Cast & creator
Rip Taylor
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Mike Douglas Show
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Charles Elmer "Rip" Taylor Jr. (January 13, 1931 – October 6, 2019) was an American actor and comedian, known for his exuberance and flamboyant personality, including his wild moustache, toupee, and his habit of showering himself (and others) with confetti. Throughout the 1970s, Taylor was a frequent celebrity guest panelist on TV game shows such as Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth, and The Gong Show, and substituted for Charles Nelson Reilly on The Match Game. He became a regular on Sid and Marty Krofft's Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, playing Sheldon, a sea-genie who lived in a conch shell. In addition, Taylor was also a regular on The Brady Bunch Hour, playing a role of neighbor/performer Jack Merrill. He also hosted a short-lived send-up of beauty pageants titled The $1.98 Beauty Show, created by Gong Show producer/host Chuck Barris, in 1978.
Also known as: Charles Elmer Taylor Jr., Charles Elmer 'Rip' Taylor Jr., The Crying Comedian, Prince of Pandemonium, Master of Mayhem
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1948–2014 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (79)
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961The Mike Douglas Show
Self - Co-Host
1961
Raw
Rip Taylor
1993
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Late Night with David Letterman
Self
1982
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Self
2014
Will & Grace
Rip Taylor
1998
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
Elmo P. Middleton (segment "The Man in the Model T")
1997
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Leo
2005
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self
1968
The Monkees
Manager
1966The Monkees
Glick
1966
What's New, Scooby-Doo?
Mr. Wackypants (voice)
2002
The Naked Truth
Papa Jack Judkins
1995
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York
Celeb #1
1992
The Emperor's New School
The Royal Record Keeper (voice)
2006
The Kids in the Hall
1989
The Dean Martin Show
1965Vicki!
Self
1992Vicki!
Self - Guest
1992
The Life and Times of Juniper Lee
Horrifying Monster (voice)
2005
Donny & Marie
Self
1976
Brotherly Love
Rip Taylor / Hank
1995
Life with Bonnie
Rappin' Rip
2002
Madame's Place
Self
1982
George Lopez
Rip Taylor
2002
Indecent Proposal
Mr. Langford
1993
Down to Earth
1984
The Ben Stiller Show
1992
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
1996
Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?
Mr. McMcMc (voice)
2002
DuckTales: The Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp
Genie (voice)
1990
The Addams Family
Uncle Fester (voice)
1992
The Charmings
1987
Jackass: The Movie
Self
2002
Tom and Jerry: The Movie
Captain Kiddie (voice)
1992
Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
Sheldon the Sea Genie
1973
Wayne's World 2
Himself
1993
The Brady Bunch Hour
Jack Merrill
1977
Amazon Women on the Moon
Rip Taylor (segment "Roast Your Loved One")
1987
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Jackass Number Two
Self
2006
Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico
Mr. Smiley / Ghost of Señor Otero (voice)
2003The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show
Self
1968
MADtv
Self
1995
Jackass 3D
Self
2010
Here Comes the Grump
The Grump (voice)
1969
The Aristocrats
Self
2005
The Silence of the Hams
Mr. Laurel
1994
Johnny Bago
1993
Private Obsession
Mr. 'T'
1995
Things Are Tough All Over
Rip Taylor
1982
The Ron White Show
2005
The Gong Show
1976
The Gong Show Movie
Raoul the Maitre D'
1980
Dead Famous
Self
2004
Alex & Emma
Polina's Farther
2003
The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington
Photographer
1977
Virtual Combat
Pitchman
1995
Scooby Goes Hollywood
C.J. (voice)
1979
Chatterbox!
Mr. Jo
1977
Calendar Girl Murders
Himself
1984
Blood of 1000 Virgins
Self (archive footage)
2013
Goodnight, We Love You
Self
2004
I'd Rather Be Rich
Airline Ticket Agent
1964
Lost Reality
(uncredited)
2004The $1.98 Beauty Show
Host
1978
The Unpredictable Pudgy!
Himself
1983
33 ⅓ Revolutions per Monkee
Self (uncredited)
1969
The Gossip Columnist
Rip Taylor
1980
Boo!
Self
1980Happy Birthday, Las Vegas
1977
Red Hot Rock
Self (segment "Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'") (uncredited)
1984
Silent but Deadly
Norman
2012Moonlight by the Sea
2003
Lost Reality 2
(uncredited)
2005