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.
Known for
Columbo
Sam Franklin
The Love Boat
Harry Stewart
The Love Boat
Harry Beluski
Star Trek
Jojo Krako
MacGyver
George Henderson
Murder, She Wrote
Sal Domino
Bewitched
Mayor's Chauffeur
Hawaii Five-O
Parmel
Hawaii Five-O
Martin Lynch
Ironside
Emergency!
Driver
Rawhide
Monte
Barney Miller
Mr. Stavochek
Mannix
I Dream of Jeannie
Turhan
Get Smart
Hotel
Mission: Impossible
Egan's Goon
Mission: Impossible
Sgt. Gorte
Alice
Mel Sharples
All in the Family
Joe Tucker
Daniel Boone
American Soldier
Daniel Boone
Hongas Hongas - Huron Indian Chief
Matt Houston
Medical Center
McCloud
Cannon
Gunsmoke
Gaines
Gunsmoke
Rawlins
Gunsmoke
Dirks
Gunsmoke
Bill Hankins
Felony Squad
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Man Talking to Cab Driver
The F.B.I.
Ed Larch
The F.B.I.
Neil Parks
Switch
Ralph Kabelka
T. J. Hooker
Pete Benedict
Tales from the Darkside
Tippy Ryan
Tales from the Darkside
Alan Coombs
The Monkees
George
The Monkees
Rocco
The Monkees
Chuche
Family Affair
The Rookies
That Girl
The Streets of San Francisco
Vega$
Papillon
Sergeant
Crazy like a Fox
Mo Scmidt
CHiPs
CHiPs
Vic Tayback (uncredited)
The Choirboys
Zoony
Land of the Giants
Hood
F Troop
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Mario Pinski
Lancer
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Sergeant
Emperor of the North
Yardman
Cimarron Strip
The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Bernie
The Mod Squad
Bronk
Police Story
Bullitt
Pete Ross
The Outsider
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Carface (voice)
Partners in Crime
Surftide 77
Arms Cooper
Finder of Lost Loves
Thomas Velasco
Mysterious Two
Ted Randall
The Gambler
One
The Big Bus
Goldie
The Don Is Dead
Ralph Negri
Mansion of the Doomed
Detective Simon
Report to the Commissioner
Lt. Seidensticker
Gambit
Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
Loverboy
Harry Bruckner
The Black Bird
Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
The Three Kings
Harold
Gridlock
Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski
The Alpha Caper
Policeman
Getting Married
Burt Carboni
Little Ladies of the Night
Finch
The Blue Knight
Neil Grogan
The Bill Cosby Show
Calvin
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Mel
Horseplayer
George Samsa
My World and Welcome to It
The Underachievers
Coach
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Detective Merchant (uncredited)
$weepstake$
Sir Yarbrough
The Cheap Detective
Lieutenant DiMaggio
Occasional Wife
The Practice
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Blood and Lace
Calvin Carruthers
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
The Bad Guys
Love on a Rooftop
Weekend Warriors
Sgt. Burdge
Portrait of a Stripper
Harry Parkins
Gangster Story
Norm (uncredited)
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
Lou
Captain Nice
Lepke
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
Rage!
Tommy
They Call It Murder
Jeff Poland
Criminal Act
The Exterminator (Greengrass)
The Silent Force
Capt. Al Grant
Khan!
Reel Horror
Smedke (archive footage)
Dark Victory
Archie
Love with the Proper Stranger
Cye (uncredited)
Griff
Time Express
The Night the City Screamed
Morris Brustein
Through the Magic Pyramid
Horembeb
Death Follows a Psycho
The Jesse Owens Story
Abe Saperstein
Five Minutes to Live
Fred Dorella
Treasure Island
Silver
On the Rocks
Special Delivery
Wyatt
The Shaggy D.A.
Eddie Roschak
No Deposit, No Return
Big Joe Adamo
The New Man
Alan Coombs
This Year's Blonde
Harry Cohn
Honor Thy Father
Don A. Tirello
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Capt. Barney Marcus
T-Bird Gang
Policeman
Maxie
Smedke
The Mike Douglas Show
Self