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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 B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s, although he also had roles in more prestigious studio releases, including I'm 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 ABC's The Rough Riders (1958–1959). 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 Satan's Sadists, Blood of Ghastly Horror, I Spit on Your Corpse, and Hell's Bloody Devils.
Taylor is interred at the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.
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Total trailers found: 110
28 June 1946
A favor for an old friend leads a Los Angeles gambler (Kent Taylor) into a dangerous search for a missing document.
17 November 1936
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die.
01 April 1957
Frontier peacekeeper Sheriff Galt faces a crisis of conscience in The Iron Sheriff. In the aftermath of a robbery-murder, Galt follows the trail of evidence directly to his own son, Benjie.
30 March 1934
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer.
27 October 1939
A New York City newspaper is sued for libel after reporting the wrong verdict in a murder trial.
25 September 1936
Half-Indian girl brought up in a wealthy household is loved by the son of the house against his family's wishes and loves another Indian employed by the household.
24 June 1932
A woman whose husband never came home from World War I finds herself in love with her doctor. She travels with him to Switzerland, and as they check into the hotel there, she is astounded to see her supposedly dead husband.
29 February 1956
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen.
03 June 1944
Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story).
11 December 1934
Fresh from Chinatown in New York, Harry Young has taken over the illegal import business in the seamy Limehouse district of London, where he cold-bloodedly disposes of rivals and runs a smoky nightclub.
06 June 1946
In Tangier, disgraced American war correspondent Paul Kenyon, café dancer Rita and local entrepreneur Pepe join forces to battle a Nazi diamond smuggler.
03 March 1933
A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.
06 May 1933
The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual violence, and plunged into a criminal underworld that threatens to swallow her up completely.
12 February 1974
The internationally famous Worldwide Studios has hit hard times and is forced to sell its Hollywood backlot to property developers.
01 July 1958
A Los Angeles teacher becomes a mob target when he agrees to be a star witness in a gangland murder case.
01 February 1946
An attorney enraged over the prosecution of two innocent people goes on a killing spree.
21 April 1954
If you remember Shelley Winters from "The Poseidon Adventure" or "Bloody Mama," you might tend to forget what a knockout she was early in her career.
23 March 1932
Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist her advances.
18 November 1944
A man who has been framed on a murder charge is placed in the custody of a crooked U.S. marshal, who is secretly running a murderous claim-jumping gang.
13 May 1964
A former gunfighter, now a circuit court judge, faces his father's killer in a small post-Civil War Kansas town.
01 August 1971
Amir, the benevolent ruler of Kalid, is dying, but there is hope. Freshly deceased, he is flown to the United States where Dr.
12 March 1950
A crime ring is smuggling gold from Mexico across the border in the US. The Customs Service sends an agent to Mexico to try to infiltrate the ring and stop the smuggling.
28 October 1934
The Wiggs family plan to celebrate Thanksgiving in their rundown shack with leftover stew, without Mr.
18 September 1942
A murder occurs on a train bound for Shanghai during World War II.
02 July 1947
Larry Morgan, a private detective, is hired by a woman who wants Larry to trail her husband. The husband is murdered and, shortly afterwards, the wife is also killed.
23 June 1939
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off course.
03 February 1951
David gives his wife, Joyce, an unexpected—and unpleasant—surprise when he suddenly demands a divorce.
17 April 1931
A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
01 September 1960
To keep peace, an Army captain (Willard Parker) hunts for an outlaw-gang leader (Kent Taylor) who is raiding Indians.
01 March 1946
A young bride tries to rebuild her life after she learns her husband has been killed in the war.
25 September 1931
Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's.
28 May 1970
Bikers, Nazis, Mafiosi, and the FBI all clash in this wild and wooly exploitation picture from director Al Adamson.
02 June 1939
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
13 June 1942
Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
10 November 1955
An American is visiting Britain and finds himself in possession of a briefcase full of secret documents that the spies of many different countries seem determined to get.
22 May 1932
A framework story serves as context for a retelling of the Exodus story and, most importantly, a recycling of footage from the silent version of The Ten Commandments.
27 November 1946
Eight strangers meet in Shanghai to stake claims to the fortune of a late shipping magnate, then must evade a murderer in their midst.
02 December 1932
When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police.
10 April 1950
An agent searches for a psychopath guilty of robbery and murder, and falls in love with a murder victim's sister.
14 February 1963
Martians replace scientist & his family to pave way for invasion.
01 October 1974
A team of girls go on a killing spree across the country.
17 April 1941
An elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away.
03 October 1935
A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a drinking problem.
06 June 1955
A newspaper reporter finds himself drawn into the aftermath of a racetrack robbery.
17 September 1932
Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow. Elna who suffers from neurasthenia, believes that Trudie is having an affair with her husband, John, and vows revenge on Trudie.
31 March 1962
A cowboy rides into a small town that is ruled with an iron fist by a corrupt sheriff. He becomes involved with a pretty young town girl and some residents who are trying to oust the sheriff, resulting in a robbery, a murder and his being pursued by a vengeful posse.
20 September 1940
Hollywood stuntman falls in love with a big name actress but still wants to pursue his risky career. The women gives him a choice-the stunts or her.
29 May 1968
Americans investigating the results of nuclear radiation discover a man-eating monster on a remote island.
16 January 1938
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fiancé and persuades him to confess and clear the innocent man on trial.
02 February 1940
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
19 April 1940
Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger sister Pat.
04 May 1934
A domineering money-bags' suppressed incestuous urges go into overdrive when her half-brother brings a new bride home to the family’s gloomy Fifth Avenue mansion.
10 June 1932
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
13 March 1942
Lil becomes a dealer in a gambling casino in order to get the information she needs to clear her father of a murder charge.
18 July 1947
Jewel thieves battle investigators.
01 January 1939
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career.
04 December 1942
Drama about military doctors and nurses during wartime.
27 June 1937
A radio contest brings together a woman renting a bungalow, and her squatter. Version of Hi, Beautiful! (1944), both from the story "Be It Ever So Humble," by Eleanore Griffin and William Rankin.
16 May 1937
A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.
01 March 1956
A stage headed West with a group of passengers is attacked by Cheyenne Indians, and takes refuge in a nearby ghost town.
