Anecdotes

Close friends with Joe Mantegna. The pair were friends for over 40 years.

Received his Bachelor's degree in Theatre from Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida (1993).

Attended and graduated from Crispus Attucks High School in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1964.

Survived by his wife, Bianca Taylor; daughters Tamar, Esme and Yasmine; son Tariq; and four grandchildren.

He was the only actor to appear in both Mannequin (1987) and Mannequin: On the Move (1991).

He was nominated for a 1979 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "Native Son", at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

He was awarded the 1977 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for his performance in "Sizwe Banzi is Dead", at the Goodman Stage II Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Following his death, he was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, California.

His mother Hertha Ward Taylor died on August 1, 2022 at the age of 108, having outlived him by eight years.