Kurt Taylor(I)
- Writer
- Additional Crew
- Actor
Kurt Taylor was born and raised in Houston, Texas. He attended Evans E.
Worthing Junior and Senior High school--played football, baseball and
ran track. Graduated from high school in the mid-sixties. Attended
Prairie View A&M College -- played football and baseball. In 1969, Kurt
joined the Kansas City Chiefs pro-football team. Kurt Taylor and Otis
Taylor - the Super Star all-pro wide receiver, who also played for
Kansas City Chiefs Pro-Football team eleven seasons are first cousins.
Kurt has an ex-wife, Sharon and four grown kids, Kimberly, Keisha
Renee, Keith, and Kenya. Bill Cosby was responsible for Kurt's first
professional writing job in Hollywood on "The New Bill Cosby Comedy
Variety Show" on CBS, as a staff writer in 1972. Kurt was hired to
write Bill Cosby's opening comedy monologues. Then Kurt met Norman
Lear, (TV Producer), who was impressed with Kurt's creative talents and
became Kurt's mentor. Lear taught him how to write situation comedy.
Kurt's first situation comedy episode was with "Good Times" TV comedy
series, entitled Black Jesus" in 1974. Norman Lear also hired Kurt as a
staff writer on some of his other shows, such as "The Jeffersons" and
"Sanford". Kurt also worked with his long time comedian/actor friend
Eddie Griffin for eight years as a writer - (Malcolm & Eddie) TV comedy
Show. As Kurt always points out - minus the profanity.