Deceased

How Did Kent Taylor Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 79

Also known asLouis William WeissGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn11/05/1907Born inNashua, Iowa, USADied11/04/1987 (aged 79)Died inHollywoodCausediseaseWikidataQ930598 ↗Buried atWestwood Village Memorial Park CemeteryTMDb#96250 ↗

Kent Taylor was an American actor of film and television. 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 Merrily We Go to Hell (1932), I'm No Angel (1933), Cradle Song (1933), Death Takes a Holiday (1934), Payment on Demand (1951), and Track the Man Down (1955). He had the lead role in Half Past Midnight in 1948, among a few others.

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Filmography95 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1991	The Crawling HandMovie	Dr. Max Weitberg	84
1974	The Phantom of HollywoodMovie	Wickes	67
1974	Girls for RentMovie	Moreno	67
1971	Brain of BloodMovie	Dr. Trenton	64
1969	Satan's SadistsMovie	Lew	62
1969	The Mighty GorgaMovie	Tonga Jack Adams	62
1968	Brides of BloodMovie	Dr. Paul Henderson	61
1968	Land of the GiantsSeries	Doc Jelko	61
1967	RangoSeries	—	60
1962	The Broken LandMovie	Marshal Jim Cogan	55
1961	The Purple HillsMovie	Johnny Barnes	54
1960	Walk TallMovie	Frank Carter	53
1959	Hawaiian EyeSeries	Adam Kendricks	52
1959	Mr. LuckySeries	—	52
1959	LaramieSeries	—	52
1959	TightropeSeries	—	52
1959	RiverboatSeries	Morrell	52
1958	The RiflemanSeries	—	51
1958	BroncoSeries	—	51
1958	Bat MastersonSeries	John Martin / Gabilan	51
1958	77 Sunset StripSeries	—	51
1958	Peter GunnSeries	—	51
1958	Fort BowieMovie	Col. James Garrett	51
1958	Gang WarMovie	Bryce Barker, Meadows' Attonery	51
1958	The Rough RidersSeries	—	51
1957	SugarfootSeries	Hank Farragut	50
1957	ZorroSeries	—	50
1957	Panic!Series	—	50
1957	The Iron SheriffMovie	Phil Quincy	50
1956	Frontier GamblerMovie	Roger Chadwick	49
1956	Slightly ScarletMovie	Frank Jansen	49
1956	On TrialSeries	Phillip Brady	49
1956	Ghost TownMovie	Anse Conroy	49
1955	The Phantom from 10,000 LeaguesMovie	Dr. Ted Stevens, alias Ted Baxter	48
1955	Secret VentureMovie	Ted O'Hara	48
1954	PlaygirlMovie	Ted Andrews	47
1952	The Ford Television TheatreSeries	Frank Carson	45
1951	Boston BlackieSeries	Boston Blackie	44
1950	Trial Without JuryMovie	Jed Kilgore	43
1950	Federal Agent at LargeMovie	Mark Reed, aka Nick Ravel	43
1950	The Bigelow TheatreSeries	—	43
1949	The Sickle or the CrossMovie	Rev. John Burnside	42
1948	Half Past MidnightMovie	Wade Hamilton	41
1947	The Crimson KeyMovie	Lawrence 'Larry' Morgan	40
1947	Second ChanceMovie	Kendal Wolf	40
1946	Young WidowMovie	Peter Waring	39
1946	TangierMovie	Ramon	39
1946	Dangerous MillionsMovie	Jack Clark	39
1946	Smooth as SilkMovie	Mark Fenton (Defense Attorney)	39
1945	The Daltons Ride AgainMovie	Bob Dalton	38
1944	AlaskaMovie	Gary Corbett	37
1944	Roger Touhy, GangsterMovie	Steve Warren	37
1943	Bomber's MoonMovie	Capt. Paul von Block	36
1942	Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to DieMovie	Doc Holliday	35
1942	Half Way to ShanghaiMovie	Frederick Barton, [Screen Credit / Ads Name: Alexander Barton ]	35
1942	Mississippi GamblerMovie	John J. 'Johnny' Forbes	35
1942	Gang BustersMovie	Det. Lt. Bannister	35
1941	Washington MelodramaMovie	Hal Thorne	34
1940	The Girl from Avenue AMovie	MacMillan Forrester	33
1940	I Take This WomanMovie	Phil Mayberry	33
1940	Men Against the SkyMovie	Martin Ames	33
1940	I'm Still AliveMovie	Steve Bennett	33
1939	Five Came BackMovie	Joe	32
1939	The Gracie Allen Murder CaseMovie	Bill Brown	32
1939	Four Girls in WhiteMovie	Robert 'Bob' Maitland	32
1939	Three SonsMovie	Gene Pardway	32
1939	Escape to ParadiseMovie	Richard Fleming	32
1939	Pirates of the SkiesMovie	—	32
1938	The Jury's SecretMovie	Walter Russell	31
1938	The Last ExpressMovie	Duncan MacLain, Private Detective	31
1937	When Love Is YoungMovie	Andy Russell	30
1936	The Accusing FingerMovie	Jerry Welch	29
1936	RamonaMovie	Felipe Moreno	29
1936	Florida SpecialMovie	Wally Nelson	29
1936	My MarriageMovie	John DeWitt Tyler III	29
1935	Smart GirlMovie	Nick Graham	28
1935	College ScandalMovie	Seth Dunlap	28
1935	Without RegretMovie	Steve Paradin	28
1934	Death Takes a HolidayMovie	Corrado	27
1934	Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage PatchMovie	Bob Redding	27
1934	Limehouse BluesMovie	Eric Benton	27
1934	David HarumMovie	John	27
1933	White WomanMovie	David von Elst	26
1933	I'm No AngelMovie	Kirk Lawrence	26
1933	The Story of Temple DrakeMovie	First Jellybean (uncredited)	26
1933	Sunset PassMovie	Clink Peeples	26
1932	If I Had a MillionMovie	Bank Teller (uncredited)	25
1932	The Night of June 13Movie	Reporter (uncredited)	25
1932	Dancers in the DarkMovie	Saxophonist	25
1932	Merrily We Go to HellMovie	Greg Boleslavsky	25
1932	Blonde VenusMovie	Hiker (uncredited)	25
1932	Devil and the DeepMovie	A Friend at Party (uncredited)	25
1932	The Man from YesterdayMovie	Military Policeman	25
1932	Under-Cover ManMovie	Russ	25
1931	Ladies' ManMovie	Nightclub Patron (uncredited)	24