# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-taylor
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:25:44.210Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-taylor"
name: "Ron Taylor"
slug: "ron-taylor"
description: "Ronald James Taylor was an American actor, singer and writer. He grew up in Galveston, Texas, and later moved to New York City to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. After graduating, Taylor began working in musical theater, appearing in The Wiz (1977), before getting his break with the 1982 off-Broadway production Little Shop of Horrors. Taylor voiced the killer plant Audrey II in the show, which ran for five years and over 2,000 performances."
tagline: "American actor, singer and writer (1952-2002)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/uXyJt7oeI5ACFODnymK1oHs5cOV.jpg"
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: "1952-10-16"
deathDate: "2002-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.08075333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0853103/"
    handle:    "nm0853103"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Taylor_(akteur)"
    title: "Ron Taylor (akteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "رون تايلور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "رون تايلور (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%86_%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%DA%86%D9%88)"
    title: "رن تیلور (اویونچو)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%95%DB%86%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%86%D8%B1_(%D8%A6%DB%95%DA%A9%D8%AA%DB%95%D8%B1)"
    title: "ڕۆن تایلۆر (ئەکتەر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Taylor_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "Ron Taylor (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Taylor_(actor)"
    title: "Ron Taylor (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%86_%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1_(%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%87)"
    title: "رن تیلور (هنرپیشه)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Taylor_(acteur)"
    title: "Ron Taylor (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Taylor_(attore)"
    title: "Ron Taylor (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%A0_%ED%85%8C%EC%9D%BC%EB%9F%AC"
    title: "론 테일러"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Taylor_(sk%C3%A5despelare)"
    title: "Ron Taylor (skådespelare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "رون ٹیلر (اداکار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d1e18bfe-66d3-46a7-877e-51acc450637a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q177632"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/81776"
    title: "Ron Taylor"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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