Rip Taylor
Biography
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Charles Elmer "Rip" Taylor Jr. (January 13, 1931 – October 6, 2019) was an American actor and comedian, known for his exuberance and flamboyant personality, including his wild moustache, toupee, and his habit of showering himself (and others) with confetti.
Throughout the 1970s, Taylor was a frequent celebrity guest panelist on TV game shows such as Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth, and The Gong Show, and substituted for Charles Nelson Reilly on The Match Game. He became a regular on Sid and Marty Krofft's Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, playing Sheldon, a sea-genie who lived in a conch shell. In addition, Taylor was also a regular on The Brady Bunch Hour, playing a role of neighbor/performer Jack Merrill. He also hosted a short-lived send-up of beauty pageants titled The $1.98 Beauty Show, created by Gong Show producer/host Chuck Barris, in 1978.
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Full filmography
- Raw (1993) as Rip Taylor
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- Saturday Night Live (1975) as Self (uncredited)
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self
- The Mike Douglas Show (1961) as Self - Co-Host
- Will & Grace (1998) as Rip Taylor
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014) as Self
- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- Late Night with David Letterman (1982) as Self
- Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997) as Elmo P. Middleton (segment "The Man in the Model T")
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (2005) as Leo
- What's New, Scooby-Doo? (2002) as Mr. Wackypants (voice)
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- The Monkees (1966) as Manager
- The Monkees (1966) as Glick
- Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) as Celeb #1
- The Emperor's New School (2006) as The Royal Record Keeper (voice)
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) as Self
- The Naked Truth (1995) as Papa Jack Judkins
- Vicki! (1992) as Self
- Vicki! (1992) as Self - Guest
- George Lopez (2002) as Rip Taylor
- The Dean Martin Show (1965)
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (2005) as Horrifying Monster (voice)