Walter Clarence Taylor Jr

 Walter Clarence Taylor Jr., known as Dub Taylor (February 26, 1907 – October 3, 1994)

Taylor was a character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extensively in films and on television, often in Westerns but also in comedies. He was the father of actor Buck Taylor, who played the character Newly O'Brien on Gunsmoke. He began his early career in vaudeville, working as a harmonica and xylophone player in New York City. He made his film debut in the 1938 motion picture "You Can't Take It With You." During his career he appeared in over 150 motion pictures spanning 60 years as an actor. His notable film credits include: "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), " "The Lone Prairie" (1942), "Riders of the Northwest Mounted" (1943), "The Last Horseman" (1944), "Song of the Drifter" (1948), "Oklahoma Blues" (1948), "Across the Rio Grande" (1949), "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967), "The Shakiest Gun in the West" (1968), and "The Wild Bunch" (1969), among others. He also appeared as the recurring character "Cannonball" in nearly 50 western films shot during the 1940's. His notable television guest appearances include: "The Andy Griffith Show," "I Love Lucy," "Dennis the Menace," "My Favorite Martian," "77 Sunset Strip," "Death Valley Days," "The Wild Wild West," and "Gunsmoke". Taylor’s last film role was in Maverick, released in May 1994, five months before his death. Dub Taylor died of a heart attack on October 3, 1994 in Los Angeles at age 87. He was cremated, and his ashes were scattered near Westlake Village, California.