Kanab in Kane County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)

Dub Taylor

Utah's Little Hollywood

— Kanab Utah “Walk of Fame” —

Dub Taylor Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 29, 2016

1. Dub Taylor Marker

Inscription. Veteran character actor, Dub Taylor had a 50 year career working in Kanab on "Gunsmoke" and "Death Valley Days" and adding his considerable talent to such huge films as "Major Dundee", "The Getaway", "High Chaparral" and “The Undefeated" with John Wayne and dozens of "B" westerns as the lovable side-kick "Cannonball". Dub's son "Buck" followed in his footsteps and co-starred as "Newly" on the hit series "Gunsmoke".

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Entertainment. In addition, it is included in the Utah - Kanab "Walk of Fame" series list.

Location. 37° 2.894′ N, 112° 31.786′ W. Marker is in Kanab, Utah, in Kane County. It is on West Center Street (U.S. 89) west of North Main Street, on the right when traveling west. Marker is located in front of the LDS Church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 80 West Center Street, Kanab UT 84741, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Utah’s Color Country. It is also in the American Southwest,

in the Mountain West,

in Colorado Plateau,

and at the Four Corners.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Buck Taylor (within shouting distance of this marker); The Ward Hall (within shouting distance of this marker); The Rat Pack (within shouting distance of this marker); Coleen Gray (within shouting distance of this marker); Edward Faulkner

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Tex Ritter (within shouting distance of this marker); Virgil Riggs (within shouting distance of this marker); Daniel Boone (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kanab.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Kanab's All-Women Council and Mayor (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

More about this marker. Marker is a laser-printed metal plaque, mounted horizontally on a waist-high metal post.

Also see . . . Dub Taylor. Walter Clarence Taylor Jr. (1907–1994), known as Dub Taylor, was an American character actor who from the 1940s into the 1990s worked extensively in films and on television, often in Westerns but also in comedies. He was the father of actor Buck Taylor, who played the character Newly O'Brien on Gunsmoke. (Submitted on March 6, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Dub Taylor image. Click for more information.

2. Dub Taylor

Internet Movie Database website entry
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Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 3, 2025

3. Dub Taylor Marker

Dub Taylor Marker (<i>wide view; marker located beside sidewalk; near tall store sign</i>) image. Click for full size.

4. Dub Taylor Marker (wide view; marker located beside sidewalk; near tall store sign)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 5, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 6, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 861 times since then and 42 times this year. Last updated on June 5, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 6, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 3. submitted on June 5, 2025, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. 4. submitted on March 6, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.