
Vic Tayback
Department: Acting
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.
Known For

Bullitt
1968

Getting Married
1978

Death Follows a Psycho
1972

No Deposit, No Return
1976

Papillon
1973

All Dogs Go to Heaven
1989

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
1974

George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
1986

Mansion of the Doomed
1976

Report to the Commissioner
1975

The Cheap Detective
1978

Five Minutes to Live
1961

The Shaggy D.A.
1976

The Gambler
1974

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1974

Loverboy
1989

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
1966

Gangster Story
1959

Horseplayer
1990

Blood and Lace
1971

The Don Is Dead
1973

Weekend Warriors
1986

Gambit
1966

The Blue Knight
1973

Reel Horror
1985

The Case of the Baltimore Girls
1978

Portrait of a Stripper
1979

The Underachievers
1988

The Black Bird
1975

Little Ladies of the Night
1977

Surftide 77
1962

The Jesse Owens Story
1984

Emperor of the North
1973

Mysterious Two
1982

The Choirboys
1977

Treasure Island
1986

Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
1989

Gridlock
1980

They Call It Murder
1971

Criminal Act
1989

Maxie
1973

Through the Magic Pyramid
1981

Dark Victory
1976

The Big Bus
1976

Love with the Proper Stranger
1963

This Year's Blonde
1980

Lepke
1975

The Night the City Screamed
1980

T-Bird Gang
1959

Rage!
1980

Special Delivery
1976

The Three Kings
1987

The Alpha Caper
1973

Partners in Crime
1973

Honor Thy Father
1973

The Power of the Resurrection
1958

Murder, She Wrote
1984

Alice
1976

Family Affair
1966

CHiPs
1977

Tales from the Darkside
1984

Star Trek
1966

My World and Welcome to It
1969

Love on a Rooftop
1966

The Rookies
1972

T. J. Hooker
1982

F Troop
1965

The F.B.I.
1965

The Love Boat
1977

I Dream of Jeannie
1965

Hawaii Five-O
1968

All in the Family
1971

That Girl
1966

The Streets of San Francisco
1972

Land of the Giants
1968

Mannix
1967

Hotel
1982

MacGyver
1985

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970

The Mod Squad
1968

The Bill Cosby Show
1969

Medical Center
1969

Gunsmoke
1955

Bewitched
1964

Mission: Impossible
1966

Emergency!
1972

Cannon
1971

Ironside
1967

Crazy like a Fox
1984

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955

The Monkees
1966

Khan!
1975

Felony Squad
1966

Vega$
1978

Rawhide
1959

Cimarron Strip
1967

Daniel Boone
1964

Police Story
1973

Switch
1975

Lancer
1968

McCloud
1970

Matt Houston
1982

Occasional Wife
1966

Tales from the Darkside
1984

Captain Nice
1967

Griff
1973

On the Rocks
1975

The Practice
1976

The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978

The Outsider
1968

Bronk
1975

Time Express
1979

The F.B.I.
1965

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

Gunsmoke
1955

The Mike Douglas Show
1961

The Courtship of Eddie's Father
1969

Columbo
1971

Daniel Boone
1964

Hawaii Five-O
1968

The Silent Force
1970

Finder of Lost Loves
1984

The Love Boat
1977

Mission: Impossible
1966

Barney Miller
1975

CHiPs
1977

The Monkees
1966

The Monkees
1966

$weepstake$
1979

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964

The Blue Knight
1973

The Partridge Family
1970

The Partridge Family
1970

The Partridge Family
1970

Get Smart
1965

Get Smart
1965