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