Biography meshach taylor
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ACTOR
Birth Date
April 11, 1947
Birth Place
Boston, Massachusetts
Family
Joseph T. Taylor (father; deceased)
Hertha Ward Taylor (mother)
Hussain Taylor (brother)
Judith Taylor (sister)
Bianca Ferguson (wife)
Tamar Taylor (daughter)
Yasmine Taylor (daughter)
Esme Taylor (daughter)
Tariq Taylor (son)
Four unnamed grandchildren
Biography[]
Taylor was born on April 11, 1947, in Boston, Massachusetts, but was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, and Indianapolis, Indiana. He had two siblings. He took an early interest in acting while he was in high school, first studying drama at Wilmington College before transferring to Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida. Gaining acting experience back at an Indianapolis radio station as a State House political correspondent and also in repertory theater, Taylor eventually became a member of both Chicago's Goodman Theatre and the Organic Theatre group. His performance in one of his plays, Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, earned him the Joseph Jefferson Award. Taylor then moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1978 and acquired minor roles in a few horror films, such as Damien: Omen
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Meshach Taylor
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Meshach Taylor
American actor (1947–2014)
Meshach Taylor (; April 11, 1947 – June 28, 2014) was an American actor,[1] widely known for his role as Anthony Bouvier on the CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986–93),[1] for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He was also known for his portrayal of Hollywood Montrose, a flamboyant window dresser in the 1987 film Mannequin and its 1991 sequel.[1] He played Sheldon Baylor on the CBS sitcom Dave's World (1993–97), appeared as Tony on the NBC sitcom Buffalo Bill opposite Dabney Coleman, and appeared as the recurring character Alastair Wright, the social studies teacher (and later school principal) on the Nickelodeon sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.
Early life
[edit]Taylor was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Hertha Mae (née Ward) and Joseph T. Taylor, former dean of students at Dillard University in New Orleans, who was also the first dean of arts and sciences at Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis.
After the family moved from New Orleans to Indianapolis, Taylor graduated from Crispus Attucks High School in 1964, where he took an interest in acting, and went on to study in t