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Buck Taylor

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1938-05-13 (Age: 88)

Place of Birth

Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

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.

Filmography (57)

⭐ 5.0 Role: Unknown

Buffalo Daze

2025
⭐ 5.5 Role: Unknown

Sod and Stubble

2025
⭐ 6.4 Role: Sheriff Cleetus

Two Sinners and a Mule

2023
⭐ 0 Role: Rufus Brown

The Contested Plains

2022
⭐ 5.4 Role: Ben

Trading Paint

2019
⭐ 4.6 Role: Sheriff J.E. Stone

Bender

2016
⭐ 7.3 Role: Old Man

Hell or High Water

2016
⭐ 4.3 Role: Abe

Indiscretion

2016
⭐ 1.0 Role: Marshal Trevor Cooper

Canyon Trail

2015
⭐ 5.1 Role: Judge Lawrence

Rodeo and Juliet

2015
⭐ 5.7 Role: Wes Claiborne

Cowboys & Aliens

2011
⭐ 4.5 Role: Pete Snyder

The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy

2011
⭐ 8.2 Role: Self

When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'

2008
⭐ 6.9 Role: Ambrose Cornell

The Mist

2007
⭐ 6.9 Role: Wagner

Flicka

2006