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Grigor Taylor | |
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| Born | Grigor Weston Taylor 1943 Penrith, New South Wales, Australia |
| Other names | Greg Taylor |
| Alma mater | Penrith High School |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1967-1993 |
Grigor Weston Taylor, born 1943, also known as Greg Taylor, is an Australian former actor, best known for his parts in several television series including Matlock Police and Glenview High .
Taylor was born in Penrith, New South Wales and attended Penrith High School.[ citation needed ] After finishing school, he became an English teacher at Richmond High School.[ citation needed ]He also taught mathematics at Parramatta Marist High, Westmead NSW.
Grigor Taylor became a professional actor in 1971 and starred in the first 99 episodes of TV series Matlock Police as Senior Detective Alan Curtis. Between 1974–75 Taylor portrayed Steve Hamilton in Silent Number and 1977–78 he portrayed an English high school teacher, Greg Walker, in Glenview High .
Taylor took many other parts in Australian television series such as A Country Practice , Homicide , Special Squad , City West , The Flying Doctors , Butterfly Island , Dearest Enemy and Mission: Impossible .
Taylor also acted in several feature films, including High Rolling , Mad Max 2 , and Afraid to Dance . [1]
| Title | Year | Role | Type |
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| 1977 | High Rolling | Alby | Feature film |
| 1981 | Mad Max 2 | Feature film | |
| 1987 | Emma's War | Dr. Friedlander | Feature film |
| 1988 | The Clean Machine | Detetive Sgt. Warren Davis | TV movie |
| 1988 | After Marcuse | Warren | TV movie |
| 1989 | Afraid to Dance | Jim Pratt | Feature film |
| 1991 | Innocent Prey (aka Voyeur) | Rick | Feature film |
| Title | Year | Role | Type |
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| 1971-73 | Matlock Police | Senior Detective Alan Curtis | TV series |
| 1974 | Behind the Legend | Burrowes | TV series |
| 1974 | Silent Number | Steve Hamilton | TV series |
| 1975 | Homicide | Doug Lambert | TV series |
| 1976 | McCloud | Eric Taylor | TV series |
| 1976 | The Outsiders | Otto Benson | TV series |
| 1976 | Bluey | Evan Dillon | TV series |
| 1977-78 | Glenview High | Greg Walker | TV series |
| 1978 | Case for the Defence | Ari Ben-Leon | TV series |
| 1982 | A Most Attractive Man | ||
| 1984 | The Explorers | Leichhardt | TV documentary series |
| 1984 | City West | Jack Chenney | TV series |
| 1983-85 | A Country Practice | 2 roles | TV series |
| 1985 | Special Squad | Bob Daley | TV series |
| 1985-87 | Butterfly Island | Charlie Wilson | TV series |
| 1988 | All the Way | Mike O'Brian | TV miniseries |
| 1988 | The Last Resort | Len | TV series |
| 1988 | Vampire Princess Miyu | Clerk | TV miniseries |
| 1988 | The Flying Doctors | Johnny McDonald | TV series |
| 1989 | Dearest Enemy | Anderson Morley | TV series |
| 1989 | Mission: Impossible | Defence Minister, Ivan Savitch | TV series |
| 1991 | Rafferty's Rules | Warren East | TV series |
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