Rip Taylor
22 movies · 24 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 13, 1931
- Died
- Oct 6, 2019 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- Also known as
- Charles Elmer Taylor Jr. · Charles Elmer 'Rip' Taylor Jr. · The Crying Comedian · Prince of Pandemonium
Biography
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Charles Elmer "Rip" Taylor Jr. (January 13, 1931 – October 6, 2019) was an American actor and comedian, known for his exuberance and flamboyant personality, including his wild moustache, toupee, and his habit of showering himself (and others) with confetti.
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Throughout the 1970s, Taylor was a frequent celebrity guest panelist on TV game shows such as Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth, and The Gong Show, and substituted for Charles Nelson Reilly on The Match Game. He became a regular on Sid and Marty Krofft's Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, playing Sheldon, a sea-genie who lived in a conch shell. In addition, Taylor was also a regular on The Brady Bunch Hour, playing a role of neighbor/performer Jack Merrill. He also hosted a short-lived send-up of beauty pageants titled The $1.98 Beauty Show, created by Gong Show producer/host Chuck Barris, in 1978.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 6.8 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
1992 · Film
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★ 6.4 Indecent Proposal
1993 · Film
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★ 6.7 DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
1990 · Film
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★ 7.6 The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
2005 · TV
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★ 7.8 What's New, Scooby-Doo?
2002 · TV
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★ 6.3 Tom and Jerry: The Movie
1992 · Film
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★ 6.9 Will & Grace
1998 · TV
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★ 7.3 Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
2003 · Film
Rip Taylor: movies and TV shows
Acting (46)
- 2012 Silent but Deadly
as Norman
- 2006
- 2005
- 2005 Lost Reality 2
as (uncredited)
- 2005
- 2005
- 2004 Lost Reality
as (uncredited)
- 2003 Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
as Mr. Smiley / Ghost of Señor Otero (voice)
- 2003
- 2003 Alex & Emma
as Polina's Farther
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 2002
- 1998
- 1996
- 1995
- 1995
- 1995 Virtual Combat
as Pitchman
- 1995 Private Obsession
as Mr. 'T'
- 1994 The Silence of the Hams
as Mr. Laurel
- 1993
- 1993 Indecent Proposal
as Mr. Langford
- 1992 Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
as Celeb #1
- 1992 Tom and Jerry: The Movie
as Captain Kiddie (voice)
- 1992
- 1992
- 1990 DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
as Genie (voice)
- 1989
- 1987 Amazon Women on the Moon
as Rip Taylor (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
- 1987
- 1984
- 1982 Things Are Tough All Over
as Rip Taylor
- 1980 The Gong Show Movie
as Raoul the Maitre D'
- 1980 The Gossip Columnist
as Rip Taylor
- 1979 Scooby Goes Hollywood
as C.J. (voice)
- 1977
- 1977 The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington
as Photographer
- 1977 Chatterbox!
as Mr. Jo
- 1977
- 1976
- 1973
- 1969
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964 I'd Rather Be Rich
as Airline Ticket Agent
Talk shows and appearances (30)
- 2014 Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
1 episode
- 2013
- 2010
- 2006
- 2005
- 2004 Dead Famous
1 episode
- 2004
- 2002
- 1997 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1 episode
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1 episode
- 1995 MADtv
1 episode
- 1993
- 1993 Raw
1 episode
- 1992 Vicki!
2 episodes
- 1984
- 1984
- 1983
- 1982 Madame's Place
1 episode
- 1982 Late Night with David Letterman
1 episode
- 1980
- 1978 The $1.98 Beauty Show
1 episode
- 1976 Donny & Marie
1 episode
- 1975 Saturday Night Live
2 episodes
- 1969
- 1968 The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
12 episodes
- 1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
2 episodes
- 1962 The Merv Griffin Show
8 episodes
- 1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
8 episodes
- 1961 The Mike Douglas Show
7 episodes
- 1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
4 episodes