Dennis Taylor

Dennis Taylor (born Denis Taylor, 19 January 1949 in Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) is a retired snooker player, and current BBC snooker commentator. Winner of two ranking events, he is best known for winning the 1985 World Championship, beating World number one Steve Davis on the final black in one of the sport's most memorable finals. He also won the Grand Prix in 1984 and the Masters in 1987. Taylor is also well known for his sense of humour and his trademark oversized spectacles. He regularly made appearances on the snooker-based gameshow Big Break.

Career

Early career

Taylor turned professional in 1972 and made his world championship debut in 1973, narrowly losing to Cliff Thorburn in the first round. After world semi-final losses in 1975 and 1977, Taylor reached his first major final – the World Championship – in 1979, but lost 24–16 to debutant Terry Griffiths.

Having reached the semi final of the World Championships in 1984, losing to Steve Davis, Taylor was playing very well as he began the 1984–85 season. In September, however, he was devastated by the sudden death of his mother, which caused him to withdraw from the Jameson International. His first ranking event win came later in 1984, when he won the Rothmans Grand Prix by beating Cliff Thorburn 10–2 in the final.

'Dennis Taylor' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Fast Times (1986)

Actors: Cameron Crowe (miscellaneous crew), Jason Hervey (actor), Paul Willson (actor), Amy Heckerling (producer), Moon Unit Zappa (miscellaneous crew), Jonathan Roberts (producer), Debra Chiate (editor), Bill Calvert (actor),

Genres: Comedy,

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Actors: Jennifer Jason Leigh (actress), Ray Walston (actor), Eric Stoltz (actor), Forest Whitaker (actor), Vincent Schiavelli (actor), James Russo (actor), Sean Penn (actor), Nicolas Cage (actor), Stuart Cornfeld (actor), Taylor Negron (actor), Sonny Carl Davis (actor), Judge Reinhold (actor), Anthony Edwards (actor), Cameron Crowe (writer), Cameron Crowe (writer),

Plot: Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, Linda Barrett and Mike Damone, respectively. The center of the film is held by Jeff Spicoli, a perpetually stoned surfer dude who faces off with the resolute Mr. Hand, who is convinced that everyone is on dope.

Keywords: 1980s, abortion, advice, american-football, apology, bare-breasts, based-on-book, bathroom, bikini, bong
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: Fast Cars, Fast Girls, Fast Carrots...Fast Carrots? Hey Bud, Let's Party! [DVD] It's Awesome! Totally Awesome! At Ridgemont High Only the Rules get Busted!

Quotes:

Linda Barrett: What do you mean, better in bed? Either you do it or you don't.

Mike Damone: I mean don't just walk in. You move across the room. And you don't talk to her. You use your face. You use your body. You use everything. That's what I do. I mean I just send out this vibe and I have personally found that women do respond. I mean, something happens.::Mark Ratner: Well, naturally something happens. I mean, you put the vibe out to 30 million chicks, something is gonna happen.::Mike Damone: That's the idea, Rat. That's the attitude.::Mark Ratner: The attitude?::Mike Damone: Yeah! The attitude dictates that you don't care whether she comes, stays, lays, or prays. I mean whatever happens, your toes are still tappin'. Now when you got that, then you have the attitude.

Mike Damone: Look at you: member of the honor roll, assistant to the assistant manager of the movie theater. I'm tellin' ya, Rat, if this girl can't smell your qualifications, then who needs her, right?

Jeff Spicoli: This is U.S. History, I see the globe right there.

Brad Hamilton: [dumping out cold fries] I shall serve no fries before their time.

Jeff Spicoli: Aloha, Mr. Hand.

Mr. Hand: Aloha. My name is Mr. Hand.

Jeff Spicoli: What Jefferson was saying was, Hey! You know, we left this England place 'cause it was bogus; so if we don't get some cool rules ourselves - pronto - we'll just be bogus too! Get it?

Mike Damone: I can see it all now, this is gonna be just like last summer. You fell in love with that girl at the Fotomat, you bought forty dollars worth of fuckin' film, and you never even talked to her. You don't even own a camera.

Mike Damone: You are a wuss: part wimp, and part pussy.

Taylor, Dennis Filmography

Play in Full Screen It's the Way He Told Them... A Tribute to Frank Carson

2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Sport Relief 2010

2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Alex Higgins: The People's Champion

2010, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen UK Championship Snooker

2006, role: actor , character name: Commentator
Play in Full Screen Jacuzzi Rooms

2006, role: actor , character name: Dennis
Play in Full Screen 2005 TV Moments

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Happy Birthday BBC Two

2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen When Snooker Ruled the World

2002, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Touch Me in the Morning

1999, role: actor
Play in Full Screen 147 - Break

1983, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Pro-Celebrity Snooker

1976, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Pro-Celebrity Snooker

1976, role: actor , character name: Himself

Dennis, Taylor Filmography

Play in Full Screen 18, Legal and Latin 3

2006, role: director
Play in Full Screen I Love 'em Latin

2005, role: director
Play in Full Screen Be Gentle... It's My First Time

2004, role: actress
Play in Full Screen I Like 'em Young

2004, role: director
Play in Full Screen Tidy Teens

2004, role: director
Play in Full Screen Hey Boys... I'm Legal

2004, role: director
Play in Full Screen Be Gentle... It's My First Time

2004, role: director

Taylor, Dennis Filmography

Play in Full Screen Made in the USA: The 30 Day Journey

2013, role: producer

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Masterpieces - Final 1987 Masters - Dennis Taylor v Alex Higgins

The epic final between two greatest Northern Irishmen in 87 at Wembley

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Play Snooker: Master The Game With Dennis Taylor

Comprehensive instruction in the art of playing snooker, demonstrated by former world cham...

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Dennis Taylor - Crazy Snooker 2 Time Trial

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Dennis Taylor is Caught Cheating - Twice !! - Snooker Funny

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Dennis Taylor Funny Snooker Exhibition Trick Shots 1984

Just after winning the 1984 Rothmans Grand Prix (a few months before winning his epic Worl...

published: 05 Mar 2011

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Dennis Taylor, the Jester!

Classic Snooker: Dennis Taylor, the Jester, awesome Jokes! Snooker worlds best joke telle...

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Dennis Taylor - September When I First Met You

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Snooker trick shots from legendary Dennis Taylor

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UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea on Friday in response to its latest launch of a ballistic missile that Pyongyang says is capable of reaching anywhere on the U.S. mainland ... sanctions blacklist from 19 to 15. U.S ... The Security Council has stood united for the 10th time “against a North Korean regime that rejects the pursuit of peace,” she said ... China’s deputy U.N ... U.N ... ....

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Russia prepares retaliation for new US sanctions

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The US Treasury Department had on Wednesday sanctioned Russia's Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and four other people for human rights violations. "It is highly likely that reciprocity principle will be implemented," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying. He declined to name possible targets of the countermeasures ... ....

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FILE - In this Dec. 5, 2017 file photo, South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard gives his annual budget address at the State Capitol in Pierre, S.D. South Dakota conservatives stymied on high-profile bills by Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard are eyeing ... ....

Scoreboard: Chase Hawks Rodeo

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Dylan Bilton, Red Deer County, AB; Ty Breuer, Mandan, N.D.; Mason Clements, Springville, Utah; Jessy Davis, Power; Grant Denny, Minden, Nev.; Kaycee Feild, Genola, Utah; Cole Goodine, Carbon, AB; Seth Hardwick, Ranchester, Wyo.; RC Landingham, Calif.; Buck Lunak, Florence; Justin Miller, Billings; Tyler Nelson, Victor, Idaho; Shane O’Connell, Rapid ......

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Edit The Tribune Greeley 23 Dec 2017

Dennis Gary Swartz ... Dennis Gary Swartz died on Dec ... Dennis was born on April 17, 1940, in Wagner, S.D., to Thelma and Emil Swartz ... The Swartzes resided in Denver, then Greeley, where Dennis worked as a bank trust officer in Greeley and Fort Collins ... Dennis was a devoted husband and father, sharing his love for adventure and the outdoors; cycling, skiing, backpacking, scuba diving and traveling with his family and friends....

Bowling Green natives lead new era at Austin Peay

Edit Bowling Green Daily News 23 Dec 2017

Junior Chris Porter-Bunton and freshmen Dayton Gumm and Terry Taylor combined for 21 points for the Governors, who fell to the trio’s hometown Western Kentucky 72-55 Friday night at the Dunn Center in Clarksville. Taylor led the trio with 11 points and Gumm had seven points for Austin Peay (5-7) in its ninth straight loss to WKU (8-5) ... Taylor was the Governors’ second-leading scorer behind Ed Stephens’ 13 points off the bench....

Katie blasts 'absolutely clueless' pundits over criticism

Edit Irish Independent 23 Dec 2017

Katie Taylor has described British pundits Mike Costello and Steve Bunce as "absolutely clueless" after they questioned her boxing intelligence against Jessica McCaskill earlier this month. Taylor defended her WBA world lightweight title on a unanimous decision in York Hall, London where she was docked a point for holding ... Responding, Taylor didn't pull any punches, tweeting....

Vols' recruiting focus likely to turn to cornerbacks, wide receivers

Edit Times Free Press 23 Dec 2017

Coffee County Central standout athlete Alontae Taylor signed his national letter of intent to play for the Volunteers and new coach Jeremy Pruitt during a ceremony at the high school....

LIVE: Black Caps relying on bottom end after West Indies dismiss Taylor shortly after fifty

Edit TVNZ 23 Dec 2017

WICKET! Down goes Taylor! Good length ball from Holder just outside off and Taylor takes a poke at it ... Unfortunate for Black Caps as Taylor was looking like the pillar for this middle block ... 32 overs, NZ 179/4 - Taylor 51*, Nicholls 3*. FIFTY! That's fifty for Taylor ... 31 overs, NZ 169/4 - Taylor 44*, Nicholls 0*  ... Taylor suddenly has a lot more pressure to convert his good start into a big innings....

Taylor Swift helps pregnant, homeless fan buy a home

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Taylor Swift once made a pregnant fan’s dreams come true by reportedly helping her buy a house and fill it with baby items ... “I’ve finally decided to tell you all what Taylor did for me this night. What many of you don’t know is that for eight months of my pregnancy I was homeless.” Taylor Swift releases appJames Corden debuts as Taylor Swift's backup dancerSwift says she had to take a stand against groper....

LIVE: Nicholls fifty leads Black Caps towards strong total against Windies in Christchurch

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County to move offices Jan. 6

Edit The Richmond Register 23 Dec 2017

The move will result in savings for the county, and in a better experience for those who use its services, judge-executive Reagan Taylor said. "When you have duplication in five offices spanning over three miles, there is no question that consolidation is an opportunity for savings and creates an environment of increased collaboration," Taylor said ... "To me, it makes all the sense in the word," Taylor said....

Real-life veterans help ‘Five-0’ deliver a special holiday message

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Real-life military veterans Jason Redman, Steven Jackel, Kathryn Taylor-Smith, and J ... Eddie Martinez; and former Navy Reservist Kathryn Taylor-Smith ... While some of the veterans are trained actors– Martinez who played the tech-savvy Kekoa, and Taylor-Smith who played Josie the medic– Redman who played the jovial Frank, and Jackel who played the skilled bomb investigator Henry, are relatively new to acting....

Sounds of apparent shots scatter Bethlehem Twp. neighbors

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Neighbors near a Bethlehem Township standoff heard bangs, pops and whizzing sounds coming from Dennis Street hours after police were summoned there. Township Police Chief Dan Pancoast confirmed a woman lay motionless in the 1500 block of Dennis Street when police arrived. Neighbor Doug Wallace said he tried to help the woman but she was dead ... By 5.45 p.m ... ....

Moline finds answers

Edit Dispatch Argus 23 Dec 2017

“It was just a little freer game in the second half,” said Moline coach Sean Taylor ... Taylor has said that the other Maroons need to step up their games in Billups’ absence ... “I thought Brody, Jeff, Ben, and Drew, and Nolan started; they all gave us more,” said Taylor ... Moline outrebounded Urbana (3-6) 29-21, which was another aspect of the game with which Taylor was pleased....

Dennis Taylor

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Early career

Dennis Taylor - Cue The Laughter

Snooker - Steve Davis vs Dennis Taylor - The Rematch

Snooker W.C.[1985]-Davis v Taylor {Final-Frame} [HD] (Complete)

Masterpieces - Final 1987 Masters - Dennis Taylor v Alex Higgins

Play Snooker: Master The Game With Dennis Taylor

1985 World Snooker Championship - Steve Davis v Dennis Taylor Black Ball Final

Dennis Taylor - Best of

Dennis Taylor - Crazy Snooker 2 Time Trial

Dennis Taylor is Caught Cheating - Twice !! - Snooker Funny

Dennis Taylor Funny Snooker Exhibition Trick Shots 1984

Dennis Taylor, the Jester!

Snooker Steve Davis vs Dennis Taylor The Rematch 2010 HD

Dennis Taylor - September When I First Met You

Snooker trick shots from legendary Dennis Taylor

World Seniors Tour 17-18, UK Champs | Dennis Taylor - Les Dodd

dennis taylor Can I Take You Home?

Clive Everton nearly strangles Dennis Taylor in the commentary box

Dennis Taylor Tribute to Steve Davis | Betfred World Championship

Dennis Taylor - Steppin'

Dennis Taylor in new Studio

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DENNIS TAYLOR COULD IT BE

(Sometimes ) Dennis Taylor

'Dennis Taylor' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:

Fast Times (1986)

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Quotes:

Taylor, Dennis Filmography

Dennis, Taylor Filmography

Taylor, Dennis Filmography

Dennis Taylor

ALBUMS

Smile:Very Best of Dennis Taylor

Unconditional

Enough Is Enough

Dennis Taylor

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Smooth Jazz Journey - Third Edition

Died: 2010-10-18

Dennis Taylor

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Dennis Taylor - Cue The Laughter

Snooker - Steve Davis vs Dennis Taylor - The Rematch

Snooker W.C.[1985]-Davis v Taylor {Final-Frame} [HD] (Complete)

Masterpieces - Final 1987 Masters - Dennis Taylor v Alex Higgins

Play Snooker: Master The Game With Dennis Taylor

1985 World Snooker Championship - Steve Davis v Dennis Taylor Black Ball Final

Dennis Taylor - Best of

Dennis Taylor - Crazy Snooker 2 Time Trial

Dennis Taylor is Caught Cheating - Twice !! - Snooker Funny

Dennis Taylor Funny Snooker Exhibition Trick Shots 1984

Dennis Taylor, the Jester!

Snooker Steve Davis vs Dennis Taylor The Rematch 2010 HD

Dennis Taylor - September When I First Met You

Snooker trick shots from legendary Dennis Taylor

World Seniors Tour 17-18, UK Champs | Dennis Taylor - Les Dodd

dennis taylor Can I Take You Home?

Clive Everton nearly strangles Dennis Taylor in the commentary box

Dennis Taylor Tribute to Steve Davis | Betfred World Championship

Dennis Taylor - Steppin'

Dennis Taylor in new Studio

Denny Taylor

Dennis Taylor

Clip 7 Dennis Taylor

DENNIS TAYLOR COULD IT BE

(Sometimes ) Dennis Taylor

Dennis Taylor - Cue The Laughter

Snooker - Steve Davis vs Dennis Taylor - The Rematch

Snooker W.C.[1985]-Davis v Taylor {Final-Frame} [HD] (Complete)

Masterpieces - Final 1987 Masters - Dennis Taylor v Alex Higgins

Play Snooker: Master The Game With Dennis Taylor

1985 World Snooker Championship - Steve Davis v Dennis Taylor Black Ball Final

Dennis Taylor - Best of

Dennis Taylor - Crazy Snooker 2 Time Trial

Dennis Taylor is Caught Cheating - Twice !! - Snooker Funny