Samuel Lawrence "Larry" Taylor (born June 26, 1942) is an American bass guitarist, best known for his work as a member of Canned Heat from 1967. Before joining Canned Heat he had been a session bassist for The Monkees and Jerry Lee Lewis. He is the younger brother of Mel Taylor, long-time drummer for The Ventures.
Swarthy, gap-toothed British character actor, a familiar villain in British Films and TV in the 1960s and 1970s; sometimes even played Arabs and Mexicans.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Swappers
1970
Leonard
One More Time
1970
Man In pub (uncredited)
My Partner the Ghost
1970
TV Series
Man in Phone Booth
Department S
1969
TV Series
Thug / Mexican Man / French Driver
The Best House in London
1969
Toff (uncredited)
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
Thug
The Avengers
1969
TV Series
Freeman
The Saint
1963-1969
TV Series
Ashok / Man at Airport / Mustafa / ...
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
Lieutenant
Carry On... Up the Khyber
1968
Burpa at Door-Grid (uncredited)
Man in a Suitcase
1968
TV Series
Rudnik's Henchman / Getulio
The Prisoner
1967-1968
TV Series
Mexican Sam / Gypsy Man
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968
Thug in Daydream (uncredited)
Carry On... Follow That Camel
1967
Riff
The Magnificent Two
1967
Paco
Kaleidoscope
1966
Dominion Chauffeur
Arabesque
1966
Beshraavi's Henchman (uncredited)
The Baron
1966
TV Series
Yasugi
Judith
1966
The Intelligence Men
1965
Stagehand (uncredited)
McGuire, Go Home!
1965
Minor Role (uncredited)
Secret Agent
1965
TV Series
Henri
Young Cassidy
1965
2nd Theatre Thug (uncredited)
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
1964
Swordsman (uncredited)
King & Country
1964
Sergeant Major
Espionage
1964
TV Series
Soldier
Zulu
1964
Hughes
The Man Who Finally Died
1963
Ernst (uncredited)
Cleopatra
1963
Roman Officer (uncredited)
The Girl Hunters
1963
The Dragon
That Kind of Girl
1963
On the Beat
1962
O'Flynn's Henchman (uncredited)
In Search of the Castaways
1962
Ayerton Hijacker One (uncredited)
Nudes of All Nations
1962
Villager (uncredited)
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre
1961-1962
TV Series
Reilly
Richard the Lionheart
1962
TV Series
Sir Francis Drake
1962
TV Series
Twisted Face
K.I.L. 1
1962
Crosstrap
1962
Peron
Time to Remember
1962
Gamble for a Throne
1961
TV Series
Roundhead Trooper
Never Back Losers
1961
Reilly
Information Received
1961
Darnell
The Long Shadow
1961
Heinz
The Singer Not the Song
1961
Gang Member (uncredited)
Swiss Family Robinson
1960
Pirate
Concrete Jungle
1960
Charles
Rendezvous
1960
TV Series
Giorgio Abato
Playgirl After Dark
1960
Mouth
And the Same to You
1960
Chappy Tuck
Two Way Stretch
1960
Rockingham Quarry Prison Warder (uncredited)
The Professionals
1960
Cairns
The Shakedown
1960
2nd Thug (as Laurence Taylor)
The Invisible Man
1959
TV Series
Hassan Malia
The Bandit of Zhobe
1959
Ahmed
Armchair Theatre
1959
TV Series
Antoine
First Man Into Space
1959
Shore Patrolman - Taylor (as Laurence Taylor)
The Man Who Liked Funerals
1959
Maxie (as Laurence Taylor)
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw
1958
The Gun Guard
The Gun Runners
1958
uncredited
A Night to Remember
1958
Seaman (uncredited)
Wonderful Things!
1958
Time Is the Enemy
1958
TV Series
Hodge (as Laurence Taylor)
The Gypsy and the Gentleman
1958
Cropped Harry (as Laurence Taylor)
Robbery Under Arms
1957
Burke, new rustler (as Laurence Taylor)
Sheep's Clothing
1957
TV Series
Various Roles
Kill Me Tomorrow
1957
Carson (uncredited)
You Pay Your Money
1957
2nd. Thug
Sword of Freedom
1957
TV Series
Captain
Breakaway
1956
Second Kidnapper
Port Afrique
1956
First Arab
Nom-de-Plume
1956
TV Series
Tomas
Alexander the Great
1956
Perdiccas
Tales from Soho
1956
TV Series
Clemmo
Jane Eyre
1956
TV Series
Operation Conspiracy
1956
Sgt. Blake
ITV Play of the Week
1955
TV Series
Paid to Kill
1954
Tough in Bar (uncredited)
Johnny on the Spot
1954
Take a Powder
1953
Spike
Johnny on the Run
1953
Bert (uncredited)
Sea Devils
1953
Blasquito (as Laurie Taylor)
White Fire
1953
Sam (as Laurie Taylor)
The Gambler and the Lady
1952
Shadow (uncredited)
Scotland Yard Inspector
1952
Minor Role (uncredited)
Dead on Course
1952
O'Gorman, henchman (uncredited)
Drawing-Room Detective
1950
TV Movie
Diamond City
1949
Digger (uncredited)
Dick Barton Strikes Back
1949
Nick (as Laurie Taylor)
Cardboard Cavalier
1949
Rider (uncredited)
The Glass Mountain
1949
Sleeping Man (uncredited)
The Captive Heart
1946
Sergeant (uncredited)
The Mangler
1995
Sheriff Hughes
Burndown
1990
Chuck
Desperado: The Outlaw Wars
1989
TV Movie uncredited
Out on Bail
1989
Judge Creighton
Gor II
1988
Marlenus
Skeleton Coast
1988
Robbins
Lethal Woman
1988
General Grant
An African Dream
1987
Arthur Sharp
Gor
1987
King Marlenus
Die Mannheim-Sage
1986
TV Series
Dr. Peter Ramsay (1986)
The American Connection
1985
TV Movie
Johnson
Go for the Gold
1984
Desk clerk
Stoney: The One and Only
1984
Fight announcer
The Riverman
1983
TV Mini-Series
Detective (1983)
Prisoners of the Lost Universe
1983
Vosk
Pour tout l'or du Transvaal
1979
TV Mini-Series
Commander
Zulu Dawn
1979
Grenadier (uncredited)
Slavers
1978
Captain George Williams
Mister Deathman
1977
Vlees / Vlees' Twin
Golden Rendezvous
1977
Attacker
My Way II
1977
One Away
1976
Foreman
De Wet's Spoor
1975
Troop Sgt. Phillips
Carry on Dick
1974
Tough man
S*P*Y*S
1974
Lippet's Bodyguard
Thriller
1973
TV Series
Sagar
And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973
Bearded drunk
The Creeping Flesh
1973
1st Warder
The Death Wheelers
1973
Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Get Charlie Tully
1972
Hood
Lady Caroline Lamb
1972
Man at Bare Knuckle Fight (uncredited)
Nobody Ordered Love
1972
Camera operator
The Adventurer
1972
TV Series
Angelo
Jason King
1971
TV Series
Luigi
The Last Valley
1971
Garnak
UFO
1971
TV Series
1st Mexican Bandit
This, That and the Other!
1970
Policeman
Stunts
Title
Year
Status
Character
Zulu Dawn
1979
stunts - uncredited
Shout at the Devil
1976
stunt double: Lee Marvin - uncredited / stunts - uncredited