Taylor Mead

Personal Info

Birthday

December 31, 1924

Day of Death

2013-05-08

(88 years old)

Place of Birth

Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA

Taylor Mead

Biography

Taylor Mead was an American writer, actor and performer. Mead appeared in several of Andy Warhol's underground films filmed at Warhol's Factory, as well as in works by Robert Downey Sr., Adolfas Mekas, and Ron Rice.

Known For

Midnight Cowboy

Buster's Bedroom

Coffee and Cigarettes

Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV

Hit Squad

The Illiac Passion

Union City

Frogs for Snakes

Filmography

2017
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Toilet Gator
as Bar Act
2016
Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar
as Self
2012
Pay It No Mind: Marsha P. Johnson
as Himself
In the Fabulous Underground
as Self
2011
The Party in Taylor Mead's Kitchen
as Himself
2010
Full Circle: Before They Were Famous
as Self
Beautiful Darling
as Self
2008
The Piles Project
as Himself
New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture
as Himself
2007
365 Day Project
as Self
Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis
as Self
2006
Salvador Dalí at Work
as Self
2005
Excavating Taylor Mead
as Self
2004
Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis
as Self
Coffee and Cigarettes
as Taylor (segment "Champagne")
2002
The Cockettes
as Self (archive footage)
2001
Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV
as Award Presenter
2000
Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story
as Self
1998
Frogs for Snakes
as Doc Wax
1997
Birth of a Nation
as Self
1994
Jonas in the Desert
as Self
The Deflowering
as J. Jerry Franky
1992
Last Supper
as The Actor
1991
Shadows in the City
as Father
Buster's Bedroom
as James
1990
Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol
as Self
1989
No Such Thing as Gravity
as The Judge
Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties
as Self
1981
The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man
as The Atom Man
Coupla White Faggots Sitting Around Talking
as Rippley
1980
Underground U.S.A.
as The Uncle
Union City
as Walter
1978
Notes for Jerome
as Self
1976
Hit Squad
as Ubriachella (uncredited)
Will More seduciendo a Taylor Mead
as Self
1970
Brand X
as Viewer / President / Minster / Nurse
1969
Tarzam
as Tarzam
Midnight Cowboy
as The Party
The Secret Life of Hernando Cortez
as Hernando Cortez
1968
Lonesome Cowboys
as Nurse
Emergency: The Living Theatre
as Self
San Diego Surf
as Taylor
1967
The Illiac Passion
as The Demon or Sprite
Homeo
as Self
The Nude Restaurant
as Harmonica Player
Imitation of Christ
as Hobo
1965
Andy Warhol Screen Tests
as Self
1964
Babo 73
as President Sandy Studsbury
Couch
as Self
Open the Door and See all the People
as Tramp
Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of
as Tarzan
Taylor Mead's Ass
as Himself
1963
Hallelujah the Hills
as Convict II
Taylor and Me
as Himself
1962
Too Young, Too Immoral
as Scribbles
The Flower Thief
as Flower Thief
Passion in a Seaside Slum
as The Faggot