Birthday
1930/01/06
Day of death
1990/05/25 (60 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Also know as
Vic Taybeck, Victor Tayback, Vick Tayback, Vic E. Tayback, Vic Tabback
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.
(1968) Bullitt
as Pete Ross
(1978) Getting Married
as Burt Carboni
(1972) Death Follows a Psycho
as ---
(1976) No Deposit, No Return
as Big Joe Adamo
(1973) Papillon
as Sergeant
(1989) All Dogs Go to Heaven
as Carface (voice)
(1974) Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
as Mario Pinski
(1986) George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
as The Bad Guys
(1976) Mansion of the Doomed
as Detective Simon
(1975) Report to the Commissioner
as Lt. Seidensticker
(1978) The Cheap Detective
as Lieutenant DiMaggio
(1961) Five Minutes to Live
as Fred Dorella
(1976) The Shaggy D.A.
as Eddie Roschak
(1974) The Gambler
as One
(1974) Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as Mel
(1989) Loverboy
as Harry Bruckner
(1966) Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Detective Merchant (uncredited)
(1959) Gangster Story
as Norm (uncredited)
(1990) Horseplayer
as George Samsa
(1971) Blood and Lace
as Calvin Carruthers
(1973) The Don Is Dead
as Ralph Negri
(1986) Weekend Warriors
as Sgt. Burdge
(1966) Gambit
as Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
(1973) The Blue Knight
as Neil Grogan
(1985) Reel Horror
as Smedke (archive footage)
(1978) The Case of the Baltimore Girls
as Capt. Barney Marcus
(1979) Portrait of a Stripper
as Harry Parkins
(1988) The Underachievers
as Coach
(1984) The New Man
as Alan Coombs
(1975) The Black Bird
as Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
(1977) Little Ladies of the Night
as Finch
(1962) Surftide 77
as Arms Cooper
(1984) The Jesse Owens Story
as Abe Saperstein
(1973) Emperor of the North
as Yardman
(1982) Mysterious Two
as Ted Randall
(1977) The Choirboys
as Zoony
(1986) Treasure Island
as Silver
(1989) Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
as Lou
(1980) Gridlock
as Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski
(1971) They Call It Murder
as Jeff Poland
(1989) Criminal Act
as The Exterminator (Greengrass)
(1973) Maxie
as Smedke
(1981) Through the Magic Pyramid
as Horembeb
(1976) Dark Victory
as Archie
(1976) The Big Bus
as Goldie
(1963) Love with the Proper Stranger
as Cye (uncredited)
(1980) This Year's Blonde
as Harry Cohn
(1975) Lepke
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
(1980) The Night the City Screamed
as Morris Brustein
(1959) T-Bird Gang
as Policeman
(1980) Rage!
as Tommy
(1976) Special Delivery
as Wyatt
(1987) The Three Kings
as Harold
(1973) The Alpha Caper
as Policeman
(1973) Partners in Crime
as ---
(1973) Honor Thy Father
as Don A. Tirello
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Sal Domino
(1976) Alice
as Mel Sharples
(1966) Family Affair
as ---
(1977) CHiPs
as ---
(1984) Tales from the Darkside
as Tippy Ryan
(1966) Star Trek
as Jojo Krako
(1969) My World and Welcome to It
as ---
(1966) Love on a Rooftop
as ---
(1972) The Rookies
as ---
(1982) T. J. Hooker
as Pete Benedict
(1965) F Troop
as ---
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Ed Larch
(1977) The Love Boat
as Harry Stewart
(1965) I Dream of Jeannie
as Turhan
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Parmel
(1971) All in the Family
as Joe Tucker
(1966) That Girl
as ---
(1972) The Streets of San Francisco
as ---
(1968) Land of the Giants
as Hood
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1982) Hotel
as ---
(1985) MacGyver
as George Henderson
(1970) The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as ---
(1968) The Mod Squad
as ---
(1969) The Bill Cosby Show
as Calvin
(1969) Medical Center
as ---
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Gaines
(1964) Bewitched
as Mayor's Chauffeur
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Egan's Goon
(1972) Emergency!
as Driver
(1971) Cannon
as ---
(1965) Get Smart
as ---
(1967) Ironside
as ---
(1984) Crazy like a Fox
as Mo Scmidt
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Man Talking to Cab Driver
(1966) The Monkees
as George
(1975) Khan!
as ---
(1966) Felony Squad
as ---
(1978) Vega$
as ---
(1959) Rawhide
as Monte
(1967) Cimarron Strip
as ---
(1964) Daniel Boone
as American Soldier
(1973) Police Story
as ---
(1975) Switch
as Ralph Kabelka
(1968) Lancer
as ---
(1970) McCloud
as ---
(1982) Matt Houston
as ---
(1966) Occasional Wife
as ---
(1984) Tales from the Darkside
as Alan Coombs
(1967) Captain Nice
as ---
(1979) Sweepstakes
as ---
(1973) Griff
as ---
(1975) On the Rocks
as ---
(1976) The Practice
as ---
(1978) The Eddie Capra Mysteries
as ---
(1968) The Outsider
as ---
(1975) Bronk
as ---
(1979) Time Express
as ---
(1965) The F.B.I.
as Neil Parks
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Rawlins
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Dirks
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Bill Hankins
(1961) The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
(1969) The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as Bernie
(1971) Columbo
as Sam Franklin
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Hongas Hongas - Huron Indian Chief
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as Martin Lynch
(1970) The Silent Force
as Capt. Al Grant
(1984) Finder of Lost Loves
as Thomas Velasco
(1977) The Love Boat
as Harry Beluski
(1966) Mission: Impossible
as Sgt. Gorte
(1975) Barney Miller
as Mr. Stavochek
(1977) CHiPs
as Vic Tayback (uncredited)