Vic Tayback
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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Movies (32)
Horseplayer
as George Samsa
1990
All Dogs Go to Heaven
as Carface (voice)
1989
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
as Lou
1989
Criminal Act
as The Exterminator (Greengrass)
1989
Loverboy
as Harry Bruckner
1989
The Underachievers
as Coach
1988
The Three Kings
as Harold
1987
Weekend Warriors
as Sgt. Burdge
1986
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
as The Bad Guys
1986
Treasure Island
as Silver
1986
Reel Horror
as Smedke (archive footage)
1985
The Jesse Owens Story
as Abe Saperstein
1984
Mysterious Two
as Ted Randall
1982
Through the Magic Pyramid
as Horembeb
1981
The Night the City Screamed
as Morris Brustein
1980
Gridlock
as Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski
1980
Rage!
as Tommy
1980
This Year's Blonde
as Harry Cohn
1980
Portrait of a Stripper
as Harry Parkins
1979
The Cheap Detective
as Lieutenant DiMaggio
1978
Getting Married
as Burt Carboni
1978
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
as Capt. Barney Marcus
1978
The Choirboys
as Zoony
1977
Little Ladies of the Night
as Finch
1977
The Shaggy D.A.
as Eddie Roschak
1976
Mansion of the Doomed
as Detective Simon
1976
Special Delivery
as Wyatt
1976
The Big Bus
as Goldie
1976
No Deposit, No Return
as Big Joe Adamo
1976
Dark Victory
as Archie
1976
The Black Bird
as Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
1975
Lepke
as Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
1975
TV Shows (18)
MacGyver
as George Henderson
1985
Crazy like a Fox
as Mo Scmidt
1984
Murder, She Wrote
as Sal Domino
1984
Tales from the Darkside
as Tippy Ryan
1984
Finder of Lost Loves
as Thomas Velasco
1984
Matt Houston
1982
Hotel
1982
T. J. Hooker
as Pete Benedict
1982
Time Express
1979
$weepstake$
as Sir Yarbrough
1979
Vega$
1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
The Love Boat
as Harry Stewart
1977
CHiPs
1977
Alice
as Mel Sharples
1976
The Practice
1976
On the Rocks
1975
Switch
as Ralph Kabelka
1975