Kent Taylor

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Kent Taylor May 11 1907 April 11 1987 was an American actor Born Louis William Weiss in Nashua Iowa Taylor appeared in more than 110 films the bulk of them Bmovies in the 1930s and 1940s although he also had roles in more prestigious studio releases including Im No Angel 1933 Death Takes a Holiday 1934 Payment on Demand 1951 and Track the Man Down 1955 In the 1950s with his movie career on the decline and television production on the upswing he played the title role in 58 episodes of the detective series Boston Blackie and the lead in 39 episodes of ABCs The Rough Riders 19581959 Other small screen credits include My Little Margie Tales of Wells Fargo Zorro Bat Masterson Peter Gunn and Hawaiian Eye The last years of his career were spent in slasher and horror films with titles like Satans Sadists Blood of Ghastly Horror I Spit on Your Corpse and Hells Bloody Devils Taylor is interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles California Description above from the Wikipedia article Kent Taylor licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia