Buck Taylor
Acting
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Acting Credits
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 o...
Known For
Filmography
Sod and Stubble
2025
Buffalo Daze
2025
Two Sinners and a Mule
2023
as Sheriff Cleetus
The Contested Plains
2022
as Rufus Brown
Trading Paint
2019
as Ben
Yellowstone
2018
as Emmett Walsh
Hell or High Water
2016
as Old Man
Indiscretion
2016
as Abe
Bender
2016
as Sheriff J.E. Stone
Canyon Trail
2015
as Marshal Trevor Cooper
Rodeo and Juliet
2015
as Judge Lawrence
Rectify
2013
as Zeke
The Legend of Hell's Gate: An American Conspiracy
2011
as Pete Snyder
Cowboys & Aliens
2011
as Wes Claiborne
When Darkness Came: The Making of 'The Mist'
2008
as Self
Comanche Moon
2008
as Ben Lily
The Mist
2007
as Ambrose Cornell
Flicka
2006
as Wagner
The Wendell Baker Story
2005
as Bob Draper
Miracle at Sage Creek
2005
as Buckskin Charlie
Hell to Pay
2005
as Dr. Adam Galen
Truce
2005
as Harry Dodds
The Trail to Hope Rose
2004
as Parson Brown
Gods and Generals
2003
as Gen. Maxcy Gregg
Jericho
2000
as Pap Doolin
Comanche
2000
as Capt. Myles Keogh
The Making of Comanche
2000
as Self
The Soul Collector
1999
as Charlie
Wild Wild West
1999
as Cross-Eyed Reb
Hard Time
1998
as Capt. Adam Gunther
Dallas: J.R. Returns
1996
as Steve Grisham
Gettysburg
1993
as Col. William Gamble
Tombstone
1993
as Turkey Creek Jack Johnson
Payback
1991
as Nick
Conagher
1991
Big Bad John
1990
as Bob Simmons
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
as Wes Porter
Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge
1987
as Newly
Timestalkers
1987
as Shaving Cowboy
The Alamo: Thirteen Days to Glory
1987
as Buck Smith
Proud Men
1987
as Homer
Louis L'Amour's Down the Long Hills
1986
as Grey
T.J. Hooker: Blood Sport
1986
as Off. Phillips
Wild Horses
1985
as Cowboy
Crazy like a Fox
1984
as Blake
Triumphs of a Man Called Horse
1983
as Sgt. Bridges
Dangerous Company
1982
as Petrie
T. J. Hooker
1982
as Sam Rand
Matt Houston
1982
as Renfield
Cattle Annie and Little Britches
1981
as Dynamite Dick
Louis L'Amour's The Cherokee Trail
1981
as Laird
The Legend of the Lone Ranger
1981
as Robert Edward Gattlin
Wild Times
1980
as McBride
The Sacketts
1979
as Reed Carney
Knots Landing
1979
as Fred Morgan
Beartooth
1978
Standing Tall
1978
as George Fewster
Kate Bliss and the Ticker Tape Kid
1978
as Joe
Doc Hooker's Bunch
1978
as Mike Lassiter
Pony Express Rider
1976
as Bovey Kingman
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
1967
as Poolside Interviewer 2 (uncredited)
Devil's Angels
1967
as Gage
The Wild Angels
1966
as Dear John
And Now Miguel
1966
as Gabriel
Johnny Shiloh
1965
as Josh
Ensign Pulver
1964
as Mannion (uncredited)
The Outer Limits
1963
as Gard Hayden
The Fugitive
1963
as Jamie
My Favorite Martian
1963
as Bruce Baker
Stoney Burke
1962
as Mule
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962
as Dancer Smith
The Virginian
1962
as Lem Bliss
My Three Sons
1960
as Howard Sears
The Rebel
1959
as Gunman
Wagon Train
1957
as Skeeter Ames
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Eddie
Gunsmoke
1955
as Leonard Parker
Gunsmoke
1955
as Newly O'Brian
Gunsmoke
1955
as Newly
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Josh