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name: "Buck Taylor"
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born: "13 May 1938"
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# Buck Taylor

Actor. Born 13 May 1938 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 May 1938, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- **Active:** 1999–2016
- **Also known as:** Μπακ Τέιλορ, باک تیلور

## Biography

Buck Taylor (born Walter Clarence Taylor III, 13 May 1938) is an American actor and artist. He is the son of character actor Dub Taylor and is best known for playing gunsmith-turned-deputy Newly O'Brien in 113 episodes of the CBS series *Gunsmoke* (1967–1975). He has also appeared in films including *Tombstone* (1993), *Gettysburg* (1993), *The Mist* (2007), *Cowboys & Aliens* (2011) and *Hell or High Water* (2016), and in the television series *Yellowstone* (2018–2022) as Emmett Walsh.

Taylor trained as a gymnast, attended North Hollywood High School and served in the United States Navy. He is an accomplished watercolour artist specialising in Western subjects and has created posters for several Texas rodeos. He was inducted into the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's Hall of Great Western Performers.

He has been married to Goldie Ann Taylor since 1995.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Hell or High Water* (2016), Fi1m 84, as Old Man — [page](https://film.one/film/hell-or-high-water.md)
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), Fi1m 34, as Cross-Eyed Reb — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)

## Also known for

- *The Mist* (2007), Ambrose Cornell
- *Cowboys & Aliens* (2011), Wes Claiborne
- *Yellowstone* (2018), Emmett Walsh
- *Tombstone* (1993), Turkey Creek Jack Johnson
- *Gettysburg* (1993), Col. William Gamble
- *Flicka* (2006), Wagner
- *Gods and Generals* (2003), Gen. Maxcy Gregg
- *The Outer Limits* (1963), Gard Hayden

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