Kent Taylor

Kent Taylor

1907-05-11 – 1987-04-11 (age 79) Nashua, Iowa, USA
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Kent Taylor (May 11, 1907 – April 11, 1987) was an American actor.

Born Louis William Weiss in Nashua, Iowa, Taylor appeared in more than 110 films, the bulk of them B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s, although he also had roles in more prestigious studio releases, including I'm No Angel (1933), Death Takes a Holiday (1934), Payment on Demand (1951), and Track the Man Down (1955).

In the 1950s, with his movie career on the decline and television production on the upswing, he played the title role in 58 episodes of the detective series Boston Blackie and the lead in 39 episodes of ABC's The Rough Riders (1958–1959). Other small screen credits include My Little Margie, Tales of Wells Fargo, Zorro, Bat Masterson, Peter Gunn, and Hawaiian Eye. The last years of his career were spent in slasher and horror films with titles like Satan's Sadists, Blood of Ghastly Horror, I Spit on Your Corpse, and Hell's Bloody Devils.

Taylor is interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.

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Slightly Scarlet
Slightly Scarlet

1956

as Frank Jansen

Blonde Venus
Blonde Venus

1932

as Hiker (uncredited)

The Sky Parade
The Sky Parade

1936

as Tommy Wade

I'm No Angel
I'm No Angel

1933

as Kirk Lawrence

Mississippi Gambler
Mississippi Gambler

1942

as John J. 'Johnny' Forbes

The Crawling Hand
The Crawling Hand

1963

as Dr. Max Weitzberg

Law of the Lawless
Law of the Lawless

1964

as Attorney Rand McDonald

Alaska
Alaska

1944

as Gary Corbett

Merrily We Go to Hell
Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

as Greg Boleslavsky

One Hour with You
One Hour with You

1932

as Party Guest Greeted by Colette (uncredited)

Harbor Lights
Harbor Lights

1963

as Dan Crown

Roger Touhy, Gangster
Roger Touhy, Gangster

1944

as Steve Warren

Young Widow
Young Widow

1946

as Peter Waring

Death Takes a Holiday
Death Takes a Holiday

1934

as Corrado

The Phantom of Hollywood
If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million

1932

as Bank Teller (uncredited)

Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues

1955

as Dr. Ted Stevens, alias Ted Baxter

Payment on Demand
Payment on Demand

1951

as Robert Townsend