Forrest Taylor: movies and TV shows
Forrest Taylor has 263 credits in the archive: 243 films and 20 TV series, from 1915 to 1961. Highest rated: Hallmark Hall of Fame (8.8/10).
Career timeline
1915 – 1961 · busiest year: 1939 (20 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Ripcord | Martin Seims | TV | 6.7 | 77 |
| 1959 | The Dennis O'Keefe Show | TV | 7.5 | 75 | |
| 1959 | The FBI Story | Wedding Minister (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 75 |
| 1957 | Maverick | TV | 6.9 | 73 | |
| 1957 | Official Detective | TV | 7.5 | 73 | |
| 1957 | Man Without a Gun | Doc Brannon | TV | 8.0 | 73 |
| 1957 | Footsteps in the Night | Shaw (Uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 73 |
| 1957 | The Book of Acts Series | Ananias | Film | 9.0 | 73 |
| 1956 | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Dr. Caslin | TV | 6.2 | 72 |
| 1956 | The Christmas Spirit | Homer Link | Film | 6.0 | 72 |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | TV | 5.3 | 71 | |
| 1955 | Highway Patrol | Frank Wilkins | TV | 6.1 | 71 |
| 1955 | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | TV | 6.8 | 71 | |
| 1955 | My Friend Flicka | TV | 6.2 | 71 | |
| 1955 | The Matchmaking Marshal | Ira Beecher | Film | 8.0 | 71 |
| 1954 | Rails Into Laramie | Film | 6.5 | 70 | |
| 1954 | Dawn at Socorro | Jebb Hayes | Film | 7.2 | 70 |
| 1954 | Bitter Creek | Harley Pruett | Film | 6.5 | 70 |
| 1953 | The Lost Planet | Prof. Edmund Dorn | Film | 4.7 | 69 |
| 1953 | Iron Mountain Trail | Sam Sawyer | Film | 6.5 | 69 |
| 1953 | Giving Thanks Always | Grandpa | Film | — | 69 |
| 1953 | Nostradamus and the Queen | Peasant (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 69 |
| 1952 | Four Star Playhouse | Dr. Washburn | TV | 6.8 | 68 |
| 1952 | Cavalcade of America | Mark Hopkins | TV | 4.6 | 68 |
| 1952 | Hopalong Cassidy | TV | 5.4 | 68 | |
| 1952 | Rancho Notorious | Posse Member (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1952 | Border Saddlemates | Mel Richards | Film | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1952 | Flaming Feather | Film | 6.2 | 68 | |
| 1952 | This Is the Life | Grandpa | TV | 6.5 | 68 |
| 1952 | Park Row | Charles A. Leach | Film | 6.7 | 68 |
| 1952 | The Living Bible | Nicodemus | Film | 6.0 | 68 |
| 1952 | Smoky Canyon | Mr. Wyler | Film | 7.5 | 68 |
| 1952 | South Pacific Trail | Train Conductor | Film | 8.0 | 68 |
| 1952 | The Story of Christopher Columbus: Proving the Earth Is Round | Film | — | 68 | |
| 1951 | Racket Squad | TV | 6.5 | 67 | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Kit Carson | TV | 6.0 | 67 | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok | TV | 5.3 | 67 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | Dr. Holmes | TV | 8.8 | 67 |
| 1951 | Wells Fargo Gunmaster | Doctor | Film | 10.0 | 67 |
| 1951 | Utah Wagon Train | Cyrus Bonner | Film | 6.7 | 67 |
| 1951 | Blazing Bullets | John Roberts | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid | Sheriff | TV | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid | Rev. William Smiley | TV | 6.2 | 66 |
| 1950 | Winchester '73 | Target Clerk (voice) (uncredited) | Film | 7.3 | 66 |
| 1950 | Forbidden Jungle | Trader Kirk | Film | 6.0 | 66 |
| 1950 | Cherokee Uprising | Indian Agent William Welch | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1950 | Rustlers on Horseback | Josh Taylor | Film | 6.5 | 66 |
| 1950 | Code of the Silver Sage | Rancher Sandy | Film | 8.0 | 66 |
| 1950 | The Fighting Stallion | Martin Evans | Film | 7.0 | 66 |
| 1950 | The Fargo Phantom | Hartley | Film | 9.0 | 66 |
| 1949 | South of St. Louis | Film | 5.8 | 65 | |
| 1949 | Deputy Marshal | Sheriff Jeff Lance | Film | 6.3 | 65 |
| 1949 | The Lawton Story | Uncle Mark Wallock | Film | 10.0 | 65 |
| 1949 | The Fighting Redhead | Dan O'Connor | Film | 7.2 | 65 |
| 1949 | The Pecos Pistol | Capt. McCormick | Film | 9.0 | 65 |
| 1949 | Stallion Canyon | Tom Lawson | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1949 | Death Valley Gunfighter | Lester Clark | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1949 | Bruce Gentry | Dr. Alexander Benson | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1949 | Cowboy and the Prizefighter | Miles Stevenson | Film | 9.0 | 65 |
| 1949 | Navajo Trail Raiders | Sam Brynes | Film | 8.0 | 65 |
| 1948 | Albuquerque | Stage Depot Agent (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 64 |
| 1948 | Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains | Rancher (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 64 |
| 1948 | Four Faces West | Conductor No.2 | Film | 5.8 | 64 |
| 1948 | Coroner Creek | McCune | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1948 | Superman | Leeds | Film | 6.2 | 64 |
| 1948 | The Golden Eye | Mr. Manning | Film | 5.6 | 64 |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Homesteader (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 63 |
| 1947 | Big Town After Dark | Dealer (uncredited) | Film | 5.5 | 63 |
| 1947 | Trail Street | Dave (uncredited) | Film | 6.5 | 63 |
| 1947 | Yankee Fakir | Mr. Mason | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 1947 | The Black Widow | Bradley | Film | 5.3 | 63 |
| 1947 | Code of the West | Ira Meeker (uncredited) | Film | 7.7 | 63 |
| 1947 | Rustlers of Devil's Canyon | Dr. Glover | Film | 10.0 | 63 |
| 1947 | Along the Oregon Trail | Kit Carson | Film | 9.0 | 63 |
| 1947 | Shadow Valley | Dad Jarvis | Film | 9.0 | 63 |
| 1947 | Buckaroo from Powder River | Pop Ryland | Film | 7.0 | 63 |
| 1946 | The Crimson Ghost | Prof. Van Wyck | Film | 5.3 | 62 |
| 1946 | Strange Impersonation | Nora's Doctor (uncredited) | Film | 6.1 | 62 |
| 1946 | Girl on the Spot | Inky (uncredited) | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 1946 | Santa Fe Uprising | Moore | Film | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1946 | Colorado Serenade | Judge Roy Hilton | Film | 8.0 | 62 |
| 1946 | Stagecoach to Denver | Matt Disher | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 1946 | Romance of the West | Father Sullivan | Film | 9.0 | 62 |
| 1946 | Strange Voyage | Skipper | Film | 6.5 | 62 |
| 1946 | The Caravan Trail | Judge Silas Black | Film | 10.0 | 62 |
| 1946 | The Calling of Matthew | Alpheus | Film | — | 62 |
| 1945 | The Power of the Whistler | Stage Door Guard | Film | 5.9 | 61 |
| 1945 | Manhunt of Mystery Island | Prof. William Forrest | Film | 5.5 | 61 |
| 1945 | Dangerous Intruder | Dr. Bascom | Film | 5.1 | 61 |
| 1945 | Federal Operator 99 | Otto Wolfe | Film | 7.5 | 61 |
| 1945 | Sagebrush Heroes | Tom Goodwin | Film | 9.0 | 61 |
| 1945 | Mr. Muggs Rides Again | Mike | Film | 7.0 | 61 |
| 1945 | Bewitched | Prosecutor (uncredited) | Film | 5.4 | 61 |
| 1945 | Mom and Dad | Dr. John D. Ashley | Film | 5.0 | 61 |
| 1945 | Identity Unknown | Mr. Anderson | Film | 5.4 | 61 |
| 1945 | Bandits of the Badlands | Pop Wayne | Film | 4.6 | 61 |
| 1945 | The Blind Beggar of Jerusalem | Laban | Film | — | 61 |
| 1944 | Sonora Stagecoach | Judge Crandall | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1944 | Mojave Firebrand | Sheriff Barker | Film | 4.7 | 60 |
| 1944 | Song of Nevada | Colonel Jack Thompson | Film | 6.3 | 60 |
| 1944 | The Last Horseman | Bert Saunders | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1944 | Mystery Man | Sam Newhall | Film | 5.3 | 60 |
| 1944 | Haunted Harbor | Dr. Oliver Harding [Chs. 1-4] | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1944 | Sweethearts of the U.S.A. | Deacon - 2nd Robber | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 1944 | Shake Hands with Murder | Kennedy | Film | 6.0 | 60 |
| 1944 | Gun to Gun | Film | 8.0 | 60 | |
| 1944 | Lady in the Death House | Warden | Film | 5.7 | 60 |
| 1943 | Silver Spurs | Judge Pebble | Film | 4.8 | 59 |
| 1943 | Dead Men Walk | The Fireplace Face | Film | 4.6 | 59 |
| 1943 | Corregidor | Doctor | Film | 4.4 | 59 |
| 1943 | Sleepy Lagoon | Samuel | Film | 5.0 | 59 |
| 1943 | Idaho | Clem | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1943 | Bullets and Saddles | Marshal Claiburn | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1943 | Wild Horse Stampede | Marshal Cliff Tyler | Film | 4.5 | 59 |
| 1943 | The Kansan | Doctor | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1943 | Death Valley Rangers | Captain Ainsley | Film | 7.5 | 59 |
| 1943 | The Fighting Buckaroo | Mark Comstock (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 59 |
| 1943 | King of the Cowboys | Man Tied Up in Car Backseat | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1943 | Song of Texas | Race Official | Film | 6.3 | 59 |
| 1943 | Man of Courage | Mary Crandall | Film | 5.6 | 59 |
| 1943 | Spy Train | Anderson #2 | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1943 | Who Is My Neighbor | Grandfather | Film | — | 59 |
| 1943 | A Night for Crime | Police Chief Williams | Film | 4.6 | 59 |
| 1943 | Thundering Trails | Ben Walker | Film | 6.5 | 59 |
| 1943 | Land of Hunted Men | Dad Oliver | Film | 9.0 | 59 |
| 1942 | Overland Mail | Taylor | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1942 | The Spoilers | Bennett | Film | 6.2 | 58 |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Grant | Film | 5.5 | 58 |
| 1942 | In Old California | Man in Saloon with Carlin | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 1942 | The Sons of the Pioneers | Jim Bixby | Film | 9.0 | 58 |
| 1942 | Down Rio Grande Way | Commissioner Harvey | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1942 | The Lone Star Vigilantes | Dr. Mark Banning | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1942 | Lawless Plainsmen | Kit Carson | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1942 | Bullets for Bandits | Bert Brown | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1942 | The Rangers Take Over | John Wyatt | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1942 | Ridin' Down the Canyon | Jim Fellowes | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1942 | Outlaws of Pine Ridge | Sheriff Gibbons | Film | 10.0 | 58 |
| 1942 | Perils of the Royal Mounted | Preacher Hinsdale | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1942 | Sunset on the Desert | George Belknap | Film | 6.0 | 58 |
| 1942 | Trail Riders | Mike Rand | Film | 8.0 | 58 |
| 1942 | The Payoff | Hugh Walker | Film | 5.9 | 58 |
| 1942 | Home in Wyomin' | Pop Harrison | Film | 8.5 | 58 |
| 1942 | The Yanks Are Coming | Capt. Brown | Film | 5.3 | 58 |
| 1942 | Arizona Stage Coach | Larry Meadows | Film | 5.0 | 58 |
| 1941 | The Spider Returns | Voice of The Gargoyle | Film | 8.5 | 57 |
| 1941 | Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. | Netzikoff's Butler | Film | 6.8 | 57 |
| 1941 | Riot Squad | Ambulance Attendant | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1941 | Underground Rustlers | Jim Bently | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1941 | Flying Wild | Mr. Forbes | Film | 6.1 | 57 |
| 1941 | The Lone Rider Rides On | Sheriff | Film | 9.0 | 57 |
| 1941 | Sea Raiders | Fenwick the Inventor | Film | 6.5 | 57 |
| 1941 | Billy The Kid's Fighting Pals | Hanson | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1941 | King of the Texas Rangers | Plant Employee | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1941 | Wrangler's Roost | Deacon Stewart, aka Black Bart | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1941 | Ridin' on a Rainbow | Rancher Jeff Billings | Film | 5.9 | 57 |
| 1941 | The Iron Claw | Anton Benson | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1941 | Kansas Cyclone | Ben Brown | Film | 10.0 | 57 |
| 1941 | Ridin' the Cherokee Trail | Brad Craven | Film | 7.0 | 57 |
| 1940 | The Green Hornet Strikes Again! | Snipe - Foranti Thug | Film | 6.8 | 56 |
| 1940 | When the Daltons Rode | The Bailiff | Film | 6.2 | 56 |
| 1940 | Young Tom Edison | Train Passenger | Film | 5.9 | 56 |
| 1940 | The Durango Kid | Ben Winslow | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1940 | Billy the Kid's Gun Justice | Tom Roberts | Film | 5.2 | 56 |
| 1940 | That Gang of Mine | Morgan | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1940 | The Green Archer | Parker Howett | Film | 6.6 | 56 |
| 1940 | Terry and the Pirates | Allen Drake | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1940 | Deadwood Dick | The Skull (masked) | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1940 | Boys of the City | Judge Malcolm Parker | Film | 5.3 | 56 |
| 1940 | West of Abilene | Sheriff | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 1940 | Frontier Crusader | John Stoner | Film | 4.3 | 56 |
| 1940 | Arizona Gang Busters | Ed Lambert | Film | 6.5 | 56 |
| 1940 | The Cheyenne Kid | Sheriff | Film | 5.0 | 56 |
| 1940 | The Sagebrush Family Trails West | Len Gorman | Film | 7.0 | 56 |
| 1940 | The Golden Trail | Bill Rawls | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1940 | Rhythm of the Rio Grande | Ranger Captain Edward Crane | Film | 8.0 | 56 |
| 1940 | Trailing Double Trouble | Sheriff | Film | 7.5 | 56 |
| 1940 | Under Texas Skies | Harley Richards | Film | 5.8 | 56 |
| 1940 | Wild Horse Range | Mitchell | Film | 10.0 | 56 |
| 1939 | The Phantom Creeps | Black | Film | 4.5 | 55 |
| 1939 | S.O.S Tidal Wave | Film | 6.8 | 55 | |
| 1939 | The Fighting Renegade | Prof. Lucius Lloyd | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1939 | The Oregon Trail | Daggett - Morgan Henchman | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1939 | Straight Shooter | Henchman Luke Green | Film | 5.5 | 55 |
| 1939 | The Phantom Stage | Gabe Lawson | Film | 10.0 | 55 |
| 1939 | Trigger Smith | Mr. Carter | Film | 9.0 | 55 |
| 1939 | Stand Up and Fight | Townsman | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1939 | The Lone Ranger Rides Again | Judge Miller | Film | 7.3 | 55 |
| 1939 | Danger Flight | Police Radio Dispatcher | Film | 4.4 | 55 |
| 1939 | Dick Tracy's G-Men | Mr. Stevens | Film | 5.3 | 55 |
| 1939 | Chip of the Flying U | J.G. Whitmore | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1939 | Outlaws' Paradise | Henchman Eddie | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1939 | Meet Dr. Christian | Gtant, City Council Member | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1939 | Trigger Fingers | Crane, Cowhand-Henchman | Film | 7.5 | 55 |
| 1939 | Code of the Cactus | Blackton | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1939 | Stunt Pilot | Doctor | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1939 | Texas Wildcats | Jim Burrows | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1939 | Riders of Black River | Sheriff Dave Patterson | Film | 10.0 | 55 |
| 1939 | Honor of the West | Lem Walker | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1938 | Gun Packer | Hart - Express Manager | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1938 | The Fighting Devil Dogs | Benson | Film | 6.8 | 54 |
| 1938 | Desert Patrol | Martin Rand | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1938 | Ghost Town Riders | Gomer | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1938 | Tell Your Children | Blanche's Lawyer (uncredited) | Film | 4.4 | 54 |
| 1938 | Lightning Carson Rides Again | Gunfight Henchman | Film | 5.3 | 54 |
| 1938 | The Spy Ring | G-2 Sergeant (uncredited) | Film | 5.6 | 54 |
| 1938 | Man's Country | Col. Hay (as Forest Taylor) | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1938 | Durango Valley Raiders | Sheriff Devlin | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1938 | Law of the Texan | Captain Moore - Texas Rangers | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1938 | The Feud Maker | Marshal John Kincaid | Film | 7.0 | 54 |
| 1938 | Guilty Trails | Dan | Film | 10.0 | 54 |
| 1938 | California Frontier | General Wyatt | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1938 | Black Bandit | Film | 8.0 | 54 | |
| 1938 | Frontier Town | Sheriff Lane of Frontier City | Film | 6.3 | 54 |
| 1938 | Heroes of the Hills | Sheriff | Film | 8.0 | 54 |
| 1938 | Western Trails | Stagecoach Shotgun Guard | Film | 9.0 | 54 |
| 1938 | Outlaw Express | John F. Ferguson | Film | 4.5 | 54 |
| 1937 | Where Trails Divide | Councilman Gray | Film | 9.0 | 53 |
| 1937 | Stars Over Arizona | Saunders | Film | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1937 | Lost Ranch | Bart Carson | Film | 5.2 | 53 |
| 1937 | Amateur Crook | Jerry Cummings | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1937 | Riders of the Dawn | Brady | Film | 4.7 | 53 |
| 1937 | Arizona Days | Harry Price | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1937 | Island Captives | C.B. Hudson | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1937 | Courage of the West | Government Man | Film | 8.0 | 53 |
| 1937 | The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen | Norton | Film | 6.0 | 53 |
| 1937 | The Red Rope | Parson Pete | Film | 6.5 | 53 |
| 1937 | Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts | Dorman, Owner Black Hawk Mining | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1937 | The Roaming Cowboy | Evans | Film | 10.0 | 53 |
| 1936 | Song of the Gringo | Prosecuting Attorney | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1936 | Two Minutes to Play | Coach Rodney | Film | 5.7 | 52 |
| 1936 | Pilot X | Survivor | Film | 6.3 | 52 |
| 1936 | Too Much Beef | Hugh Stanford alias Rocky Brown | Film | 5.5 | 52 |
| 1936 | Men of the Plains | James Travis | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1936 | Shadow of Chinatown | Film | 5.2 | 52 | |
| 1936 | Rip Roarin' Buckaroo | Lew Slater | Film | 5.0 | 52 |
| 1936 | It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did) | Actor | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1936 | A Face in the Fog | Bruce Cromwell | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1936 | Prison Shadows | George Miller | Film | 5.3 | 52 |
| 1936 | Headin' for the Rio Grande | Sheriff Ed Saunders (Tex's brother) | Film | 8.0 | 52 |
| 1936 | West of Nevada | Steven Cutting | Film | 7.5 | 52 |
| 1936 | Kelly of the Secret Service | Dr. G. Marston | Film | 10.0 | 52 |
| 1936 | The Phantom of the Range | Brandon | Film | 6.0 | 52 |
| 1935 | The Gilded Lily | Train Conductor (uncredited) | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1935 | Mississippi | Man at Bar Who Orders Sarsaparilla (uncredited) | Film | 6.8 | 51 |
| 1935 | Between Men | Lawyer Wyndham | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1935 | Honeymoon Limited | Harry (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1935 | Big Calibre | Banker Bentley | Film | 9.0 | 51 |
| 1935 | Shadow of Doubt | Reporter | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1935 | The Rider of the Law | Gambler | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1935 | The Widow from Monte Carlo | Surprised Costume Ball Guest (uncredited) | Film | 5.8 | 51 |
| 1935 | The Courageous Avenger | Marshal Taggart | Film | 5.0 | 51 |
| 1935 | Trail of Terror | Blake | Film | 10.0 | 51 |
| 1933 | Riders of Destiny | James Kincaid | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1933 | Neighbors' Wives | (uncredited) | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1933 | Broadway to Hollywood | Conway - Film Director | Film | 5.0 | 49 |
| 1932 | The Death Kiss | Actor | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1926 | A Poor Girl's Romance | Tramp | Film | 10.0 | 42 |
| 1926 | No Man's Gold | Wat Lyman | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1916 | The Abandonment | Dr. Edmund B. Stewart | Film | — | 32 |
| 1916 | The White Rosette | Sir Errol / Thomas Eric | Film | 7.0 | 32 |
| 1916 | The Fighting Heiress | Terry | Film | 8.0 | 32 |
| 1916 | The Girl from Frisco | Terry | Film | — | 32 |
| 1915 | The Mender | The Man | Film | — | 31 |