Grant Taylor was born in Australia in 1917. He became an actor and his major role on Australian television was in the series 'Long John Silver' in which he played 'Patch' in a regular role in 1955. He moved to the UK and started work on the medical drama 'Emergency Ward 10'. He is however most famous for his role as General Henderson in the Gerry Anderson science fiction series UFO. His last appearance in the series was in the penultimate episode 'Mindbender'. He died of cancer the following year in 1971 aged 54.
Grant rejected the role because it was too similar to his real life at the time.
Grant was an actor known not for his versatility or ability to submerge his personality into his roles, but rather for his skill to maintain the image of the handsome, witty, well-groomed man. Clothes were always important to Grant, who turned up for years on various best-dressed men list.
Grant’s persona was kind of classless—he was comfortable among the working class but not out of place among the rich and famous.
Grant, in his heyday, was the only actor who could make his leading lady laugh while at the same time sweeping her off her feet.
Grant was born Archibald Leach, the son of Elias and Elsie Leach, 1904, in Bristol, England.
Grant gave a multi-layered performance, outwardly comedic with dark, dramatic undertones, attributes he would not have a chance to exhibit again until he teamed with director Alfred Hitchcock in the early forties.
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