Josh Taylor(I)
- Actor
- Producer
- Soundtrack
Armed with a Burt Reynolds-like
laid-back grin, virility and swagger, handsome soap actor Josh Taylor
was first noticed tending bar near the popular Burbank Studios, where
Days of Our Lives (1965)
was being cast. He won the role of working-class "Chris Kositchek" (a
bartender, natch) and, for four seasons, won the hearts of many a lady
fan, from 1977-1981, returning to the role again in 1982 for another
five years.
Born Tommy Tim Taylor in Princeton, Illinois. When he was
two-years-old, his family moved to nearby Chillicothe, Illinois. He
earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth University. Despite
his good-ol'-boy reputation, he managed to buckle down and holds a
Juris Doctorate in Law. Following his daytime fame in the mid-80s, Josh
was successful in crossing over to prime-time TV with the sitcom,
Valerie (1986), as series star
Valerie Harper's husband,
"Michael Hogan". In 1988, squabbles between the title star and the
network led to Harper's abrupt dismissal. Instead of the expected
cancellation, a surprise change showed up in the form of
Sandy Duncan, who came to the rescue as
Valerie's sister and household help, changing the name of the show to
"The Hogan Family" (1988). The program went on for another three
seasons.
Brief forays into mini-movies and episodics
(Murder, She Wrote (1984)
and Matlock (1986)) and a recurring
role as Luke Perry's ne'er-do-well
father on
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
failed to keep up a steady pace, so Josh returned to the daytime fold
in the mid-1990s with brief stints on
The Young and the Restless (1973)
and
Guiding Light (1952).
In 1997, he came home to NBC and "Days..." as "Roman Brady" this time,
and stayed with the show until 2004 when his character (and many others
in a studio cost-cutting measure) fell victim to a serial killer.
Later, it was discovered his character managed to survive after all.
Josh continues to live a "nine lives" cat-like existence on the show
while playing out an attention-getting love triangle with stars
Deidre Hall and
Drake Hogestyn. Divorced from film action
bombshell Sandahl Bergman of
Red Sonja (1985) fame, Josh remarried
and lives with wife, Lisa, in Burbank. He has a daughter, Tristen, from
his first marriage.
laid-back grin, virility and swagger, handsome soap actor Josh Taylor
was first noticed tending bar near the popular Burbank Studios, where
Days of Our Lives (1965)
was being cast. He won the role of working-class "Chris Kositchek" (a
bartender, natch) and, for four seasons, won the hearts of many a lady
fan, from 1977-1981, returning to the role again in 1982 for another
five years.
Born Tommy Tim Taylor in Princeton, Illinois. When he was
two-years-old, his family moved to nearby Chillicothe, Illinois. He
earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth University. Despite
his good-ol'-boy reputation, he managed to buckle down and holds a
Juris Doctorate in Law. Following his daytime fame in the mid-80s, Josh
was successful in crossing over to prime-time TV with the sitcom,
Valerie (1986), as series star
Valerie Harper's husband,
"Michael Hogan". In 1988, squabbles between the title star and the
network led to Harper's abrupt dismissal. Instead of the expected
cancellation, a surprise change showed up in the form of
Sandy Duncan, who came to the rescue as
Valerie's sister and household help, changing the name of the show to
"The Hogan Family" (1988). The program went on for another three
seasons.
Brief forays into mini-movies and episodics
(Murder, She Wrote (1984)
and Matlock (1986)) and a recurring
role as Luke Perry's ne'er-do-well
father on
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
failed to keep up a steady pace, so Josh returned to the daytime fold
in the mid-1990s with brief stints on
The Young and the Restless (1973)
and
Guiding Light (1952).
In 1997, he came home to NBC and "Days..." as "Roman Brady" this time,
and stayed with the show until 2004 when his character (and many others
in a studio cost-cutting measure) fell victim to a serial killer.
Later, it was discovered his character managed to survive after all.
Josh continues to live a "nine lives" cat-like existence on the show
while playing out an attention-getting love triangle with stars
Deidre Hall and
Drake Hogestyn. Divorced from film action
bombshell Sandahl Bergman of
Red Sonja (1985) fame, Josh remarried
and lives with wife, Lisa, in Burbank. He has a daughter, Tristen, from
his first marriage.