Victor 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 television sitcom Alice (1976–1985), for which he won two consecutive Golden Globes.
Bullitt
Pete Ross
Getting Married
Burt Carboni
Death Follows a Psycho
No Deposit, No Return
Big Joe Adamo
Papillon
Sergeant
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Carface (voice)
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot
Mario Pinski
George Carlin: Playin' with Your Head
The Bad Guys
Mansion of the Doomed
Detective Simon
Report to the Commissioner
Lt. Seidensticker
The Cheap Detective
Lieutenant DiMaggio
Five Minutes to Live
Fred Dorella
The Shaggy D.A.
Eddie Roschak
The Gambler
One
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Mel
Loverboy
Harry Bruckner
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
Detective Merchant (uncredited)
Gangster Story
Norm (uncredited)
Horseplayer
George Samsa
Blood and Lace
Calvin Carruthers
The Don Is Dead
Ralph Negri
Weekend Warriors
Sgt. Burdge
Gambit
Plainclothes Officer at TWA Counter (uncredited)
The Blue Knight
Neil Grogan
Reel Horror
Smedke (archive footage)
The Case of the Baltimore Girls
Capt. Barney Marcus
Portrait of a Stripper
Harry Parkins
The Underachievers
Coach
The Black Bird
Warren Finley, Police Lieutenant
Little Ladies of the Night
Finch
Surftide 77
Arms Cooper
The Jesse Owens Story
Abe Saperstein
Emperor of the North
Yardman
Mysterious Two
Ted Randall
The Choirboys
Zoony
Treasure Island
Silver
Beverly Hills Bodysnatchers
Lou
Gridlock
Floyd 'Snake' Kraslowski
They Call It Murder
Jeff Poland
Criminal Act
The Exterminator (Greengrass)
Maxie
Smedke
Dark Victory
Archie
The Big Bus
Goldie
Love with the Proper Stranger
Cye (uncredited)
This Year's Blonde
Harry Cohn
Lepke
Charles 'Lucky' Luciano
The Night the City Screamed
Morris Brustein
T-Bird Gang
Policeman
Rage!
Tommy
Special Delivery
Wyatt
The Three Kings
Harold
The Alpha Caper
Policeman
Partners in Crime
Honor Thy Father
Don A. Tirello
The Power of the Resurrection
Simon the Canaanite