Actor
Vic Tayback
Biography

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
Acting
1990 -- Horseplayer | George Samsa
1989 -- All Dogs Go to Heaven | Carface (voice)
1989 -- Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers | Lou
1989 -- Criminal Act | The Exterminator (Greengrass)
1989 -- Loverboy | Harry Bruckner
1988 -- The Underachievers | Coach
1987 -- The Three Kings | Harold
1986 -- Weekend Warriors | Sgt. Burdge
1986 -- George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head | The Bad Guys
1986 -- Treasure Island | Silver
1985 -- Reel Horror | Smedke (archive footage)
1984 -- The New Man | Alan Coombs
1984 -- The Jesse Owens Story | Abe Saperstein
1982 -- Mysterious Two | Ted Randall
1981 -- Through the Magic Pyramid | Horembeb
1980 -- The Night the City Screamed | Morris Brustein
1980 -- Gridlock | Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski
1980 -- Rage! | Tommy
1980 -- This Year's Blonde | Harry Cohn
1979 -- Portrait of a Stripper | Harry Parkins
1978 -- The Cheap Detective | Lieutenant DiMaggio
1978 -- Getting Married | Burt Carboni
1978 -- The Case of the Baltimore Girls | Capt. Barney Marcus
1977 -- The Choirboys | Zoony
1977 -- Little Ladies of the Night | Finch
1976 -- The Shaggy D.A. | Eddie Roschak
1976 -- Mansion of the Doomed | Detective Simon
1976 -- Special Delivery | Wyatt
1976 -- The Big Bus | Goldie
1976 -- Dark Victory | Archie
1976 -- No Deposit, No Return | Big Joe Adamo
1975 -- The Black Bird | Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
1975 -- Lepke | Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
1975 -- Report to the Commissioner | Lt. Seidensticker
1974 -- Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Mel
1974 -- The Gambler | One
1974 -- Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Mario Pinski
1973 -- Papillon | Sergeant
1973 -- The Don Is Dead | Ralph Negri
1973 -- The Blue Knight | Neil Grogan
1973 -- The Alpha Caper | Policeman
1973 -- Emperor of the North | Yardman
1973 -- Partners in Crime |
1973 -- Honor Thy Father | Don A. Tirello
1973 -- Maxie | Smedke
1972 -- Death Follows a Psycho |
1971 -- They Call It Murder | Jeff Poland
1971 -- Blood and Lace | Calvin Carruthers
1968 -- Bullitt | Pete Ross
1966 -- Gambit | Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
1966 -- Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round | Detective Merchant (uncredited)
1963 -- Love with the Proper Stranger | Cye (uncredited)
1962 -- Surftide 77 | Arms Cooper
1961 -- Five Minutes to Live | Fred Dorella
1959 -- Gangster Story | Norm (uncredited)
1959 -- T-Bird Gang | Policeman
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