Meshach Taylor
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 Taylor at the Governor's Ball following the 41st Annual Emmy Awards |
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| Born | April 11, 1947 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1977–present |
| Spouse | Bianca Ferguson (1983-present) |
Meshach Taylor (born April 11, 1947)[1] is an American actor.[2]
He is perhaps best known for his role as Anthony Bouvier on the sitcom Designing Women. He also had a major role on the sitcom Dave's World, playing Sheldon Baylor, and appeared in Buffalo Bill. He also played the part of Hollywood Montrose in the movie Manaquinn
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[edit] Personal life
Taylor was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of a college professor and a sociology professor.[3] He graduated from Florida A&M University in 1993. He married Bianca Ferguson in 1983 and has four children and four grandchildren.
[edit] Career
Movies he has appeared in include:
- Damien: Omen II
- Coma
- One More Saturday Night
- The Haircut
- Mannequin
- Mannequin 2: On the Move
- The Howling
- Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
- Explorers
- Ultra Warrior
- Class Act
- Jacks or Better
- Hyenas
In May 1981, the ninth season of M*A*S*H, Taylor was seen as a corpsman in the final episode, "The Life You Save."[4] In 1998, Taylor made his Broadway debut as Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast where he starred alongside Toni Braxton.[5]
Taylor appeared as a panelist on the 2000 revival of the television game show To Tell the Truth. He had a recurring role as Alastair Wright, the history teacher turned school principal, on Nickelodeon's sitcom, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. He was on the first episode of The Golden Girls, playing a police officer. Taylor appeared in episodes of Hannah Montana, as a fashion designer, and All of Us as Neesee's father. He co-hosted Living Live! with Florence Henderson on Retirement Living TV; in 2008, the program was revamped as The Florence Henderson Show.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Chang, Lia.
- Meshach Taylor talks Wigger on Wendy Williams Show, Backstage Pass with Lia Chang, New York, May 17, 2011.
