Kent Taylor
AKA: Louis William Weiss
Birthday: 1907-05-11
Died: 1987-04-11
Birthplace: 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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Filmography
Character: Tonga Jack Adams
Character: Dr. Ted Stevens, alias Ted Baxter
Character: Count von Delberg
Character: Party Guest Greeted by Colette (uncredited)
Character: Dr. Max Weitzberg
Character: Robert Townsend
Character: 'Chat' Chatsworth
Character: Bryce Barker, Meadows' Attonery
Character: Dr. Paul Henderson
Character: Robert 'Bob' Maitland
Character: Mark Reed, aka Nick Ravel
Character: Bank Teller (uncredited)
Character: Dr. David Fielding
Character: Frederick Barton, [Screen Credit / Ads Name: Alexander Barton ]
Character: Roger Chadwick
Character: David von Elst
Character: Attorney Rand McDonald
Character: Col. James Garrett
Character: Clint Blackburn
Character: Marshal Jim Cogan
Character: Rev. John Burnside
Character: Lawrence 'Larry' Morgan
Character: First Jellybean (uncredited)
Character: Lt. Philip Harvey
Character: Ballroom Dancer (uncredited)
Character: Richard Hughes
Character: Richard Fleming
Character: Capt. Paul von Block
Character: Greg Boleslavsky
Character: Duncan MacLain, Private Detective
Character: Military Policeman
Character: Dr. Max Weitberg
Character: Det. Lt. Bannister
Character: Jackie's Admirer
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Character: John J. 'Johnny' Forbes
Character: Maj. Tim Bancroft
Character: John DeWitt Tyler III
Character: Walter Russell
Character: MacMillan Forrester
Character: Movie Actor (uncredited)
Character: Hiker (uncredited)