| Vic Tayback | |
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| Personal Information | |
| Birthname: | Victor Tayback |
| Alias(es)/ Also known as: |
No known aliases |
| Born: | August 2, 1930 |
| Birthplace: | Manhattan, New York, U.S. |
| Died: | 25 May 1990 (aged 60) |
| Deathplace: | Glendale, California, U.S. |
| Occupation/ Career: |
Actor |
| Years active: | 1958–1990, his death |
| Spouse(s): | Sheila McKay Barnard, 1962-1990 (his death) |
| Domestic partner(s): | None - N/A |
| Related to: | 1 son |
| Website/ URL: |
N/A |
| Character/Series involvement | |
| Series: | Alice (TV series) |
| Episodes appeared in: | 201 episodes |
| Character played: | Mel Sharples |
Victor "Vic" 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 long-running CBS-TV sitcom series Alice (1976–1985), for which he won two consecutive Golden Globes.
A lifetime member of the Actors Studio,[1] Tayback was a familiar face on television in the 1960s and 1970s, appearing on numerous series as a character actor. Two notable appearances were in the "Et tu, Archie?" fourth-season episode of All in the Family as Archie's old friend, Joe Tucker, and as the 1920s-style gangster-boss Jojo Krako in the Star Trek episode "A Piece of the Action".
Tayback's most famous role was diner owner Mel Sharples in both the film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) and the television series Alice (1976–1985). Although Alfred Lutter reprised his role as Alice's son Tommy in the pilot episode of the television series (he was replaced by Philip McKeon when the series began), Vic Tayback was the only actor in the original film to reprise his role for the rest of the series.[2] Tayback received one Primetime Emmy Award nomination in 1978 and three Golden Globe Award nominations (winning two) from 1980 to 1982 for the role.
Death[]
Tayback died of a heart attack in 1990 and was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles. Tayback was survived by his wife Sheila, whom he married in 1962. They had one son, Christopher Tayback, who briefly acted before attending law school.
References[]
- ↑ A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio,Garfield, David (1980). . MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc.. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
- ↑ Film co-star Diane Ladd joined Alice mid-series playing a different character, and Alfred Lutter reprised his film role as Tommy for the pilot episode only .
External links[]
- Vic Tayback article at Wikipedia
Vic Tayback at the Internet Movie Database
