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Meshach Taylor is a Actor American born on 11 april 1947 at Boston (USA)

Meshach Taylor

Meshach Taylor
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Nationality USA
Birth 11 april 1947 at Boston (USA)
Death 28 june 2014 (at 67 years)

Meshach Taylor (April 11, 1947 – June 28, 2014) was an American actor. He was Emmy-nominated for his role as Anthony Bouvier on the CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986–93). He was also known for his portrayal of Hollywood Montrose, a flamboyant window dresser in Mannequin. He played Sheldon Baylor on the CBS sitcom Dave's World (1993–97), appeared as Tony on the short-lived NBC sitcom Buffalo Bill opposite Dabney Coleman, and appeared as the recurring character Alastair Wright, the social studies teacher and later school principal, on Nickelodeon's sitcom, Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.

Biography

Taylor married actress Bianca Ferguson in 1983. They had four children, daughters Tamar Taylor, Esme Taylor, Yasmine Taylor, and son Tariq Taylor, and four grandchildren.

Usually with

Rob Bottin
Rob Bottin
(2 films)
Joe Dante
Joe Dante
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Meshach Taylor (20 films)

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Actor

Hyenas
Hyenas (2010)

Directed by Eric Weston
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Actors Christa Campbell, Costas Mandylor, Joshua Alba, Rudolf Martin, Meshach Taylor, Bar Paly
Roles Crazy Briggs
Rating28% 1.4304251.4304251.4304251.4304251.430425
Sa femme et son bébé massacrés dans des circonstances particulièrement abominables, Matthew Gannon ne croit d'abord pas à la thèse de Josiah Briggs, un vieil homme qu'il juge fou. Selon Briggs, sa famille aurait été victime de créatures mi-humaines mi-hyènes, des monstres de légende dont Gannon découvre bientôt la réalité et qu'il traque impitoyablement. Pendant ce temps, les créatures de la nuit chassent elles aussi, dirigées par Wilda, une femelle d'autant plus dangereuse qu'elle se montre très séduisante quand elle prend forme humaine...
The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue, 1h19
Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Films about animals, Mise en scène d'un rongeur, Mise en scène d'une souris, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Ralph Macchio, Hynden Walch, Dom DeLuise, William H. Macy, Peter MacNicol, Debi Mae West
Roles Cecil (voice)
Rating34% 1.7335351.7335351.7335351.7335351.733535
The film begins with a prophecy, telling how one of Jonathan and Mrs. Brisby's sons would save Thorn Valley from the "secret of NIMH". Timothy is chosen to go but his older brother Martin believes he should have been the one chosen. Martin decides to prove his quality, and goes off to find his own adventure.
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble, 1h36
Directed by Stuart Margolin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Children's films
Actors Mary-Kate Olsen, Mary-Kate et Ashley Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Cloris Leachman, Phil Fondacaro, Eric McCormack
Roles Sr. N
Rating58% 2.9075952.9075952.9075952.9075952.907595
Kelly (Mary-Kate Olsen) and Lynn Farmer's (Ashley Olsen) parents, Don (Eric McCormack) and Christine (Kelli Fox), are deeply in debt and in danger of losing their home. During the Halloween season, they visit Christine's cold and cruel Aunt Agatha (Cloris Leachman) to ask for a loan, which is immediately refused. While the girls wait outside, they meet Agatha's grave digger (Wayne Robson) who tells them the story of Agatha's twin sister Sophia (also played by Cloris Leachman) who is trapped inside the house. He explains to the girls that Agatha’s home once belonged to a powerful witch who, before being burned at the stake 200 years before, had hidden her moonstone, the rare gem which gave her power. As children, Agatha and Sophia, tired of being twins, heard the tale and began looking for the stone in hopes of using its power to no longer be identical anymore. Agatha found the moonstone but hid it from her sister and instead began using the magic it possesses to make her sister’s life miserable. Years later on Halloween, Sophia and her fiancé George, now Agatha's butler, prepared to elope and begin their life together, but Agatha, out of jealously and rage, casted a spell that banished her sister into the netherworld through a mirror, which she keeps hidden in the attic. On the 7th year at midnight, this Halloween, the spell will become permanent and there will be no way for Sophia to be rescued.
Class Act
Class Act (1992)
, 1h38
Directed by Randall Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Hip hop films, Musical films
Actors Meshach Taylor, Christopher "Kid" Reid, Mariann Aalda, Christopher "Play" Martin, Loretta Devine, Doug E. Doug
Roles Duncan's Dad
Rating60% 3.0494353.0494353.0494353.0494353.049435
Genius high school student Duncan Pinderhughes (Christopher "Kid" Reid) is getting ready for graduation, but is somewhat disheartened to find out that, despite his perfect SAT score and 4.0 GPA, prestigious Hafford University (parody of Harvard University) will not admit him unless he can pass phys. ed. Ex-convict Michael "Blade" Brown (Christopher "Play" Martin) is released from jail, and told by his parole officer (Rick Ducommun) that the condition of his release is satisfactory graduation from high school. A mishap results in their pictures being swapped on their permanent school records. In effect, Blade is surprised to find out that he is being placed in gifted classes, while Duncan is shocked to be placed in minimal classes with substandard conditions and miscreants for classmates.
Mannequin Two: On the Move, 1h35
Directed by Stewart Raffill
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Kristy Swanson, William Ragsdale, Meshach Taylor, Terry Kiser, Stuart Pankin, Andrew Hill Newman
Roles Hollywood Montrose / Doorman
Rating44% 2.2151552.2151552.2151552.2151552.215155
Flamboyant window dresser Hollywood Montrose (Meshach Taylor) has now been promoted to the head of Prince & Company's visual display department. He takes on a new assistant, Jason Williamson (William Ragsdale), who in times past was Prince William, the Prince of the kingdom of Hauptmann-Koenig. One thousand years ago, he lost his beloved Jessie (Kristy Swanson) when an evil sorcerer (Terry Kiser) turned her into a wooden icon, now known as the Enchanted Peasant Girl.
Ultra Warrior, 1h20
Directed by Kevin Tent
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Dack Rambo, Meshach Taylor, Diana Quijano
Roles Elijah
Rating19% 0.9776050.9776050.9776050.9776050.977605
A failed space based defense system kills millions in a nuclear disaster. In the subsequent chaos, the wealthy developed cities run by brutal military fascists, while the poor roam the radioactive deserts created by the nuclear fallout. Many turn to extreme violence and slavery to survive. The weaker mutated victims of these violent bandits are called Muties.
The Allnighter, 1h48
Directed by Tamar Simon_Hoffs
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Susanna Hoffs, Dedee Pfeiffer, Joan Cusack, Pam Grier, Michael Ontkean, John Terlesky
Roles Hotel Detective Philip
Rating43% 2.167752.167752.167752.167752.16775
Molly (Hoffs), Val (Pfeiffer) and Gina (Cusack) are graduating college, but on their final night, frustrations are aired. Molly is still looking for real love and Val is beginning to doubt if that is what she has found. Gina is too busy videotaping everything to really notice. When the final party at Pacifica College kicks off, things do not go exactly as planned.
House of Games, 1h42
Directed by David Mamet
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Lindsay Crouse, Joe Mantegna, Lilia Skala, Ricky Jay, Mike Nussbaum, J. T. Walsh
Roles Mr. Dean
Rating71% 3.5974753.5974753.5974753.5974753.597475
Margaret Ford (Lindsay Crouse) is a psychiatrist who has achieved success with her recently published book, but who feels unfulfilled. During a session one day, Billy Hahn (Steven Goldstein), a patient, informs her that his life is in danger because he owes money to a criminal figure named Mike (Joe Mantegna) and brandishes a gun, threatening to kill himself. Margaret persuades him to surrender the chrome weapon to her and promises that she will help.
Mannequin
Mannequin (1987)
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films based on mythology, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, LGBT-related films, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology, LGBT-related film
Actors Andrew McCarthy, Kim Cattrall, Estelle Getty, James Spader, G. W. Bailey, Meshach Taylor
Roles Hollywood
Rating60% 3.007853.007853.007853.007853.00785
In Ancient Egypt, Ema "Emmy" Heshire (Kim Cattrall) hides in a pyramid from her mother, who wants her daughter to marry against Emmy's will. Emmy prays for the gods to get her out of the mess and to find her true love. The gods answer her prayer by making her disappear.
The Last Innocent Man
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Genres Crime
Actors Ed Harris, Roxanne Hart, David Suchet, Bruce McGill, Darrell Larson, Clarence Williams III
Roles Crosby
Rating62% 3.1375653.1375653.1375653.1375653.137565
A criminal defense attorney is seduced by a beautiful woman and reluctantly takes on the defense of her estranged husband who is charged with murder, but finds his career threatened because of the circumstances.
The Last Innocent Man, 1h49
Directed by Roger Spottiswoode
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Ed Harris, Roxanne Hart, David Suchet, Bruce McGill, Darrell Larson, Clarence Williams III
Roles Crosby
Rating62% 3.1375653.1375653.1375653.1375653.137565
Harry Nash est un brillant avocat qui profite du moindre doute pour innocenter ses clients. Une femme qui l'a séduit lui demande de défendre son mari, bravant en cela les règles du barreau...
One More Saturday Night, 1h35
Directed by Dennis Klein
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Moira Harris, Meshach Taylor, Tom Davis, Al Franken, David Reynolds, Chelcie Ross
Roles Bill Neal
Rating56% 2.8063752.8063752.8063752.8063752.806375
The film is about life on a Saturday night in St. Cloud, Minnesota. Russ Cadwell is ready to have sex with his girlfriend, Diane Lundahl. Doug, who is a petty thief, decides to become a burglar. Traci, Doug's friend, suggests that they burglarize a nearby house. Mr. Lundahl, father of Diane, Karen, and Kevin, goes on a date with a woman named Peggy. They have sex in a car at the park.
Warning Sign, 1h39
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Sam Waterston, Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Yaphet Kotto, Jeffrey DeMunn, Richard A. Dysart, G. W. Bailey
Roles Video Technician #2
Rating60% 3.049053.049053.049053.049053.04905
The movie tells about the outbreak of a virulent bacteria in a secret military laboratory operating under the guise of a pesticide manufacturer. During routine work a sealed tube is broken, releasing the secret biological weapon. Where upon detecting the release of the agent, one of the plant's security officers activate "Protocol One", a procedure sealing all of the workers inside from the outside world and they are left to wait out the deadly effects. A local County Sheriff whose pregnant wife, the security officer, is trapped inside, and with the help of a past employee who is a known alcoholic, must fight through a government agency and the chemically affected workers to find his wife and put a stop to the spread of the lethal weapon. The former employee had started creating an antidote to the weapon, which the sheriff and his wife create and deploy.