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Vic Tayback

Born January 06, 1930Died May 25, 1990

Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA

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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Filmography

Actor (136 credits)

Movies

HorseplayerGeorge Samsa

All Dogs Go to HeavenCarface (voice)

LoverboyHarry Bruckner

Beverly Hills BodysnatchersLou

Criminal ActThe Exterminator (Greengrass)

The UnderachieversCoach

The Three KingsHarold

George Carlin: Playin' with Your HeadThe Bad Guys

Weekend WarriorsSgt. Burdge

Treasure IslandSilver

Reel HorrorSmedke (archive footage)

The Jesse Owens StoryAbe Saperstein

Mysterious TwoTed Randall

Through the Magic PyramidHorembeb

GridlockFloyd 'Snake' Kraslowski

This Year's BlondeHarry Cohn

The Night the City ScreamedMorris Brustein

Portrait of a StripperHarry Parkins

Getting MarriedBurt Carboni

The Cheap DetectiveLieutenant DiMaggio

The Case of the Baltimore GirlsCapt. Barney Marcus

Little Ladies of the NightFinch

The ChoirboysZoony

No Deposit, No ReturnBig Joe Adamo

Mansion of the DoomedDetective Simon

The Shaggy D.A.Eddie Roschak

Dark VictoryArchie

The Big BusGoldie

Special DeliveryWyatt

Report to the CommissionerLt. Seidensticker

The Black BirdWarren Finley, Police Lieutenant

LepkeCharles 'Lucky' Luciano

Thunderbolt and LightfootMario Pinski

Alice Doesn't Live Here AnymoreMel

PapillonSergeant

The Don Is DeadRalph Negri

The Blue KnightNeil Grogan

Emperor of the NorthYardman

The Alpha CaperPoliceman

Partners in Crime

Honor Thy FatherDon A. Tirello

Death Follows a Psycho

Blood and LaceCalvin Carruthers

They Call It MurderJeff Poland

BullittPete Ross

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-RoundDetective Merchant (uncredited)

GambitPlainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)

Love with the Proper StrangerCye (uncredited)

Surftide 77Arms Cooper

Five Minutes to LiveFred Dorella

Gangster StoryNorm (uncredited)

T-Bird GangPoliceman

The Power of the ResurrectionSimon the Canaanite

Tv

MacGyverGeorge Henderson

Murder, She WroteSal Domino

Tales from the DarksideTippy Ryan

Crazy like a FoxMo Scmidt

Tales from the DarksideAlan Coombs

Finder of Lost LovesThomas Velasco

T. J. HookerPete Benedict

$weepstake$Sir Yarbrough

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

The Love BoatHarry Stewart

The Love BoatHarry Beluski

CHiPsVic Tayback (uncredited)

AliceMel Sharples

SwitchRalph Kabelka

Barney MillerMr. Stavochek

The Blue KnightNeil Grogan

The Streets of San Francisco

Emergency!Driver

All in the FamilyJoe Tucker

ColumboSam Franklin

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Silent ForceCapt. Al Grant

The Partridge FamilyIngram

The Partridge FamilyRocco

The Partridge FamilyHarlan Laws

My World and Welcome to It

The Bill Cosby ShowCalvin

The Courtship of Eddie's FatherBernie

Hawaii Five-OParmel

Land of the GiantsHood

Hawaii Five-OMartin Lynch

Star TrekJojo Krako

Love on a Rooftop

Mission: ImpossibleEgan's Goon

The MonkeesGeorge

Occasional Wife

Mission: ImpossibleSgt. Gorte

The MonkeesRocco

The MonkeesChuche

The F.B.I.Ed Larch

I Dream of JeannieTurhan

The F.B.I.Neil Parks

BewitchedMayor's Chauffeur

Daniel BooneAmerican Soldier

Daniel BooneHongas Hongas - Huron Indian Chief

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.Sergeant

The Mike Douglas ShowSelf

Alfred Hitchcock PresentsMan Talking to Cab Driver

GunsmokeRawlins

GunsmokeBill Hankins