Meshach Taylor

Meshach Taylor
Taylor at the Governor's Ball following the 41st Annual Emmy Awards
Born	April 11, 1947 (1947-04-11) (age 64) 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.

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.

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 on the silver screen 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.

References

1. ^ Internet Movie Database
2. ^ New York Times
3. ^ Film Reference.com
4. ^ Film Reference.com
5. ^ Internet Broadway Database

External links

• Meshach Taylor at the Internet Movie Database
• Meshach Taylor at AllRovi

Chang, Lia.

• Meshach Taylor talks Wigger on Wendy Williams Show, Backstage Pass with Lia Chang, New York, May 17, 2011.

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Name	Taylor, Meshach
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Date of birth	April 11, 1947
Place of birth	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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