Ron Taylor

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1952-10-16

Deathday 2002-01-16 (49 years old)

Place of Birth Galveston, Texas, USA

Also Known As Ronald James Taylor, Ron J. Taylor, Ron James Taylor

Ron Taylor

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ronald James Taylor (October 16, 1952 – January 16, 2002) was an American actor. Chiefly famous for his role as Stanley in Vinnie and Bobby in 1992 he also had a host of other guest appearances in popular television to his name including providing the voice for "Bleeding Gums" Murphy in The Simpsons. He also starred in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as a Klingon chef. He also originated the role of Audrey II in the original Off- Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrors. Taylor's acting debut was in the 1983 comedy Trading Places where he was credited as Big Black Guy. Ron married Deborah Sharpe and they stayed married till his death, and they had a child named Adamah together.[1] The date they married is unknown. He was also a writer for Forever Knight (1992) and The Sentinel (1996). On January 16, 2002 Taylor died of a heart attack at the age of 49. The Simpsons episode "Sweets and Sour Marge" was dedicated to him. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2002
Ritual

as Superintendant Archibald

1997
Ally McBeal

as Singer in Bar

1994
ER

as Bob

1993
A Cool Like That Christmas

as Reverend (voice)

1993
Deadfall

as The Baby

1993
Amos & Andrew

as Sherman

1993
1992
1992
Batman: The Animated Series

as Orderly (voice)

1991
Rover Dangerfield

as Mugsy / Bruno (voice)

1991
1990
People Like Us

as Man at Victim's Meeting

1990
1990
Twin Peaks

as Coach Wingate

1989
Second Sight

as Carl

1989
Relentless

as Captain Blakely

1989
Collision Course

as Auto Worker Bowling Alley #2

1989
1989
The Simpsons

as Bleeding Gums Murphy (voice)

1989
Quantum Leap

as Papa David Harper

1984
1984
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

as Lao Chie (voice) (uncredited)

1984
The Ice Pirates

as Pimp Robot (voice) (uncredited)

1984
Miami Vice

as Linus Oliver

1984
Night Court

as Attendant Cal

1983
Trading Places

as Big Black Guy

1981
Leonard Bernstein's Mass

as Street Chorus Soloist: "Easy"

1977
Scott Joplin

as John Stark's Driver (uncredited)

Writer

1996
The Sentinel

as Writer

1992
Forever Knight

as Writer

Editor