Vic Tayback

Vic Tayback

1930-01-06 Brooklyn, New York, USA 56 Credits

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.

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Horseplayer

Horseplayer

1990

as George Samsa

5.4
Acting

A blonde seduces a quirky liquor-store worker as inspiration for her artist boyfriend.

All Dogs Go to Heaven

All Dogs Go to Heaven

1989

as Carface (voice)

6.8
Acting

When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in Heaven basically by default since all dogs go to heaven. ...

Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers

Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers

1989

as Lou

2.1
Acting

A doctor and a mortician have teamed up to do re-animation experiments on corpses using gangster money loaned for "remodeling." When they can't pay it...

Criminal Act

Criminal Act

1989

as The Exterminator (Greengrass)

4.8
Acting

Two investigative reporters track down reports of giant rats in a city sewer system.

Loverboy

Loverboy

1989

as Harry Bruckner

6.1
Acting

Randy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some customers are special, though: When the order is for a pizza ...

The Underachievers

The Underachievers

1988

as Coach

4.8
Acting

Danny Warren is a former minor-league shortstop that becomes a narc to uncover drug dealing in this situation comedy. Investigating at a high-school a...

The Three Kings

The Three Kings

1987

as Harold

2.8
Acting

The made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in a Los Angeles-area mental institution. Dressed as the ...

Weekend Warriors

Weekend Warriors

1986

as Sgt. Burdge

2.9
Acting

In 1961, with war looming in Berlin, an Air National Guard unit of actors, journalists and studio personnel is up for military academy consideration.

George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head

George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head

1986

as The Bad Guys

7.2
Acting

George Carlin is in top form with these stand-up recorded at the Beverly Theater in Los Angeles in 1986. Routines included are "Losing Things," "Chari...

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1986

as Silver

6.2
Acting

Jim is a small child who lives in an inn run by his parents. The arrival of a strange captain to the Island they live will trouble his existence and t...

Reel Horror

Reel Horror

1985

as Smedke (archive footage)

2.4
Acting

Evil spirits that emerge from cans of old movie film terrorize a neighborhood.

The New Man

The New Man

1984

as Alan Coombs

Acting

A reformed alcoholic is visited by his young son, but he doesn't have a son called Jerry.

The Jesse Owens Story

The Jesse Owens Story

1984

as Abe Saperstein

7.9
Acting

The Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian Harewood plays the Olympic gold-winning athlete. The drama wo...

Mysterious Two

Mysterious Two

1982

as Ted Randall

5.8
Acting

Two Aliens visit the Earth in an effort to enlist converts to travel the universe with them.

Through the Magic Pyramid

1981

as Horembeb

2.5
Acting

A lad finds himself magically sent back to ancient Egypt where he and the young King Tut team up to stop their evil and overly ambitious elders.

The Night the City Screamed

The Night the City Screamed

1980

as Morris Brustein

5.0
Acting

A massive blackout plunges a major American city into a night of terror.

Gridlock

Gridlock

1980

as Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski

6.0
Acting

A series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in an astounding traffic tie-up, with the entire system ...

Rage!

Rage!

1980

as Tommy

7.0
Acting

In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.

This Year's Blonde

This Year's Blonde

1980

as Harry Cohn

5.7
Acting

First he seduced her. Then he made her a star. He was Johnny Hyde, 52-year-old agent, friend, lover. She was an unemployed starlet — destined to be Am...

Portrait of a Stripper

Portrait of a Stripper

1979

as Harry Parkins

2.5
Acting

A young widow, supporting herself and her pre-teen son by performing as a nightclub dancer, finds the place turned into a strip joint and learns that ...

The Cheap Detective

The Cheap Detective

1978

as Lieutenant DiMaggio

6.3
Acting

A spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is accused of murdering his partner at the instigation of...

Getting Married

Getting Married

1978

as Burt Carboni

4.0
Acting

A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

1978

as Capt. Barney Marcus

Acting

Former police captain and his assistant investigate extortion and murder at a dating service.

The Choirboys

The Choirboys

1977

as Zoony

5.3
Acting

A group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging in various forms of after-hours debauchery.

Little Ladies of the Night

Little Ladies of the Night

1977

as Finch

3.3
Acting

The sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Lyle York was murdered working the streets a few years ago. Since his reform, he has te...

The Shaggy D.A.

The Shaggy D.A.

1976

as Eddie Roschak

5.8
Acting

Wilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being transformed into an English sheepdog. Somehow he has to...

Mansion of the Doomed

Mansion of the Doomed

1976

as Detective Simon

6.2
Acting

An insane surgeon finds himself up to his armpits in eyeballs after guilt prompts him to begin removing the eyes of abducted people in hopes of perfor...

Special Delivery

Special Delivery

1976

as Wyatt

5.2
Acting

A gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los Angeles. The police are quickly called in, however, and o...

The Big Bus

The Big Bus

1976

as Goldie

5.2
Acting

The ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from New York to Denver. The journey is plagued by disaste...

No Deposit, No Return

No Deposit, No Return

1976

as Big Joe Adamo

6.2
Acting

Two rich children devise a way to escape their grandfather and visit their mother. Unfortunately for two hapless safe crackers, they become part of th...

Dark Victory

Dark Victory

1976

as Archie

Acting

A TV producer with a terminal illness is given the strength to keep going by her love for her doctor.

The Black Bird

The Black Bird

1975

as Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant

4.6
Acting

The son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with the Maltese Falcon - and with the people who will stop ...

Lepke

Lepke

1975

as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano

5.2
Acting

Lepke is the feared leader of "Murder Incorporated" in this underworld drama based on the life of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. Lepke began his criminal ca...

Report to the Commissioner

Report to the Commissioner

1975

as Lt. Seidensticker

6.6
Acting

Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instr...

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

1974

as Mel

7.0
Acting

After her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for California, where Alice hopes to make a new life for herself a...

The Gambler

The Gambler

1974

as One

6.7
Acting

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling add...

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

1974

as Mario Pinski

6.8
Acting

With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.

Papillon

Papillon

1973

as Sergeant

7.8
Acting

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his esca...

The Don Is Dead

The Don Is Dead

1973

as Ralph Negri

6.0
Acting

After his mistress is murdered, a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance. Soon after the hunt begins, a gang war ensues.

The Blue Knight

The Blue Knight

1973

as Neil Grogan

5.8
Acting

Bumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after 20 years on the job, but is not letting up on the crimi...

The Alpha Caper

The Alpha Caper

1973

as Policeman

7.0
Acting

A parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull off a $30-million armored car robbery.

Emperor of the North

Emperor of the North

1973

as Yardman

6.7
Acting

Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.

Partners in Crime

Partners in Crime

1973

2.0
Acting

A retired judge who opens a private detective agency and her ex-con associate try to track down $750,000 in bank robbery loot.

Honor Thy Father

Honor Thy Father

1973

as Don A. Tirello

4.0
Acting

Joseph Bologna stars as Bill Bonanno in this made-for-television adaptation of the controversial bestseller from Gay Talese, chronicling the rise of N...

Maxie

Maxie

1973

as Smedke

1.8
Acting

When deaf-mute Maxie (K.T. Baumann) goes to work at the local butcher shop, she senses strange things are afoot. When she discovers the beloved town b...

Death Follows a Psycho

Death Follows a Psycho

1972

Acting

Private eye Wade Griffin finds himself in an intense stand-off with a "human time-bomb", who is holding four people hostage and will kill them all unl...

They Call It Murder

They Call It Murder

1971

as Jeff Poland

5.4
Acting

A small-town district attorney is saddled with several major investigations, including a gambler's murder and a possible insurance scam.

Blood and Lace

Blood and Lace

1971

as Calvin Carruthers

5.7
Acting

After her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed, teen-aged Ellie Masters is sent to an isolated orphanage ru...

Bullitt

Bullitt

1968

as Pete Ross

7.2
Acting

Senator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in pro...

Gambit

Gambit

1966

as Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Harry Dean is a career burglar set on stealing a piece of priceless art from the world's wealthiest man, Mr. Shahbandar. With the help of exotic showg...

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

1966

as Detective Merchant (uncredited)

5.2
Acting

A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier is due to arrive.

Love with the Proper Stranger

Love with the Proper Stranger

1963

as Cye (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

Angie Rossini, an innocent New York City sales clerk from a repressive Italian-American family, engages in a short-lived affair with a handsome jazz m...

Surftide 77

Surftide 77

1962

as Arms Cooper

4.0
Acting

Private Eye Bernard Bingbang is hired by old lady Agatha Bungworthy to find her runaway niece Cynthia, heir to the family fortune, before that fortune...

Five Minutes to Live

Five Minutes to Live

1961

as Fred Dorella

5.5
Acting

A guitar playing killer terrorizes a housewife while his partner robs the bank where her husband works.

Gangster Story

Gangster Story

1959

as Norm (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Gangster and cop killer Jack Martin is on the run from the law, and hides out in a small town. Low on funds, he engineers a clever bank robbery that y...

T-Bird Gang

T-Bird Gang

1959

as Policeman

4.7
Acting

Cooperating with the police in order to revenge his father's death, Frank joins a youth syndicate master-minded by the sadistic Alex. When members bec...