# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meshach-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:53:01.051Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meshach-taylor"
name: "Meshach Taylor"
slug: "meshach-taylor"
description: "Meshach Taylor was an American actor, 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. He played Sheldon Baylor on the CBS sitcom Dave's World (1993–97), appeared as Tony on the NBC sitcom Buffalo Bill opposite Dabney Coleman, and appeared as the recurring character Alastair Wright, the social studies teacher on the Nickelodeon sitcom Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide."
tagline: "American actor (1947–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meshach_Taylor_in_NY2011_photo_by_lia_chang.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1947-04-11"
deathDate: "2014-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.607032
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0852886/"
    handle:    "nm0852886"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/02ed2fac-4588-4a89-8e6d-870d175e4d74"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshach_Taylor"
    title: "Meshach Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%83_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "ميشاك تايلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshach_Taylor"
    title: "Meshach Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshach_Taylor"
    title: "Meshach Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshach_Taylor"
    title: "Meshach Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshach_Taylor"
    title: "Meshach Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%A7%DA%86_%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "میشاچ تیلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshach_Taylor"
    title: "Meshach Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshach_Taylor"
    title: "Meshach Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "メシャック・テイラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EC%84%81_%ED%85%8C%EC%9D%BC%EB%9F%AC"
    title: "미섁 테일러"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%BA"
    title: "Тейлор, Мешак"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshach_Taylor"
    title: "Meshach Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meshach_Taylor"
    title: "Meshach Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%DA%86_%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "میشچ ٹیلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1922402"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/101784"
    title: "Meshach Taylor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump