 As he grew older and grayer, Taylor migrated to nice guy roles, such as the father of the heroine, a lawman, or a scientist.Taylor is identified in about 400 films, including 325 sound era films and of those, 201 are westerns and 36 are chapterplays, according to the Internet Movie Database.As well, his credits at Republic Pictures number about 75 for the period 1937-1953 (most all of these are B-westerns and serials).