[3][4][5] Before becoming an actor, Taylor worked as an electrician at the Performing Arts Society of Los Angeles (PASLA).
Clark had him read a few lines to him and then sent him down to Redd Foxx's room, who talked with Taylor about their hometown, St. Louis.
[10] He then starred in the blaxploitation film Willie Dynamite,[11] Clark's drama Passing Through and the thriller The Hunter.
[13] In June 2016, Taylor was asked to sign autographs at the Hard Rock Rocksino Northfield Park with the 1951 Ford F1 'Sanford and Son Salvage' truck.
[7][11] In April 1986, the Los Angeles Police Department arrested and booked Taylor on burglary charges along with his brother, James, and Pang Shing.
The arrest came within hours of the Sports Connection athletic club in West Los Angeles reported the theft of 10 IBM typewriters and a computer.
[15][16] On February 23, 2019, Taylor was rushed to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center after suffering from a heart attack.