He has appeared in many films including Johnny Shiloh, Dark Before Dawn, Big Bad John, Payback, Gettysburg, Tombstone, Wild Wild West, Comanche, Jericho, Grand Champion, Gods and Generals, The Alamo, The Wendell Baker Story, Truce, Miracle at Sage Creek, The Mist, Cowboys & Aliens, and more. Taylor won Golden Boot Awards for Gunsmoke in 1972 and Truce in 2007. He also won a Golden Boot Award in 1993. He was married to actress Judy Nugent from 1961 to 1983 and remarried in 1995.