Actor

Meshach Taylor

1978–present1947–2014ComedyDramaFamily

Comic Visionary

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Known For

32 acting credits

as Hollywood

Mannequin

as Hollywood

1987

Mannequin

as Shantz

The Howling

as Shantz

1981

The Howling

Filmography

2010HyenasCrazy Briggs3.0 2010Wigger 2010TrancedCabbie9.0 2007Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide: Field Trips, Permission Slips, Signs, and WeaselsMr. Wright7.9 2003The Designing Women Reunion 2001Friends and FamilyBruno5.8 1999The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald: The Visitors from Outer Space

About

Meshach Taylor (April 11, 1947 – June 28, 2014) was an American actor. He was widely known for his role as Anthony Bouvier on the CBS sitcom Designing Women (1986–93), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. He was also known for his portrayal of Hollywood Montrose, a flamboyant window dresser in the 1987 film Mannequin and its 1991 sequel. Taylor also appeared as Sheldon Baylor on the CBS sitcom Dave's World (1993–97), Tony on the NBC sitcom Buffalo Bill, and social studies teacher (and later school principal) Alastair Wright on the Nickelodeon sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide.

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