Kent Taylor

Kent Taylor

Actor

Nashua, Iowa, USA
May 11, 1907

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kent Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Representative Works

Slightly Scarlet
Slightly Scarlet
6.3
/ English
My Marriage
My Marriage
6.7
/ English
Brides of Blood
Brides of Blood
4.8
/ English
Mississippi Gambler
Mississippi Gambler
6.5
/ English
Blonde Venus
Blonde Venus
6.8
/ English
Five Came Back
Five Came Back
6.3
/ English
The Scarlet Empress
The Scarlet Empress
6.9
/ English
Alaska
Alaska
7.0
/ English
If I Had a Million
If I Had a Million
6.5
/ English
Harbor Lights
Harbor Lights
6.0
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Slightly Scarlet
1956Nominee

Best Performance

Slightly Scarlet

My Marriage
1936Nominee

Best Performance

My Marriage

Brides of Blood
1968Nominee

Best Performance

Brides of Blood

Career Highlights

Mississippi Gambler
1942Highlight

Best Performance

Mississippi Gambler

Blonde Venus
1932Highlight

Best Performance

Blonde Venus

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