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EspañolGRANT TAYLOR (ACTOR)
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'Grant Taylor', English actor (1917-1971), best known as the abrasive General Henderson in the Gerry Anderson science fiction series ''UFO''.
Early work took Taylor to Australia. In 1955 he co-starred as Patch behind Robert Newton in Australian television's (and the World's) first ever COLOUR TV series ''Long John Silver''. His son Kit played Jim Hawkins.
Returning to the United Kingdom, he worked on the long-running medical drama ''Emergency Ward 10''. This led to plenty of work in character roles, from Anglia TV's soap opera ''Weavers Green'' and several Lew Grade-backed projects, including ''The Avengers'', ''The Champions'' and ''The Troubleshooters''. He was a Scots border chieftain in the BBC's 1968 colour costume drama ''The Borderers''. His most fondly-remembered role was in the Gerry Anderson science fiction series ''UFO'', where he played sometime-ally, sometime-antagonist General Henderson, with wild eyebrows! His last appearance in the series was in the penultimate episode 'Mindbender', where he also appears as himself, acting the role of Henderson in the studio.
On the movie side he appeared in the big-screen adaptation of ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1967) and opposite the kids in ''Calamity the Cow'' (with Phil Collins).
He died of cancer in 1971 aged 54.
'Grant Taylor', English actor (1917-1971), best known as the abrasive General Henderson in the Gerry Anderson science fiction series ''UFO''.
| Contents |
| Australian television work |
| UK work |
Australian television work
Early work took Taylor to Australia. In 1955 he co-starred as Patch behind Robert Newton in Australian television's (and the World's) first ever COLOUR TV series ''Long John Silver''. His son Kit played Jim Hawkins.
UK work
Returning to the United Kingdom, he worked on the long-running medical drama ''Emergency Ward 10''. This led to plenty of work in character roles, from Anglia TV's soap opera ''Weavers Green'' and several Lew Grade-backed projects, including ''The Avengers'', ''The Champions'' and ''The Troubleshooters''. He was a Scots border chieftain in the BBC's 1968 colour costume drama ''The Borderers''. His most fondly-remembered role was in the Gerry Anderson science fiction series ''UFO'', where he played sometime-ally, sometime-antagonist General Henderson, with wild eyebrows! His last appearance in the series was in the penultimate episode 'Mindbender', where he also appears as himself, acting the role of Henderson in the studio.
On the movie side he appeared in the big-screen adaptation of ''Quatermass and the Pit'' (1967) and opposite the kids in ''Calamity the Cow'' (with Phil Collins).
He died of cancer in 1971 aged 54.
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