Buck Taylor

Walter Clarence Buck Taylor, III is an American actor best known for his role as gunsmithturneddeputy Newly OBrien in 174 episodes during the last eight seasons of CBSs Gunsmoke television series . In recent years, he has painted the portrait of his friend and Gunsmoke series star James Arness. Taylors 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.

Taylor was born in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter Taylor, Jr. He has an older sister, Faydean Taylor Tharp of the Greater Los Angeles Area. His father was the character actor Dub Taylor, sometimes known as Cannonball Taylor, and a native of Richmond, Virginia. Buck Taylor was born in the same year his father got his first acting role in the film You Cant Take It with You. Dub Taylor, one of cinemas most prolific supporting actors, appeared with dozens of leading actors, including John Wayne and the musicians Tex Ritter and Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys. Buck grew up on the various Hollywood sets, and was close to his fathers Texas friend, the Western actor Chill Wills.

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