Meshach Taylor
Birth Place: Boston, MA, USA
Latest News on Meshach Taylor:
Hulu Acquires Rights to DESIGNING WOMEN (Jul 26, 2019)
ABC Lands DESIGNING WOMEN Sequel (Sep 13, 2018)
Sony Pictures TV to Reboot DESIGNING WOMEN (Aug 15, 2018)
Hulu Acquires Rights to DESIGNING WOMEN (Jul 26, 2019)
ABC Lands DESIGNING WOMEN Sequel (Sep 13, 2018)
Sony Pictures TV to Reboot DESIGNING WOMEN (Aug 15, 2018)
Meshach Taylor BIO
Meshach Taylor's first professional gig was in a National tour of Hair. He honed his craft in repertory theater as a member of Chicago's Goodman Theatre, and the Organic Theater Company alongside Joe Mantegna, André De Shields, Dennis Franz, Keith Szarabajka, Jack Wallace, and director Stuart Gordon. While in Chicago, he appeared in Streamers, Native Son (1979 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play), The Island and Sizwe Banzi Is Dead, for which he garnered the 1977 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play. He received an Emmy Award for his role as Jim in the WTTV production of 'Huckleberry Finn,' and hosted Chicago television show 'Black Life'. In 1998, Taylor made his Broadway debut as Lumiere in Beauty and the Beast, starring alongside Toni Braxton. In September, 2012, he appeared in Year of the Rabbit at Ensemble Studio Theater-LA as Vietnam Vet JC Bridges.
In 1979, Taylor moved to Los Angeles, where he has crafted a gallery of memorable characters in film and on television, including his Emmy nominated turn in the CBS sitcom "Designing Women" as Anthony Bouvier, the assistant at the fictitious Sugarbaker interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia, starring Dixie Carter, Delta Burke, Annie Potts and Jean Smart. 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." He was a series regular on "Dave's World" (CBS), and had a recurring role as Alastair Wright, the history teacher turned school principal, on Nickelodeon's sitcom, "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide" and "Buffalo Bill" (NBC) with Dabney Coleman. He has appeared on "The Unit" (CBS), "Jessie" (Disney Channel), "Hannah Montana" (Disney Channel) as a fashion designer, "All of Us" as Neesee's father, "The Drew Carey Show" (ABC), "Static Shock"(Kids WB!), "Caroline in the City" (NBC), "Aaahh!!! Real Monsters" (Nickelodeon), "Women of the House" (CBS), "In the Heat of the Night" (NBC), "Punky Brewster" (NBC), "What’s Happening Now!," "Hill Street Blues" (NBC), "ALF" (NBC), "Melba" (CBS), "The Golden Girls" (NBC), "Cagney & Lacey" (CBS), "Barney Miller" (ABC), "Lou Grant" (CBS), "The White Shadow" (CBS), "The Incredible Hulk" (CBS), and "Barnaby Jones"(CBS). His made-for-TV movies include "The Right Connections with MC Hammer," Sidney Sheldon’s "Nothing Lasts Forever" with Brooke Shields, "Virtual Seduction," "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" and "Double, Double, Toil and Trouble" with the Olsen Twins. Taylor also hosted his own series on HGTV, "The Urban Gardener with Meshach Taylor" and was a regular panelist on the 2000 revival of the television game show "To Tell the Truth." He co-hosted "Living Live!" with Florence Henderson on Retirement Living TV; in 2008, the program was revamped as "The Florence Henderson Show." In November, 2012, Taylor guest starred on "Criminal Minds" (CBS) opposite Joe Mantegna (Rossi) as Harrison Scott, Rossi’s former Marine sergeant with whom he served with in Vietnam on the episode, "The Fallen". In January, 2014, Taylor reprised his role on "Criminal Minds" (CBS).
Taylor has appeared in the feature films Wigger, Mannequin, Mannequin 2: On the Move, Damien: Omen II, The Howling, Jacks or Better, Kid 'N Play's Class Act, How to Murder a Millionaire, David Mamet's House of Games, The Allnighter, The Last Innocent Man with Ed Harris, Explorers, Friends and Family, The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue, One More Saturday Night, Warning Sign, and Inside Ou't with Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason.
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Hulu Acquires Rights to DESIGNING WOMEN
Today, in a deal with Sony Pictures Television (SPT), Hulu has announced that it has acquired the rights to fan favorite comedy Designing Women set to stream on Hulu August 26...Women's Equality Day!
ABC Lands DESIGNING WOMEN Sequel
ABC has handed out a script commitment for what's being called a 'sequel' to the CBS comedy Designing Women, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Sony Pictures TV to Reboot DESIGNING WOMEN
Sony Pictures TV is in the works to revive the classic 1990s sitcom Designing Women, according to Deadline. The series' original creator Linda Bloodworth-Thomason heading the reboot.
New CITY OF STORIES Viral Videos Promote Chicago Theatre
A new series of professionally shot web videos promoting Chicago's neighborhood theater scene is debuting online today, the work of a new non-profit named Friends of Chicago's Neighborhood Theatres. The group's plan is to release one You Tube video every two to three months as part of a new viral marketing campaign promoting Chicago theater titled 'A City of Stories.'
Bounce TV Premieres Second Season of FAMILY TIME Tonight
The new, 10-episode second season of Bounce TV's popular sitcom FAMILY TIME premieres tonight night Oct. 14 at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) with new episodes premiering weekly in that time slot.
Bounce TV to Premiere Second Season FAMILY TIME, 10/14
Bounce TV (www.bouncetv.com) the nation's first-ever and fast-growing broadcast television network for African Americans announced today that the new, 10-episode second season of the network's popular Family Time series will be seen Tuesday nights at 10:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) beginning Oct. 14.
CRIMINAL MINDS Season 10 to Bring Closure to Meshach Taylor Storyline
According to EW, CBS's Criminal Minds will be putting a bow on a storyline Meshach Taylor (Designing Women) began in Season 8 of the drama. The actor passed away in June at the age of 67 after a long battle with cancer.
'Designing Women' Star Meshach Taylor Dies at 67
Emmy Award-winning actor Meshach Taylor, best known for his role as 'Anthony Bouvier' on TV's Designing Women, died on June 28th at the age of 67
Top Stories You Missed on BWW This Weekend - 6/28-6/29/2014
Hottest Articles on BroadwayWorld.com from this weekend Sunday, June 29, 2014 - Sunday, June 29, 2014.
Meshach Taylor Passes Away at 67
Emmy Award-winning actor Meshach Taylor passed away late last night, June 28. His agent, Dede Binder, said the cause was colorectal cancer. His son told the LA Times that Taylor was in hospice care at his family's home and surrounded by loved ones when he died at 10:47 p.m.
RE-DESIGNING WOMEN Opens Tonight at Diversionary Theatre
Playwright Jamie Morris ('Mommie Queerest,' 'The Facts of Life: The Lost Episode,' and 'The Silence of the Clams') ' is at it again with his latest comedy parody. This time around he spoofs another popular 1980s sitcom, sending up the gals of the Sugarbaker Design Firm in Atlanta. The West Coast Premiere of 'Re-Designing Women' opens May 29 for a three-week run at the Diversionary Theater.
VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Tonight's Episode of CBS's CRIMINAL MINDS
On tonight's episode of CBS's CRIMINAL MINDS titled 'The Road Home,' while the BAU looks for a vigilante killer on the loose in Cleveland, Rossi is concerned when his former Marine sergeant goes missing and heads to Los Angeles to find him.
TV One Picks Up FAMILY TIME; to Join Friday Night Classic Comedy Block
As part of its growing aggressive program strategy, TV One will add the half-hour sitcom Family Time to its Friday night classic comedy block it was announced today by Maureen Guthman, SVP Programming Strategy and Acquisitions. The half-hour comedy created by Bentley Kyle Evans (The Jamie Foxx Show, Martin, Love That Girl) and produced by Evans and partner Trenten Gumbs, will premiere Friday, January 25 at 9:00 PM/ET with two episodes back to back and then settle into its regularly scheduled time slot of Fridays at 7:30PM/ET beginning February 1.
Bounce TV Debuts First-Ever Original Series FAMILY TIME Tonight, 6/18
Bounce TV (http://bouncetv.com), the nation's first-ever over-the-air broadcast television network for African-Americans, will launch its first-ever original series FAMILY TIME - a half hour situation comedy created by Bentley Kyle Evans (The Jamie Foxx Show, Martin, Love That Girl) and produced by Evans and partner Trenten Gumbs, tonight, June 18.
Bounce TV to Debut First-Ever Original Series FAMILY TIME, 6/18
Bounce TV (http://bouncetv.com), the nation's first-ever over-the-air broadcast television network for African-Americans, will launch its first-ever original series FAMILY TIME - a half hour situation comedy created by Bentley Kyle Evans (The Jamie Foxx Show, Martin, Love That Girl) and produced by Evans and partner Trenten Gumbs - this summer.
National Radio Theater Founder Yuri Rasovsky Dies at Age 67
National Radio Theater founder Yuri Rasovsky passed away from esophageal cancer on Wednesday at his home in Los Angeles, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
Van Hughes Joins Sketch Fest's FUCT 6/11 At UCB
Late night comedy troupe FUCT (www.fuctnyc.com) will take on one of six coveted solo performance slots in this year's Sketchfest NYC, on Friday, June 11th at 12am (Midnight), at the Upright Citizen's Brigade Theatre, 307 West 26th Street, NY, NY.
Photo Coverage: Remembering Dixie Carter (1939-2010)
Readily recognized for her long time tenure on TV's 'Designing Women' as Julia Sugarbaker and for her starring roles in seven other TV series, Dixie Carter passed away at the age of 70 on April 10, 2010. 'This has been a terrible blow to our family,' her husband Hal Holbrook told ET.
BWW Interviews: Stage & Screen Star Judith Ivey
The 'Glass Menagerie' star talks about acting and her newer profession, directing, in the first part of our Women's History Month series.
Meshach Taylor FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How many Broadway shows has Meshach Taylor been in?
Meshach Taylor has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.
How many West End shows has Meshach Taylor been in?
Meshach Taylor has not appeared in the West End.
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