast * Roy Rogers as Vance Corbin * George "Gabby" Hayes as Gabriel "Gabby" Hornaday * Marjorie Reynolds as Jeanie Grayson * Cy K ...

'' (1941) * ''

Sheriff of Tombstone '' Sheriff of Tombstone '' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers and George "Gabby" Hayes. Plot Lawman Brett Starr leaves his job in Dodge City to take up a sheriff's job in Tombstone, Arizona where ...

'' (1941) * '' Two Gun Sheriff'' (1941) * ''

Call of the Canyon ''Call of the Canyon'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, the Sons of the Pioneers, and Ruth Terry. Based on a story by Maurice Rapf and Olive Cooper, the film is about a singi ...

'' (1942) ... Rancher * ''

The Cyclone Kid The Cyclone Kid may refer to: *The Cyclone Kid (1931 film) ''The Cyclone Kid'' is a 1931 American Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buzz Barton, Francis X. Bushman Jr. and Caryl Lincoln.Pitts, p. 62. Cast * Buzz Barton as Budd ...

'' (1942) * '' Man from Cheyenne'' (1942) ... Ranch hand * '' Outlaws of Pine Ridge'' (1942) ... Roberts * '' The Phantom Plainsmen'' (1942) ... Heavy * '' Code of the Outlaw'' (1942) ... Joe * '' Prairie Pals'' (1942) * '' Raiders of the Range'' (1942) ... Jensen * '' Sheriff of Sage Valley'' (1942) * '' Stagecoach Express'' (1942) * '' The Yukon Patrol'' (1942) * ''

Beyond the Last Frontier ''Beyond the Last Frontier'' is a 1943 American Western film about an undercover Texas Ranger, John Paul Revere, within Big Bill Hadley's gang of crooks. Howard Bretherton directed the film and John K. Butler and Morton Grant wrote the screenp ...

'' (1943) * '' Black Hills Express'' (1943) * '' The Blocked Trail'' (1943) * '' Westward Ho'' (1942) ... Hank * ''

Calling Wild Bill Elliott ''Calling Wild Bill Elliott'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and written by Anthony Coldeway. The film stars Wild Bill Elliott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Anne Jeffreys, Herbert Heyes, Robert 'Buzz' Henry and Fred ...

'' (1943) ... Guard * '' Death Valley Manhunt'' (1943) ... Lawson * '' The Black Hills Express'' (1943) ... Denver * '' Dead Man's Gulch'' (1943) ... Buck Lathrop * '' The Man from Thunder River'' (1943) ... Deputy * ''

Raiders of Sunset Pass ''Raiders of Sunset Pass'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by John English with a screenplay by John K. Butler. Plot The film is set in Texas during World War II when most of the able-bodied men of military age are away fighting for ...

'' (1943) * '' Santa Fe Scouts'' (1943) ... Curt * '' Thundering Trails'' (1943) * '' Wolves of the Range'' (1943) * '' Marshal of Reno'' (1944) ... Brown * ''

Stagecoach to Monterey ''Stagecoach to Monterey'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Lesley Selander, written by Norman S. Hall, and starring Allan Lane, Peggy Stewart, Wally Vernon, Twinkle Watts, Tom London and LeRoy Mason. It was released on September 15 ...

'' (1944)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Al 1887 births 1951 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male silent film actors