Grigor Taylor
Grigor Taylor (born 1943) also known as Greg Taylor, is an Australian actor, best known for his parts in several television series including Matlock Police and Glenview High.
Grigor Taylor | |
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Born | 1943 (age 77–78) |
Other names | Greg Taylor |
Alma mater | Penrith High School |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1971–1993 |
Early life and education
Grigor Weston Taylor was born in Penrith, New South Wales and attended Penrith High School. After finishing school, he became an English teacher.
Career
Taylor taught at Penrith and then at Marist Brothers, Westmead, New South Wales. Before becoming an actor in the early 1970s, he taught at Randwick Girls' High School in 1969.
Between 1971 and 1973 Taylor starred in 99 episodes of Matlock Police as Senior Detective Alan Curtis. Between 1974–75 he portrayed Steve Hamilton in Silent Number. From 1977–78 Taylor portrayed an English high school teacher, Greg Walker, in Glenview High.
Taylor took many other parts in Australian television series such as A Country Practice, Homicide, Special Squad, City West, The Flying Doctors, Butterfly Island, Dearest Enemy and Mission: Impossible (1988).
Taylor also acted in several feature films, including High Rolling (1977), Mad Max 2 (1981), and Afraid to Dance (1989).[1]