Taylor Mead

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

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.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

31 December 1924, 101 years old

Known For

Midnight Cowboy

Coffee and Cigarettes

Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Hit Squad

The Cockettes

Beautiful Darling

Hallelujah the Hills

Union City

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia

2023

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

Self (archive footage)

2017

Toilet Gator

Bar Act

2017

Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar

Self

2016

Pay It No Mind: Marsha P. Johnson

Himself

2012

In the Fabulous Underground

Self

2012

The Party in Taylor Mead's Kitchen

Himself

2011

Full Circle: Before They Were Famous

Self

2010

Beautiful Darling

Self

2010

The Piles Project

Himself

2008

New York Agora: The Legacy of the 60s Counterculture

Himself

2008

Andy Warhol's Factory People... Inside the Sixties Silver Factory

2008

365 Day Project

Self

2007

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis

Self

2007

Salvador Dalí at Work

Self

2006

Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol

2005

Electra Elf: The Beginning

2005

Excavating Taylor Mead

Self

2005

Man Under Wire

2005

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis

Self

2004

Coffee and Cigarettes

Taylor (segment "Champagne")

2004

The Cockettes

Self (archive footage)

2002

Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV

Award Presenter

2001

Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story

Self

2000

Ecstasy in Entropy

1999

Frogs for Snakes

Doc Wax

1998

Birth of a Nation

Self

1997

Trail of Blood

1997

The Deflowering

J. Jerry Franky

1994

Jonas in the Desert

Self

1994

Last Supper

The Actor

1992

Shadows in the City

Father

1991

Buster's Bedroom

James

1991

Mesmer

1991

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol

Self

1990

One Hour

1990

No Such Thing as Gravity

The Judge

1989

Wonderland USA

1989

Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties

Self

1989

The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man

The Atom Man

1981

Coupla White Faggots Sitting Around Talking

Rippley

1981

Underground U.S.A.

The Uncle

1980

Union City

Walter

1980

Tally Brown, New York

1979

Jesus

1979

Notes for Jerome

Self

1978

Feedback

1978

Hit Squad

Ubriachella (uncredited)

1976

Will More seduciendo a Taylor Mead

Self

1976

La Dolce Vita Grande

1973

Passions

1972

Cleopatra

1970

Brand X

Viewer / President / Minster / Nurse

1970

Tarzam

1969

Midnight Cowboy

The Party

1969

The Secret Life of Hernando Cortez

Hernando Cortez

1969

Lonesome Cowboys

Nurse

1968

The Bizarre Ones

1968

Emergency: The Living Theatre

Self

1968

San Diego Surf

Taylor

1968

Dialogue with Che

1968

The Illiac Passion

The Demon or Sprite

1967

Four Stars

1967

Homeo

Self

1967

The Nude Restaurant

Harmonica Player

1967

Imitation of Christ

Hobo

1967

Le Désir attrapé par la queue

1967

Il mostro verde

1967

Grimace

1967

Andy Warhol Screen Tests

Self

1965

Babo 73

President Sandy Studsbury

1964

Couch

Self

1964

Open the Door and See all the People

Tramp

1964

Tarzan and Jane Regained... Sort of

Tarzan

1964

Taylor Mead's Ass

Himself

1964

Hallelujah the Hills

Convict II

1963

Lemon Hearts

1963

To L.A. with Lust

1963

Taylor and Me

Himself

1963

Too Young, Too Immoral

Scribbles

1962

Senseless

1962

Passion in a Seaside Slum

The Faggot

1962

Taylor Mead Dances

1962

Taylor Mead's Acting Class

1960

The Flower Thief

Flower Thief

1960