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Taylor's first acting role was as Trooper Shattuck in the 1961 episode "Image of a Drawn Sword" on CBS's ''Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.'' He appeared on the sitcoms ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' and ''My Favorite Martian.'' He was cast twice in the 1963-1964 ABC series ''The Greatest Show on Earth,'' starring Jack Palance. He portrayed Mickey Vecchione in the 1963 episode "My Son the Social Worker" on the television version of ''Going My Way.''​

Taylor's first acting role was as Trooper Shattuck in the 1961 episode "Image of a Drawn Sword" on CBS's ''Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater.'' He appeared on the sitcoms ''The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet'' and ''My Favorite Martian.'' He was cast twice in the 1963-1964 ABC series ''The Greatest Show on Earth,'' starring Jack Palance. He portrayed Mickey Vecchione in the 1963 episode "My Son the Social Worker" on the television version of ''Going My Way.''​

Taylor co-starred in the [[Walt Disney]] production, ''Johnny Shiloh,'' the first of more than fifty films. He was then cast in an uncredited role in ''Ensign Pulver'' (1964) and in ''The Wild Angels'' (1966), as a [[motorcycle]] gang member. He guest starred on ''Have Gun - Will Travel'', ''The Rebel'', and three times on ''Stoney Burke.'' starring Jack Lord. He was cast on ''The Fugitive" and "The Legend of Jesse James]].'' He appeared as well on 'The Virginian.''. He also appeared as frustrated newlywed Gard Hayden in ''[[The Outer Limits]]'' in the 1964 episode titled "Don't Open Till Doomsday".​

Taylor co-starred in the [[Walt Disney]] production, ''Johnny Shiloh,'' the first of more than fifty films. He was then cast in an uncredited role in ''Ensign Pulver'' (1964) and in ''The Wild Angels'' (1966), as a [[motorcycle]] gang member. He guest starred on ''Have Gun - Will Travel'', ''The Rebel'', and three times on ''Stoney Burke.'' starring Jack Lord. He was cast on ''The Fugitive" and "The Legend of Jesse James]].'' He appeared as well on 'The Virginian.''. He also appeared as frustrated newlywed Gard Hayden in ''The Outer Limits'' in the 1964 episode titled "Don't Open Till Doomsday".​

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Taylor's long-term role on ''Gunsmoke'' was not his first role in a weekly series. In the preceding 1966–1967 season, he starred in ten episodes as John "Brad" Bradford, along with Michael Anderson, Jr., and Barbara Hershey]in ABC's ''The Monroes,'' the story of an orphaned family trying to survive in the [[Wyoming]] wilderness.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060011/fullcredits#cast "The Monroes" (1966) – Full cast and crew]. imdb.com</ref>​

Taylor's long-term role on ''Gunsmoke'' was not his first role in a weekly series. In the preceding 1966–1967 season, he starred in ten episodes as John "Brad" Bradford, along with Michael Anderson, Jr., and Barbara Hershey]in ABC's ''The Monroes,'' the story of an orphaned family trying to survive in the [[Wyoming]] wilderness.<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060011/fullcredits#cast "The Monroes" (1966) – Full cast and crew]. imdb.com</ref>

 

''Gunsmoke'' introduced Taylor on a weekly basis to millions of viewers. Dub Taylor also guest-starred numerous times on the series. Before Taylor was cast as handsome young gunsmith "Newly," he had appeared in an earlier segment of the series as an outlaw.  As Newly, however, he was clearly one of the "good guys" in the same tradition as James Arness as Matt Dillon. The Newly character superseded that of Clayton Thaddeus "Thad" Greenwood, played by Roger Ewing. Taylor got along so well with the ''Gunsmoke'' cast that he named his second and third sons Matthew Taylor and Cooper Glenn Taylor for James Arness' Matt Dilloon role and Glenn Strange (1899–1973), the character actor who played the bartender, Sam, and remained on the program until [[cancer]] claimed his life. Strange never knew of the honor, for Cooper Taylor was not born until 1975. Taylor was actively involved in the preparation of the script for the 1987 ''Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge'' reunion film,<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Gunsmoke-Return-Dodge-James-Arness/dp/6302662346 Amazon.com: Gunsmoke- Return to Dodge] (VHS, 1987)</ref> by which time Milburn Stone, the cranky Doc Adams character, had died. Ken Curtis, who had portrayed the deputy Festus Haggen, felt shortchanged by the offer of far less pay than Amanda Blake and passed on the project. In 1991, Taylor co-starred with Curtis in what turned out to be Curtis' last acting role in the film version of [[Louis L'Amour]]'s ''Conagher,'' which also starred Taylor's friend [[Sam Elliott]] and Elliott's wife, Katharine Ross.<ref name=buck/>​

''Gunsmoke'' introduced Taylor on a weekly basis to millions of viewers. Dub Taylor also guest-starred numerous times on the series. Before Taylor was cast as handsome young gunsmith "Newly," he had appeared in an earlier segment of the series as an outlaw.  As Newly, however, he was clearly one of the "good guys" in the same tradition as James Arness as Matt Dillon. The Newly character superseded that of Clayton Thaddeus "Thad" Greenwood, played by Roger Ewing. Taylor got along so well with the ''Gunsmoke'' cast that he named his second and third sons Matthew Taylor and Cooper Glenn Taylor for James Arness' Matt Dilloon role and Glenn Strange (1899–1973), the character actor who played the bartender, Sam, and remained on the program until [[cancer]] claimed his life. Strange never knew of the honor, for Cooper Taylor was not born until 1975. Taylor was actively involved in the preparation of the script for the 1987 ''Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge'' reunion film,<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Gunsmoke-Return-Dodge-James-Arness/dp/6302662346 Amazon.com: Gunsmoke- Return to Dodge] (VHS, 1987)</ref> by which time Milburn Stone, the cranky Doc Adams character, had died. Ken Curtis, who had portrayed the deputy Festus Haggen, felt shortchanged by the offer of far less pay than Amanda Blake and passed on the project. In 1991, Taylor co-starred with Curtis in what turned out to be Curtis' last acting role in the film version of [[Louis L'Amour]]'s ''Conagher,'' which also starred Taylor's friend [[Sam Elliott]] and Elliott's wife, Katharine Ross.<ref name=buck/>​