Grigor Taylor
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Grigor Taylor is an Australian actor, best known for his parts in several television series including Matlock Police
and Glenview High
.
Taylor was born in Penrith, New South Wales
and attended Penrith High School
. He became an English teacher and taught at Penrith and then at Marist Brothers, Westmead, New South Wales
. He then became an actor.
Between 1971 and 1973 he starred in 99 episodes of Matlock Police
as Senior Detective Alan Curtis. Between 1974–75 he was Steve Hamilton in Silent Number. From 1977–78 Taylor was Greg Walker in Glenview High
.
Taylor took many other parts in Australian television series such as A Country Practice
, Homicide, The Flying Doctors
and Mission: Impossible
(1988). Taylor acted in several feature films including High Rolling
(1977), City West (1983) and Afraid to Dance (1989).
Matlock Police
Matlock Police was an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the 0-10 Network between 1971 and 1975....
and Glenview High
Glenview High
Glenview High is an Australian television drama series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Seven Network between 1977 and 1978.-Story:...
.
Taylor was born in Penrith, New South Wales
Penrith, New South Wales
Penrith is a suburb in western Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Penrith is located west of the Sydney central business district and is the administrative centre for the local government area of the City of Penrith...
and attended Penrith High School
Penrith High School
Penrith High School is a selective, public, co-educational high school located in Penrith, a western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
. He became an English teacher and taught at Penrith and then at Marist Brothers, Westmead, New South Wales
Westmead, New South Wales
Westmead is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Westmead is located 26 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of the City of Parramatta and is part of the Greater Western Sydney region....
. He then became an actor.
Between 1971 and 1973 he starred in 99 episodes of Matlock Police
Matlock Police
Matlock Police was an Australian television police drama series made by Crawford Productions for the 0-10 Network between 1971 and 1975....
as Senior Detective Alan Curtis. Between 1974–75 he was Steve Hamilton in Silent Number. From 1977–78 Taylor was Greg Walker in Glenview High
Glenview High
Glenview High is an Australian television drama series produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation for the Seven Network between 1977 and 1978.-Story:...
.
Taylor took many other parts in Australian television series such as A Country Practice
A Country Practice
A Country Practice is an Australian television drama series. One of the longest-running of its kind, produced by James Davern of JNP Productions, it ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993. It was produced in ATN-7's production facility at Epping,...
, Homicide, The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia....
and Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (1988 TV series)
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that chronicles the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The show is a revival of the 1966 TV series of the same name...
(1988). Taylor acted in several feature films including High Rolling
High Rolling
High Rolling is an Australian buddy comedy directed by Igor Auzins and written by Forest Redlich. Golden Globe Award winners Joseph Bottoms and Judy Davis are among the cast. The soundtrack for the film was provided by the Australian band, Sherbet...
(1977), City West (1983) and Afraid to Dance (1989).