Vic Tayback

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.

Cast

Bullitt

(Pete Ross)

Getting Married

(Burt Carboni)

Death Follows a Psycho

No Deposit, No Return

(Big Joe Adamo)

Papillon

(Sergeant)

All Dogs Go to Heaven

(Carface (voice))

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot

(Mario Pinski)

George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head

(The Bad Guys)

Mansion of the Doomed

(Detective Simon)

Report to the Commissioner

(Lt. Seidensticker)

The Cheap Detective

(Lieutenant DiMaggio)

Five Minutes to Live

(Fred Dorella)

The Shaggy D.A.

(Eddie Roschak)

The Gambler

(One)

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

(Mel)

Loverboy

(Harry Bruckner)

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

(Detective Merchant (uncredited))

Gangster Story

(Norm (uncredited))

Horseplayer

(George Samsa)

Blood and Lace

(Calvin Carruthers)

The Don Is Dead

(Ralph Negri)

Weekend Warriors

(Sgt. Burdge)

Gambit

(Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited))

The Blue Knight

(Neil Grogan)

Reel Horror

(Smedke (archive footage))

The Case of the Baltimore Girls

(Capt. Barney Marcus)

Portrait of a Stripper

(Harry Parkins)

The Underachievers

(Coach)

The New Man

(Alan Coombs)

The Black Bird

(Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant)

Little Ladies of the Night

(Finch)

Surftide 77

(Arms Cooper)

The Jesse Owens Story

(Abe Saperstein)

Emperor of the North

(Yardman)

Mysterious Two

(Ted Randall)

The Choirboys

(Zoony)

Treasure Island

(Silver)

Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers

(Lou)

Gridlock

(Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski)

They Call It Murder

(Jeff Poland)

Criminal Act

(The Exterminator (Greengrass))

Maxie

(Smedke)

Through the Magic Pyramid

(Horembeb)

Dark Victory

(Archie)

The Big Bus

(Goldie)

Love with the Proper Stranger

(Cye (uncredited))

This Year's Blonde

(Harry Cohn)

Lepke

(Charles 'Lucky' Luciano)

The Night the City Screamed

(Morris Brustein)

T-Bird Gang

(Policeman)

Rage!

(Tommy)

Special Delivery

(Wyatt)

The Three Kings

(Harold)

The Alpha Caper

(Policeman)

Partners in Crime

Honor Thy Father

(Don A. Tirello)

Murder, She Wrote

(Sal Domino)

Alice

(Mel Sharples)

Family Affair

CHiPs

Tales from the Darkside

(Tippy Ryan)

Star Trek

(Jojo Krako)

My World and Welcome to It

Love on a Rooftop

The Rookies

T. J. Hooker

(Pete Benedict)

F Troop

The F.B.I.

(Ed Larch)

The Love Boat

(Harry Stewart)

I Dream of Jeannie

(Turhan)

Hawaii Five-O

(Parmel)

All in the Family

(Joe Tucker)

That Girl

The Streets of San Francisco

Land of the Giants

(Hood)

Mannix

Hotel

MacGyver

(George Henderson)

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Bill Cosby Show

(Calvin)

The Mod Squad

Medical Center

Gunsmoke

(Gaines)

Bewitched

(Mayor's Chauffeur)

Mission: Impossible

(Egan's Goon)

Emergency!

(Driver)

Cannon

Get Smart

Ironside

Crazy like a Fox

(Mo Scmidt)

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(Man Talking to Cab Driver)

The Monkees

Khan!

Felony Squad

Vega$

Rawhide

(Monte)

Cimarron Strip

Police Story

Daniel Boone

(American Soldier)

Switch

(Ralph Kabelka)

Lancer

McCloud

Matt Houston

Occasional Wife

Tales from the Darkside

(Alan Coombs)

Captain Nice

Sweepstakes

Griff

On the Rocks

The Practice

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

The Outsider

Bronk

Time Express

The F.B.I.

(Neil Parks)

Gunsmoke

(Rawlins)

Gunsmoke

(Dirks)

Gunsmoke

(Bill Hankins)

The Mike Douglas Show

(Self)

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

(Bernie)

Columbo

(Sam Franklin)

Daniel Boone

(Hongas Hongas - Huron Indian Chief)

Hawaii Five-O

(Martin Lynch)

The Silent Force

(Capt. Al Grant)

Finder of Lost Loves

(Thomas Velasco)

The Love Boat

(Harry Beluski)

Mission: Impossible

(Sgt. Gorte)

Barney Miller

(Mr. Stavochek)

CHiPs

(Vic Tayback (uncredited))