"[1] Taylor graduated from North Hollywood High School, where he became a talented gymnast.

[6] His first important acting role was as Trooper Shattuck in the 1961 Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre episode "Image of a Drawn Sword".

He reprised his role in the 1987 television movie Gunsmoke: Return to Dodge,[9] where he played the city's marshal.

[10] Taylor attended the Chouinard Art Institute, and has been selling his watercolor and acrylic paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, and horses since 1993.

[11] He is the official artist for many rodeos and state fairs, and creates their promotional posters.