
Biography
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.
Filmography38 titles

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide

Criminal Minds

Jessie

Static Shock

Stony Island

M*A*S*H

Hearts Afire

ALF

The Golden Girls

Hill Street Blues

Barney Miller

Celebrity Ghost Stories

The Unit

Punky Brewster

Hannah Montana

All of Us

The Incredible Hulk

The White Shadow

Cagney & Lacey

Barnaby Jones

Mannequin

Designing Women

House of Games

Women of the House

The Howling

The Drew Carey Show

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble

Damien: Omen II

Explorers

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

Class Act

How to Murder a Millionaire

Warning Sign

Mannequin: On the Move

The Beast Within

The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue

The View

Hyenas