Born
1938-05-13 (age 87)
Birthplace
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
Known For
Acting
Buck Taylor
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Flicka
as Wagner
2006
The Wendell Baker Story
as Bob Draper
2005
Dangerous Company
as Petrie
1982
The Wild Angels
as Dear John
1966
Two Sinners and a Mule
as Sheriff Cleetus
2023
Miracle at Sage Creek
as Buckskin Charlie
2005
Dallas: J.R. Returns
as Steve Grisham
1996
Ensign Pulver
as Mannion (uncredited)
1964
The Contested Plains
as Rufus Brown
2022
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
as Newly
1987
Jericho
as Pap Doolin
2000
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
as Sgt. Bridges
1983
Hard Time
as Capt. Adam Gunther
1998
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
as Dynamite Dick
1981
Beartooth
1978
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
as Grey
1986
The Soul Collector
as Charlie
1999
Gettysburg
as Col. William Gamble
1993
Payback
as Nick
1991
Big Bad John
as Bob Simmons
1990
TV Appearances
Gunsmoke
as Leonard Parker
1955
The Outer Limits
as Gard Hayden
1963
The Fugitive
as Jamie
1963
My Three Sons
as Howard Sears
1960
Gunsmoke
as Newly O'Brian
1955
Rectify
as Zeke
2013
Crazy like a Fox
as Blake
1984
Stoney Burke
as Mule
1962
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Josh
1954
Wagon Train
as Skeeter Ames
1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Eddie
1957
My Favorite Martian
as Bruce Baker
1963