{{Short description|American actor (1888–1961)}} {{Use American English|date=July 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Ferris Taylor | image = Ferris Taylor in The Zero Hour (1939).jpg | caption = Ferris Taylor in ''The Zero Hour'' (1939) | birth_name = Robert Ferris Taylor | birth_date = {{Birth date|1888|03|25|mf=yes}} | birth_place = Henrietta, Texas, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|mf=yes|1961|03|07|1888|03|25}} | death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S. | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|vaudeville performer}} | years_active = 1933–1958 }}
'''Robert{{Citation needed |date=July 2022}} Ferris Taylor''' (March 25, 1888 – March 7, 1961)<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ellenberger|first1=Allan R.|title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory|date=2001|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786409839|page=208|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&q=%22Ferris+Taylor%22+actor&pg=PA208|access-date=28 April 2017|language=en}}</ref> was an American film actor and vaudeville performer.
==Biography== Taylor owned a vaudeville company, the Taylor Players.<ref name=isj/> Besides his acting, Taylor sometimes sang in vaudeville programs. A 1922 newspaper article noted, "he possesses a deep baritone-basso voice".<ref>{{cite news |title=Taylor players coming to Ephraim Tuesday Nov. 21 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48047051/ferris-taylor/ |access-date=April 5, 2020 |work=The Ephraim Enterprise |date=November 17, 1922 |location=Utah, Ephraim |page=8|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> The group included his brother, Glen H. Taylor, who later became a U.S. senator from Idaho.<ref name="isj">{{cite news |title=Pocatello Vaudeviller, 81, Recalls Memories of Stage Antics |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48030893/idaho-state-journal/ |access-date=April 5, 2020 |work=Idaho State Journal |date=March 27, 1977 |location=Idaho, Pocatello |page=34|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref>
In 1930, Taylor went to Hollywood, gaining a few appearances in films in bit parts and as an extra.<ref>{{cite news |title=Screen life in Hollywood |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/48047426/ferris-taylor/ |access-date=April 5, 2020 |work=The Sandusky Register |date=June 23, 1937 |location=Ohio, Sandusky |page=6|via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> He eventually appeared in more than 120 films between 1933 and 1958. He also made guest appearances on ''The Cisco Kid'' starring Duncan Renaldo and Leo Carrillo in the early 1950s.
He died in Hollywood, California from a heart attack.{{Citation needed |date=July 2022}} <!-- Deleted image removed: thumb|right|Ferris Taylor in The Wrong Road c.1937 --> ==Partial filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''Mr. Dodd Takes the Air'' (1937) * ''Luck of Roaring Camp'' (1937) * ''He Couldn't Say No'' (1938) * ''Santa Fe Stampede'' (1938) * ''Man of Conquest'' (1939) * ''Chip of the Flying U'' (1939) * ''The Zero Hour'' (1939) * ''Dark Command'' (1940) * ''Ladies Must Live'' (1940) * ''Ridin' on a Rainbow'' (1941) * ''A Man Betrayed'' (1941) * ''Hello, Annapolis'' (1942) * ''A Man's World'' (1942) * ''Black Arrow'' (1944) * ''The Town Went Wild'' (1944) * ''Bringing Up Father'' (1946) * ''Curley'' (1947) * ''The Prince of Peace'' (1948) * ''Tricky Dicks'' (1953) {{Div col end}}
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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IMDb name|id=0852362|name=Ferris Taylor}} *{{Find a Grave|11843636}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Ferris}} Category:1888 births Category:1961 deaths Category:American male film actors Category:People from Henrietta, Texas Category:20th-century American male actors Category:American vaudeville performers