Buck Taylor

Buck Taylor (born Walter Clarence Taylor III, May 13, 1938) is an American actor and artist, best known for his roles as gunsmith-turned-deputy Newly O'Brien in the CBS television series Gunsmoke, and as Emmett Walsh on Yellowstone.

Early life and career Taylor is the son of character actor Dub Taylor, from whom Buck reportedly acquired his nickname simply because, having clocked in at a hefty nine pounds at birth, he "looked like a big buck." He served two years in the United States Navy.

His first important acting role was as Trooper Shattuck in the 1961 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre episode "Image of a Drawn Sword". His other early roles were in a 1964 episode of The Outer Limits entitled "Don't Open Till Doomsday", and as John Bradford (Brad) in four episodes of the 1966 ABC Western series The Monroes.

Gunsmoke From 1967 to 1975, Taylor played Newly O'Brien in the television series Gunsmoke. He replaced deputy marshal Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood, played by Roger Ewing, after Ewing left the show. The character came to Dodge City as a gunsmith, and later became a deputy marshal. He reprised his role in the 1987 television movie Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge, where he played the city's marshal. With the death of Roger Ewing, who played Deputy Marshal Clayton Thaddeus Greenwood at 83, Buck Taylor is the last survivor of the main cast of Gunsmoke.

In 1981, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum inducted Taylor into the Cowboy Hall of Fame, and awarded him the Trustee Award for his performance on Gunsmoke.

Artwork Taylor attended the Chouinard Art Institute, and has been selling his watercolor and acrylic paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, and horses since 1993. He is the official artist for many rodeos and state fairs, and creates their promotional posters.

Filmography Film

1966 - The Wild Angels as Dear John 1976 - Pony Express Rider as Bovey Kingman 1978 - Beartooth 1981 - The Legend of the Lone Ranger as Robert Edward Gattlin 1981 - Cattle Annie and Little Britches as Dyamite Dick 1983 - Triumphs of a Man Called Horse as Sgt. Bridger 1984 - No Man's Land as Feeny 1987 - The Alamo: 13 Days to Glory as Buck Smith 1990 - Big Bad John as Bob Simmons 1991 - Conagher as Tile Coker 1993 - Gettysburg as Colonel William Gamble 1993 - Tombstone as John "Turkey Creek Jack" Johnson 1998 - Hard Time as Capt. Adam Gunther 2003 - Gods and Generals as General Maxcy Gregg 2005 - Truce as Harry Dodds 2006 - Flicka as Wagner 2007 - The Mist as Ambrose Cornell 2011 - Cowboys & Aliens as Wes Claibourne 2017 - The Road to Valhalla as Union Veteran 2016 - Indiscretion as Abe 2016 - Hell or High Water as Old Man 2019 - Trading Paint as Ben 2025 - Sod & Stubble as John C. Haag

Television