Vic Tayback
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.
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful...
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All Dogs Go to Heaven
as Carface (voice)When a casino-owning dog named Charlie is murdered by his rival Carface, he finds himself in...
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Bullitt
as Pete RossSenator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony...
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The Big Bus
as GoldieThe ultimate disaster film parody. A nuclear-powered bus is making its maiden non-stop trip from...
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Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
as MelAfter her husband dies, Alice and her son, Tommy, leave their small New Mexico town for...
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Loverboy
as Harry BrucknerRandy Bodek works as a pizza delivery boy at Señor Pizza to make a few extra bucks. Some...
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Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
as Mario PinskiWith the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to...
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Emperor of the North
as YardmanHobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
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Gambit
as Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)Harry Dean is a career burglar set on stealing a piece of priceless art from the world's...
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The Shaggy D.A.
as Eddie RoschakWilby Daniels, a successful lawyer running for District Attorney, suddenly finds himself being...
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No Deposit, No Return
as Big Joe AdamoTwo rich children devise a way to escape their grandfather and visit their mother. Unfortunately...
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Report to the Commissioner
as Lt. SeidenstickerPolice officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick'...
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Mansion of the Doomed
as Detective SimonAn insane surgeon finds himself up to his armpits in eyeballs after guilt prompts him to begin...
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George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
as The Bad GuysGeorge Carlin is in top form with these stand-up recorded at the Beverly Theater in Los Angeles...
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The Gambler
as OneNew York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But...
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The Cheap Detective
as Lieutenant DiMaggioA spoof of the entire 1940s detective genre. San Francisco private detective, Lou Pekinpaugh is...
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Love with the Proper Stranger
as Cye (uncredited)Angie Rossini, an innocent New York City sales clerk from a repressive Italian-American family,...
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The Underachievers
as CoachDanny Warren is a former minor-league shortstop that becomes a narc to uncover drug dealing in...
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The Three Kings
as HaroldThe made-for-TV film stars Jack Warden, Lou Diamond Phillips and Stan Shaw as three patients in...
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Weekend Warriors
as Sgt. BurdgeIn 1961, with war looming in Berlin, an Air National Guard unit of actors, journalists and...
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Five Minutes to Live
as Fred DorellaA guitar playing killer terrorizes a housewife while his partner robs the bank where her husband...
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Honor Thy Father
as Don A. TirelloJoseph Bologna stars as Bill Bonanno in this made-for-television adaptation of the controversial...
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The Choirboys
as ZoonyA group of Los Angeles cops decide to take off some of the pressures of their jobs by engaging...
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The Don Is Dead
as Ralph NegriAfter his mistress is murdered, a Mafia leader goes after the killer with a bloody vengeance....
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Death Follows a Psycho
as uncreditedPrivate eye Wade Griffin finds himself in an intense stand-off with a "human time-bomb", who is...
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Treasure Island
as SilverJim is a small child who lives in an inn run by his parents. The arrival of a strange captain to...
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Partners in Crime
as uncreditedA retired judge who opens a private detective agency and her ex-con associate try to track down...
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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Detective Merchant (uncredited)A sophisticated con man mounts an intricate plan to rob an airport bank while the Soviet premier...
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Blood and Lace
as Calvin CarruthersAfter her prostitute mother and her john are beaten to death while they are asleep in bed,...
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Little Ladies of the Night
as FinchThe sister of ex-pimp and current Los Angeles Police detective Lyle York was murdered working...
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They Call It Murder
as Jeff PolandA small-town district attorney is saddled with several major investigations, including a...
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Gridlock
as Floyd 'Snake' KraslowskiA series of freak accidents on the Los Angeles freeway traps a cast-load of familiar TV faces in...
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Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
as LouA doctor and a mortician have teamed up to do re-animation experiments on corpses using gangster...
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Rage!
as TommyIn an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.
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The Black Bird
as Warren Finley, Police LieutenantThe son of famous detective Sam Spade carries on the family tradition of getting involved with...
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Lepke
as Charles 'Lucky' LucianoLepke is the feared leader of "Murder Incorporated" in this underworld drama based on the life...
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Special Delivery
as WyattA gang of thieves plan a daring bank robbery, making their escape across the rooftops of Los...
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Portrait of a Stripper
as Harry ParkinsA young widow, supporting herself and her pre-teen son by performing as a nightclub dancer,...
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Gangster Story
as Norm (uncredited)Gangster and cop killer Jack Martin is on the run from the law, and hides out in a small town....
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Reel Horror
as Smedke (archive footage)Evil spirits that emerge from cans of old movie film terrorize a neighborhood.
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Dark Victory
as ArchieA TV producer with a terminal illness is given the strength to keep going by her love for her...
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The Blue Knight
as Neil GroganBumper Morgan is a veteran Los Angeles Police Department street cop. He is due to retire after...
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Getting Married
as Burt CarboniA man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her...
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The Jesse Owens Story
as Abe SapersteinThe Jesse Owens Story is a biographical film about the black athlete Jesse Owens. Dorian...
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Horseplayer
as George SamsaA blonde seduces a quirky liquor-store worker as inspiration for her artist boyfriend.
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The Alpha Caper
as PolicemanA parole officer forced into retirement gets together three ex-convicts to pull off a...
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The Night the City Screamed
as Morris BrusteinA massive blackout plunges a major American city into a night of terror.
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Surftide 77
as Arms CooperPrivate Eye Bernard Bingbang is hired by old lady Agatha Bungworthy to find her runaway niece...
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The Case of the Baltimore Girls
as Capt. Barney MarcusFormer police captain and his assistant investigate extortion and murder at a dating service.
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Criminal Act
as The Exterminator (Greengrass)Two investigative reporters track down reports of giant rats in a city sewer system.
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This Year's Blonde
as Harry CohnFirst he seduced her. Then he made her a star. He was Johnny Hyde, 52-year-old agent, friend,...
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Mysterious Two
as Ted RandallTwo Aliens visit the Earth in an effort to enlist converts to travel the universe with them.
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Maxie
as SmedkeWhen deaf-mute Maxie (K.T. Baumann) goes to work at the local butcher shop, she senses strange...
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T-Bird Gang
as PolicemanA high school boy, out to find his father's killer, joins up with a gang of juvenile delinquents.
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The New Man
as Alan CoombsA reformed alcoholic is visited by his young son, but he doesn't have a son called Jerry.
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Columbo
as Sam FranklinColumbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently...
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Star Trek
as Jojo KrakoSpace. The Final Frontier. The U.S.S. Enterprise embarks on a five year mission to explore the...
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MacGyver
as George HendersonHe's everyone's favorite action hero... but he's a hero with a difference. Angus MacGyver is a...
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Bewitched
as Mayor's ChauffeurSamantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine...
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Murder, She Wrote
as Sal DominoAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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The Love Boat
as Harry StewartPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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The Love Boat
as Harry BeluskiPassengers who search for romantic nights aboard a beautiful ship travelling to tropical or...
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Mission: Impossible
as Egan's GoonMission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...
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Mission: Impossible
as Sgt. GorteMission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...
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Ironside
as uncreditedWhen an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...
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I Dream of Jeannie
as TurhanWhile on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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Hawaii Five-O
as ParmelHawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...
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Hawaii Five-O
as Martin LynchHawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...
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Get Smart
as uncreditedGet Smart is an American comedy television series that satirizes the secret agent genre. Created...
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Daniel Boone
as American SoldierDaniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel...
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Daniel Boone
as Hongas Hongas - Huron Indian ChiefDaniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel...
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T. J. Hooker
as Pete BenedictSergeant Thomas Jefferson Hooker is a tough-as-nails veteran police officer with the LCPD who...
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Mannix
as uncreditedMannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....
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Cannon
as uncreditedCannon is a CBS detective television series produced by Quinn Martin which aired from March 26,...
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Emergency!
as DriverThe crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...
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Medical Center
as uncreditedMedical Center is a medical drama series which aired on CBS from 1969 to 1976. It was produced...
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Barney Miller
as Mr. StavochekBarney Miller is an American situation comedy television series set in a New York City police...
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Alice
as Mel SharplesAlice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on...
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Hotel
as uncreditedHotel is an American prime time drama series which aired on ABC from September 21, 1983 to May...
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The Rookies
as uncreditedThe Rookies is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1972 until 1976. It follows...
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Switch
as Ralph KabelkaSwitch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert...
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Rawhide
as MonteThe tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...
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Tales from the Darkside
as Tippy RyanTales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each...
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Tales from the Darkside
as Alan CoombsTales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series created by George A. Romero, each...
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All in the Family
as Joe TuckerArchie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important...
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Vega$
as uncreditedVega$ is an American detective television drama series that aired on ABC between 1978 and 1981....
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The F.B.I.
as Ed LarchThe F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...
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The F.B.I.
as Neil ParksThe F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...
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Land of the Giants
as HoodSet fifteen years in the then-future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and...
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Family Affair
as uncreditedFamily Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9,...
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McCloud
as uncreditedDeputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the...
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The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as uncredited30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic...
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Felony Squad
as uncreditedTwenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western...
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That Girl
as uncreditedThat Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the...
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Gunsmoke
as GainesGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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Gunsmoke
as RawlinsGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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Gunsmoke
as DirksGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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Gunsmoke
as Bill HankinsGunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...
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Matt Houston
as uncreditedMatt Houston is an American crime drama series that aired on ABC from 1982 to 1985. Created by...
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The Monkees
as uncreditedMicky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling...
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Police Story
as uncreditedPolice Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...
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CHiPs
as uncreditedLighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...
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CHiPs
as Vic Tayback (uncredited)Lighthearted look at the adventures of two Highway Patrol officers in Los Angeles. The main...
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The Streets of San Francisco
as uncreditedTwo police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...
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F Troop
as uncreditedF Troop is a satirical American television sitcom that originally aired for two seasons on...
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Lancer
as uncreditedLancer is an American Western series that aired on CBS from September 1968, to May 1970. The...
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The Outsider
as uncreditedThe Outsider was the story of David Ross, a go-it-alone private investigator who's always where...
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Crazy like a Fox
as Mo ScmidtCrazy Like a Fox is an American television series set in San Francisco, California, that aired...
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Man Talking to Cab DriverA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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The Mod Squad
as uncreditedThe Mod Squad was the enormously successful groundbreaking "hippie" undercover cop show that ran...
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The Courtship of Eddie's Father
as BernieThe Courtship of Eddie's Father is an American television sitcom based on the 1963 movie of the...
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Finder of Lost Loves
as Thomas VelascoThe Finder of Lost Loves TV show was a 60 minute drama series on ABC about a private...
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Cimarron Strip
as uncreditedCimarron Strip is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from September 1967 to...
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Bronk
as uncreditedBronk is an American television series starring Jack Palance as Detective Lieutenant Alex...
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The Practice
as uncreditedSitcom about Jules Bedford, a crusty, sometimes grumpy, and somewhat absent-minded old-school...
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The Bill Cosby Show
as CalvinThe Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday...
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The Eddie Capra Mysteries
as uncreditedThe Eddie Capra Mysteries is an American mystery television series starring Vincent Baggetta...
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My World and Welcome to It
as uncreditedMy World and Welcome to It is an American half-hour television sitcom based on the humor and...
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Captain Nice
as uncreditedCarter Nash was a chemist in a police department who discovered a liquid which could turn him...
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The Silent Force
as Capt. Al GrantThe Silent Force is a police crime drama series focused on three US Government undercover agents...
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Time Express
as uncreditedTime Express was a short-lived American fantasy TV series, broadcast April–May 1979 on CBS and...
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