Grant Taylor (actor)
Grant Taylor (6 December 1917 – 1971), real name Ronald Grant Taylor, was an English-born actor best known as the abrasive General Henderson in the Gerry Anderson science fiction series UFO and for his lead role in Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940).
Early life
Taylor was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in England, but moved to Australia with his parents as a child. For a time he worked as a professional boxer in Melbourne under the name of Lance Matheson. According to a later newspaper report, he had 70 bouts, lost 8 and drew 11.
Acting debut
Cinesound Productions were looking for someone with wrestling skills to play the part of a gorilla in Gone to the Dogs (1939), so Taylor auditioned. He did not get the part but met Alec Kellaway who persuaded him to join Cinesound's Talent School.
Ken G. Hall said that one of the problems of the Australian industry of this time was they "were consistently short of trained juveniles and ingenues". Cinesound in particular had a great deal of trouble finding male romantic leads. They either left to work in radio (Dick Fair), returned overseas (John Longden, Billy Rayes), left for overseas (Frank Leighton), or died (Brian Abbot). Cinesound Talent School was partly founded with an intention to rectify this.
'Grant Taylor' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Reconciliation (2009)
Actors: Tibor Ambra (actor), Mark Arnold (actor), Frank Bettag (actor), Christopher Bones (actor), Johnny Carnevale (actor), Gary Casey (actor), Matthew J Cates (actor), Jon Chapman III (actor), Simon Peter Deveer (actor), Frank Dion (actor), Bruce Dworkin (actor), Robert Ewald (actor), Leon E. Ferguson (actor), Gregory George Frank (actor), Tibor Ambra (actor),
Plot: RECONCILIATION is a groundbreaking, provocative story about an estranged father and son struggling to overcome the heartbreaking consequences of their past. Grant Taylor (Eric Nenninger) has been troubled by intense childhood memories ever since his wife, Sara (Chelsey Crisp), gave him the exciting news..."You are going to be a dad!" As fatherhood nears, Grant privately wrestles with his embarrassment and anger toward his own father. His memories come to a head when Sara receives a call informing them that Grant's dad, Jeff (Jack Maxwell), is terminally ill and his last wish is to see his son. With Sara's encouragement, Grant reluctantly goes to see the man he disowned at his 10th birthday party, when he found out his father was gay. At the hospice, father and son confront the past as they come face to face for the first time in 16 years. Will Grant forgive his father for abandoning their family? Will Jeff forgive Grant for the hateful words he said years ago? What will it take to reconcile? This thought-provoking film of heartache and triumph will inspire you to love more deeply, seek forgiveness from people you have hurt, and forgive those who have hurt you.
Keywords: christianity, cross, death, father-son-relationship, forgiveness, gay, gay-father, gay-parent, grace, hateGenres: Drama,
Taglines: Father and son reconcile after 24 years of separation.
Facing the Giants (2006)
Actors: Bailey Cave (actor), Tracy Goode (actor), Dan W. Howell Sr. (actor), Alex Kendrick (actor), Jim McBride (actor), Tommy McBride (actor), Jason McLeod (actor), Mark Richt (actor), Kyle Scott (actor), Steve Williams (actor), Chris Willis (actor), Ray Wood (actor), Erin Bethea (actress), Janet Lee Dapper (actress), James Blackwell (actor),
Plot: An action-packed drama about a Christian high school football coach who uses his undying faith to battle the giants of fear and failure. In six years of coaching, Grant Taylor has never led his Shiloh Eagles to a winning season. After learning that he and his wife Brooke face infertility, Grant discovers that a group of fathers are secretly organizing to have him dismissed as head coach. Devastated by his circumstances, he cries out to God in desperation. When Grant receives a message from an unexpected visitor, he searches for a stronger purpose for his football team. He dares to challenge his players to believe God for the impossible on and off the field. When faced with unbelievable odds, the Eagles must step up to their greatest test of strength and courage. What transpires is a dynamic story of the fight between faith and fear.
Keywords: american-football, christian-film, coach, faith, football, football-coach, football-team, high-school-footballGenres: Drama, Sport,
Taglines: Never give up. Never back down. Never lose faith. ...With God, all things are possible...
Quotes:
Grant Taylor: I want God to bless this team so much people will talk about what He did. But it means we gotta give Him our best in every area. And if we win, we praise Him. And if we lose, we praise Him. Either way we honor Him with our actions and our attitudes. So I'm askin' you... What are you living for? I resolve to give God everything I've got, then I'll leave the results up to Him. I want to know if you'll join me.Grant Taylor: You can't judge your father by his actions and yourself by your intentions. It just doesn't work that way.
Grant Taylor: With God, nothing is impossible.
J.T. Hawkins Jr.: By the way, some man called lookin' for you today.::Grant Taylor: Who?::J.T. Hawkins Jr.: Stan Schultz.::Grant Taylor: Stan Schultz?::J.T. Hawkins Jr.: Yeah.::Brady Owens: Stan Schultz - isn't that a cartoonist?::Grant Taylor: That's *Charles* Schultz.::J.T. Hawkins Jr.: No, I thought Charles Schultz was that man that flew across the ocean in "The Spirit of St. Andrews."::Grant Taylor: That's Charles Lindbergh, and it's "The Spirit of St. Louis."::Brady Owens: Naw, Lindbergh is a cheese!::Grant Taylor: Limburger's the cheese. Lindbergh's the man.::J.T. Hawkins Jr.: No, Lindbergh was that blimp that blew up and killed all them people.::Grant Taylor: That's the Hindenburg.::Brady Owens: Nah, Hindenburg's where you go skiing in Tennessee.::Grant Taylor: That's Gatlinburg!::J.T. Hawkins Jr.: Gatlinburg? You mean like the country music group, the Gatlinburg Brothers?::Grant Taylor: [throws ball] Crazy.
[last lines]::Grant Taylor: Oh God, Oh God, I'm, I'm overwhelmed.
J.T. Hawkins Jr.: You think I gotta get at least a moped outta this or something.
J.T. Hawkins Jr.: It don't have to look pretty, it don't have to look smooth. It can look like a dying duck as long as it goes through the goal.
J.T. Hawkins Jr.: When a black man loses his hair. He still looks cool. Look at Michael Jordan. Samuel Jackson.::[continues with all the black bald men he can think of]::J.T. Hawkins Jr.: And what do you have? Kojak.
Brooke Taylor: Grant, we gotta do something about the car. The only thing it does faithfully for us is break down.
Brooke Taylor: She said that I'm fine, my numbers were normal, and there was nothing that gave her concern.::Grant Taylor: That's good.::Brooke Taylor: It doesn't mean the problem is with you.::Grant Taylor: What else could it mean?::Brooke Taylor: We may just have not given it enough time.::Grant Taylor: Four years?::Brooke Taylor: You still hoping we'll have a baby?::Grant Taylor: You know I am.::Brooke Taylor: Me too. I catch myself thinking about it more and more. Don't you want to know if something is preventing it? Are you afraid of getting checked out?::Grant Taylor: Yes.::Brooke Taylor: Grant, I'm still clinging to a hope that one day we'll have children. I imagine them running in this house. I hear them playing in the backyard. Or running to our bed in a thunderstorm. And I think about reading them stories and teaching them songs. And I just keep thinking; how can I miss someone so much that I have never met?::Grant Taylor: I'll go.
His Last Appeal (1914)
Actors: Barney Furey (actor), William Stowell (actor), Edwin Wallock (actor), Roy Watson (actor), Margaret Allen (actress), William Nicholas Selig (producer), Wallace Clifton (writer), E.A. Martin (director),
Genres: Drama, Short,Grant, Taylor Filmography
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2014, role: producer
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2014, role: writer
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2012, role: writer
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2011, role: writer
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2011, role: writer
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2011, role: writer
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2011, role: miscellaneous crew
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2011, role: actor , character name: Gabriel Hunt
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2011, role: producer
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2011, role: director
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2011, role: actor , character name: Reggie
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2000, role: writer
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2000, role: writer
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2000, role: writer
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1998, role: writer
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1998, role: writer
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1990, role: writer
Taylor, Grant Filmography
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2012, role: actor , character name: Chanter 1
