Person
Buck Taylor
Acting · Born 1938-05-13 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Biography
Walter Clarence "Buck" Taylor, III (born May 13, 1938) is an American actor and water color artist best known for his role as gunsmith-turned-deputy Newly O'Brien in 113 episodes during the last eight seasons of CBS's Gunsmoke television series (1967–1975). In recent years, he has painted the portrait of his friend and Gunsmoke costar James Arness. Taylor's painting specialty is the American West, and each year, he creates the posters for several Texas rodeos. Taylor lives with his second wife on a ranch near Fort Worth, Texas. Description above from the Wikipedia article Buck Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Yellowstone
Emmett Walsh
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Dancer Smith
Wagon Train
Skeeter Ames
The Fugitive
Jamie
Knots Landing
Fred Morgan
The Virginian
Lem Bliss
The Rebel
Gunman
Have Gun, Will Travel
Eddie
My Three Sons
Howard Sears
T. J. Hooker
Sam Rand
Filmography
- 2025Buffalo Daze
- 2025Sod and Stubble
- 2023Two Sinners and a MuleSheriff Cleetus
- 2022The Contested PlainsRufus Brown
- 2019Trading PaintBen
- 2018YellowstoneEmmett Walsh
- 2016BenderSheriff J.E. Stone
- 2016Hell or High WaterOld Man
- 2016IndiscretionAbe
- 2015Canyon TrailMarshal Trevor Cooper
- 2015Rodeo and JulietJudge Lawrence
- 2013RectifyZeke
- 2011Cowboys & AliensWes Claiborne
- 2011The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American ConspiracyPete Snyder
- 2008When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'Self
- 2008Comanche MoonBen Lily
- 2007The MistAmbrose Cornell
- 2006FlickaWagner
- 2005Miracle at Sage CreekBuckskin Charlie
- 2005Hell to PayDr. Adam Galen
- 2005The Wendell Baker StoryBob Draper
- 2005TruceHarry Dodds
- 2004The Trail to Hope RoseParson Brown
- 2003Gods and GeneralsGen. Maxcy Gregg
- 2000JerichoPap Doolin
- 2000ComancheCapt. Myles Keogh
- 2000The Making of ComancheSelf
- 1999The Soul CollectorCharlie
- 1999Wild Wild WestCross-Eyed Reb
- 1998Hard TimeCapt. Adam Gunther
- 1996Dallas: J.R. ReturnsSteve Grisham
- 1993TombstoneTurkey Creek Jack Johnson
- 1993GettysburgCol. William Gamble
- 1991PaybackNick
- 1991Conagher
- 1990Big Bad JohnBob Simmons
- 1989Desperado: The Outlaw WarsWes Porter
- 1987The Alamo: Thirteen Days to GloryBuck Smith
- 1987Proud MenHomer
- 1987Gunsmoke: Return to DodgeNewly
- 1987TimestalkersShaving Cowboy
- 1986Louis L'Amour's Down the Long HillsGrey
- 1986T.J. Hooker: Blood SportOff. Phillips
- 1985Wild HorsesCowboy
- 1984Crazy like a FoxBlake
- 1983Triumphs of a Man Called HorseSgt. Bridges
- 1982Matt HoustonRenfield
- 1982T. J. HookerSam Rand
- 1982Dangerous CompanyPetrie
- 1981The Legend of the Lone RangerRobert Edward Gattlin
- 1981Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee TrailLaird
- 1981Cattle Annie and Little BritchesDynamite Dick
- 1980Wild TimesMcBride
- 1979Knots LandingFred Morgan
- 1979The SackettsReed Carney
- 1978Doc Hooker's BunchMike Lassiter
- 1978Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape KidJoe
- 1978Standing TallGeorge Fewster
- 1978Beartooth
- 1976Pony Express RiderBovey Kingman
- 1967The St. Valentine's Day MassacrePoolside Interviewer 2 (uncredited)
- 1967Devil's AngelsGage
- 1966The Wild AngelsDear John
- 1966And Now MiguelGabriel
- 1965Johnny ShilohJosh
- 1964Ensign PulverMannion (uncredited)
- 1963My Favorite MartianBruce Baker
- 1963The FugitiveJamie
- 1963The Outer LimitsGard Hayden
- 1962Stoney BurkeMule
- 1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourDancer Smith
- 1962The VirginianLem Bliss
- 1960My Three SonsHoward Sears
- 1959The RebelGunman
- 1957Wagon TrainSkeeter Ames
- 1957Have Gun, Will TravelEddie
- 1955GunsmokeLeonard Parker
- 1954The Wonderful World of DisneyJosh
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