Taylor Mead

Known for: Acting
Born: December 31, 1924, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA
Died: May 8, 2013
Movies: 95

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.5

Midnight Cowboy

1969

6.9

Coffee and Cigarettes

2004

6.0

Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV

2001

7.1

The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

2017

6.6

Hit Squad

1976

6.3

Beautiful Darling

2010

6.9

The Cockettes

2002

5.4

Union City

1980

6.2

Hallelujah the Hills

1963

6.8

Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story

2000

Filmography

2023	Beyond Queer: Voices from Bohemia
2017	The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson	Self (archive footage)
2017	Toilet Gator	Bar Act
2016	Taylor & Ultra: On the 60s, The Factory, and Being a Warhol Superstar	Self
2012	Pay It No Mind: Marsha P. Johnson	Himself
2012	In the Fabulous Underground	Self
2011	The Party in Taylor Mead's Kitchen	Himself
2010	Full Circle: Before They Were Famous	Self
2010	Beautiful Darling	Self
2008	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
2007	365 Day Project	Self
2007	Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis	Self
2006	Salvador Dalí at Work	Self
2005	Vies et morts d'Andy Warhol
2005	Electra Elf: The Beginning
2005	Excavating Taylor Mead	Self
2005	Man Under Wire
2004	Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis	Self
2004	Coffee and Cigarettes	Taylor (segment "Champagne")
2002	The Cockettes	Self (archive footage)
2001	Citizen Toxie: The Toxic Avenger IV	Award Presenter
2000	Pie in the Sky: The Brigid Berlin Story	Self
1999	Ecstasy in Entropy
1998	Frogs for Snakes	Doc Wax
1997	Birth of a Nation	Self
1997	Trail of Blood
1994	The Deflowering	J. Jerry Franky
1994	Jonas in the Desert	Self
1992	Last Supper	The Actor
1991	Shadows in the City	Father
1991	Buster's Bedroom	James
1991	Mesmer
1990	Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol	Self
1990	One Hour
1989	No Such Thing as Gravity	The Judge
1989	Wonderland USA
1989	Warhol's Cinema 1963-1968: Mirror for the Sixties	Self
1981	The Queen of Sheba Meets the Atom Man	The Atom Man
1981	Coupla White Faggots Sitting Around Talking	Rippley
1980	Underground U.S.A.	The Uncle
1980	Union City	Walter
1979	Tally Brown, New York
1979	Jesus
1978	Notes for Jerome	Self
1978	Feedback
1976	Hit Squad	Ubriachella (uncredited)
1976	Will More seduciendo a Taylor Mead	Self
1973	The Aging Rock Star
1973	La Dolce Vita Grande
1973	Taylor Mead's Cat
1972	Passions
1972	Candy & Daddy	Daddy
1971	Max's Kansas City
1971	The Great American Silent Movie
1970	Cleopatra
1970	Brand X	Viewer / President / Minster / Nurse
1969	Tarzam	Tarzam
1969	Midnight Cowboy	The Party
1969	The Secret Life of Hernando Cortez	Hernando Cortez
1968	Lonesome Cowboys	Nurse
1968	The Bizarre Ones
1968	Emergency: The Living Theatre	Self
1968	San Diego Surf	Taylor
1968	Dialogue with Che
1967	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
1965	Andy Warhol Screen Tests	Self
1964	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
1963	Hallelujah the Hills	Convict II
1963	Lemon Hearts
1963	To L.A. with Lust
1963	Taylor and Me	Himself
1962	Too Young, Too Immoral	Scribbles
1962	Senseless
1962	Passion in a Seaside Slum	The Faggot
1962	Taylor Mead Dances
1960	Taylor Mead's Acting Class
1960	The Flower Thief	Flower Thief

Directing, Writing & Producing

1969	Tarzam	Writer
1968	Home Movies: NYC to San Diego	Director
1966	European Diaries	Director
1965	Home Movies - Rome/Florence/Venice/Greece	Director
1964	My Home Movies	Director

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