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Victor Tayback 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.
Born
Monday, 06 January 1930
Died
Friday, 25 May 1990
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| History of the Sitcom | Mel Sharples | 2021 |
| Hit Celebrity TV Commercials | Larry the Cleaner - for Formua 409 Cleaner | 2004 |
| Horseplayer | George Samsa | 1990 |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven | Carface (voice) / Carface | 1989 |
| Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers | Lou | 1989 |
| Criminal Act | The Exterminator (Greengrass) / The Exterminator - Greengrass | 1989 |
| Loverboy | Harry Bruckner | 1989 |
| The Under Achievers | Coach | 1988 |
| The Three Kings | Harold | 1987 |
| Adderly | Gregorin | 1986 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| History of the Sitcom | Mel Sharples | 2021 |
| Hit Celebrity TV Commercials | Larry the Cleaner - for Formua 409 Cleaner | 2004 |
| Horseplayer | George Samsa | 1990 |
| All Dogs Go to Heaven | Carface (voice) / Carface | 1989 |
| Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers | Lou | 1989 |
| Criminal Act | The Exterminator (Greengrass) / The Exterminator - Greengrass | 1989 |
| Loverboy | Harry Bruckner | 1989 |
| The Under Achievers | Coach | 1988 |
| The Three Kings | Harold | 1987 |
| Adderly | Gregorin | 1986 |
| George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head | The Bad Guys | 1986 |
| Weekend Warriors | Sgt. Burdge | 1986 |
| Treasure Island | Silver | 1986 |
| MacGyver | George Henderson | 1985 |
| Reel Horror | Smedke (archive footage) / Smedke | 1985 |
| The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast: Michael Landon | Self | 1984 |
| Murder, She Wrote | Sal Domino | 1984 |
| Finder of Lost Loves | Thomas Velasco | 1984 |
| The Jesse Owens Story | Abe Saperstein | 1984 |
| Tales from the Darkside | Alan Coombs / Tippy Ryan | 1983 |
| Matt Houston | Marvin Garth | 1982 |
| Hotel | Wallace Egan | 1982 |
| Mysterious Two | Ted Randall | 1982 |
| T.J. Hooker | Pete Benedict | 1982 |
| The Time Crystal | Horembeb | 1981 |
| The Night the City Screamed | Morris Brustein | 1980 |
| Gridlock | Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski | 1980 |
| Rage! | Tommy | 1980 |
| This Year's Blonde | Harry Cohn | 1980 |
| Flo | Mel Sharples | 1980 |
| Portrait of a Stripper | Harry Parkins | 1979 |
| Time Express | Charlie Enright | 1979 |
| Supertrain | Frank Tuttle | 1979 |
| Sweepstakes | Sgt. Yarbrough | 1979 |
| The Eddie Capra Mysteries | Bernie Logan | 1978 |
| The Cheap Detective | Lt. DiMaggio / Lieutenant DiMaggio | 1978 |
| Vega$ | Bruno | 1978 |
| The Choirboys | Zoony | 1977 |
| CHiPs | Vic Tayback | 1977 |
| James at 16 | Coach Murphy | 1977 |
| The Love Boat | 'Dutch' Boden / Harry Stewart / Jack Hamilton / Sgt. Harry Beluski / Shelley Sommers / Vic Tayback | 1977 |
| Little Ladies of the Night | Finch | 1977 |
| Fantasy Island | Chet Nolan / George Walters / Melvyn Mews / Norman Atkins | 1977 |
| The Shaggy D.A. | Eddie Roschak | 1976 |
| Mansion of the Doomed | Detective Simon | 1976 |
| Alice | Mel Sharples | 1976 |
| Special Delivery | Wyatt | 1976 |
| The Big Bus | Goldie | 1976 |
| Family | Sgt. Pierce | 1976 |
| No Deposit, No Return | Big Joe / Big Joe Adamo | 1976 |
| The Practice | Frankie Nyles | 1976 |
| The Black Bird | Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant / Police Lt. Warren Finley | 1975 |
| On the Rocks | Big Max | 1975 |
| The Blue Knight | Lou Gilmore | 1975 |
| Bronk | Lasko | 1975 |
| Switch | Ralph Kabelka | 1975 |
| Lepke | Lucky Luciano / Charles 'Lucky' Luciano | 1975 |
| Khan! | Lt. Gubbins | 1975 |
| Report to the Commissioner | Lt. Seidensticker | 1975 |
| Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Mel | 1974 |
| The Gambler | One | 1974 |
| Barney Miller | Mr. Stavochek | 1974 |
| Thunderbolt and Lightfoot | Mario Pinski | 1974 |
| Papillon | Sergeant | 1973 |
| The Don Is Dead | Ralph Negri | 1973 |
| The Blue Knight | Neil Grogan | 1973 |
| The Alpha Caper | Policeman | 1973 |
| Griff | Capt. Barney Marcus | 1973 |
| Emperor of the North | Yardman | 1973 |
| Honor Thy Father | Don A. Tirello | 1973 |
| The Case Of The Baltimore Girls | Capt. Barney Marcus | 1973 |
| Maxie | Smedke | 1973 |
| The Streets of San Francisco | Sgt. Norm Haseejian | 1972 |
| The Super | Pizuti | 1972 |
| Every Little Crook and Nanny | Ganucci Strong-Arm Man | 1972 |
| The Rookies | Gus Caldwell / Brakow | 1972 |
| Emergency! | Driver | 1972 |
| They Call It Murder | Jeff Poland | 1971 |
| Columbo | Sam Franklin | 1971 |
| Cannon | Barker / Capt. Marsh / Sam Batson | 1971 |
| Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law | Fred Sanger | 1971 |
| Blood and Lace | Calvin Carruthers | 1971 |
| Longstreet | Victor Thanatos | 1971 |
| All in the Family | Joe Tucker | 1971 |
| The Partridge Family | Harlan Laws / Ingram / Rocco | 1970 |
| The Silent Force | Capt. Al Grant | 1970 |
| Arnie | Sergeant | 1970 |
| The Mary Tyler Moore Show | Officer Jackson | 1970 |
| McCloud | Thomas / Harry 'Steam Hammer' McNair / Carlo Banducci | 1970 |
| The Young Lawyers | Bartender | 1969 |
| The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Bernie | 1969 |
| My World and Welcome to It | Alexander | 1969 |
| The Bold Ones: The New Doctors | Frank Wells | 1969 |
| The Bill Cosby Show | Calvin | 1969 |
| Medical Center | Mac Atwood / Trailer | 1969 |
| Bullitt | Pete Ross | 1968 |
| The Good Guys | Steve Zabisco | 1968 |
| Here Come the Brides | Jason's Man / Larsen | 1968 |
| Lancer | Durham / Porter | 1968 |
| Mod Squad | Dean Wilcox | 1968 |
| Land of the Giants | Hood | 1968 |
| Hawaii Five-O | Parmel / Martin Lynch | 1968 |
| The Outsider | Faber | 1968 |
| With Six You Get Eggroll | Truck Driver | 1968 |
| Mannix | Miles Stark | 1967 |
| Ironside | Henry Garrison | 1967 |
| Judd for the Defense | Tommy Ferguson | 1967 |
| Cimarron Strip | Joe Mulady | 1967 |
| The Second Hundred Years | Guard | 1967 |
| Captain Nice | Lipton | 1967 |
| Gambit | Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter | 1966 |
| Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round | Detective Merchant | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Sergeant Gorte | 1966 |
| Occasional Wife | Prisoner | 1966 |
| The Felony Squad | Dutch / Toby Oliver | 1966 |
| The Monkees | Chuche / George / Rocco | 1966 |
| Family Affair | Policeman / Officer Chamas | 1966 |
| That Girl | Max | 1966 |
| Love on a Rooftop | Policeman | 1966 |
| Star Trek | Krako | 1966 |
| Get Smart | Popov / Jamal | 1965 |
| I Dream of Jeannie | Turhan | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Neil Parks / Ed Larch | 1965 |
| F Troop | Bill Colton | 1965 |
| Daniel Boone | American Soldier / Hongas Hongas - Huron Indian Chief | 1964 |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Sergeant | 1964 |
| Bewitched | Surveyor / Police Officer 1 / Mayor's Chauffeur | 1964 |
| Love with the Proper Stranger | Cye | 1963 |
| Arrest and Trial | Bartender | 1963 |
| The Lieutenant | Cpl. Peter Garth / N.C.O. Driver | 1963 |
| Saints and Sinners | Customer at bar | 1962 |
| Five Weeks in a Balloon | European Agent | 1962 |
| Surftide 77 | Arms Cooper / Arms | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Himself - Co-Host | 1961 |
| Five Minutes to Live | Fred Dorella | 1961 |
| Dr. Kildare | Mr. Pagano | 1961 |
| North to Alaska | Roustabout | 1960 |
| Gangster Story | Norm - Resort Guard | 1959 |
| Hotel de Paree | Second Miner | 1959 |
| Lock Up | Mr. Malloy | 1959 |
| Bonanza | Everett Gaskell | 1959 |
| T-Bird Gang | Cop #1 at Gas Station / Policeman | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Monte | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Bearded Rebel | 1958 |
| Buckskin | Claude | 1958 |
| The Power of the Resurrection | Simon the Canaanite | 1958 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Man Talking to Cab Driver | 1955 |
| Gunsmoke | Bill Hankins / Dirks / Gaines / Rawlins | 1955 |
| The Magical World of Disney | Big Joe Adams / Eddie Roschak | 1954 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Alice | 1976 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1982 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Nominated |
| 1981 | Golden Globe | Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television | Won |
| 1980 | Golden Globe | Best Actor in a Supporting Role - Television Series | Won |
| 1978 | Emmy | Outstanding Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series | Nominated |
