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Victor "Vic" 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 long-running CBS-TV sitcom series Alice (1976–1985), for which he won two consecutive Golden Globes. A lifetime member of the Actors Studio,[1] Tayback was a familiar face on television ...
Vic Tayback played Mel Sharples, the lovable yet often temperamental boss of the diner. He often throws insults to his waitresses: he frequently calls Vera "dingy", is always there to comment on Flo or Belle's promiscuity, and Jolene's down-home style.
Vic Tayback played three characters in three seasons of Bewitched (1965-1971).. Biography []. Vic Tayback was an American actor and writer. He is best remembered as the diner owner 'Mel Sharples' in the 1974 film "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore" and in the CBS television sitcom "Alice" that ran from August 1976 until March 1985, the latter for which he received two Golden Globe Awards and an ...
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Dec 12, 2019 · "Alice" cast from left to right: Polly Holliday as "Flo" Florence Jean Castleberry; Vic Tayback as diner owner Mel Sharples; Philip McKeon as Alice's son Tommy; Linda Lavin as Alice Hyatt; and ...
The New Man: Directed by Frank De Palma. With Vic Tayback, Chris Hebert, Kelly Jean Peters, Paul Jenkins. A reformed alcoholic is visited by his young son Jerry; but he doesn't have a son called Jerry.
There, Tayback would spend the rest of his life and career as an actor. For almost the first 20 years of his career Tayback managed to land only one-off appearances on TV shows like "Mission: Impossible" and "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." and a few roles in feature films. In 1974 Martin Scorsese cast him as restaurant owner Mel Sharples in "Alice ...
