Dub Taylor was born on February 26, 1907 in Richmond, Virginia, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Getaway (1972), The Wild Bunch (1969) and You Can't Take It with You (1938). He was married to Florence Gertrude Heffernan. He died on October 3, 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Was a member of the 1937 Alabama Crimson Tide football team that played in the 1938 Rose Bowl. He stayed behind to make it in films, and secured the role of Ed Carmichael in Frank Capra's film, You Can't Take It with You (1938), because he could play the xylophone.
Once explained that, as a boy, he had been called "W" as a nickname for
his first name Walter. That was later shortened to just "Dub."