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Rip Taylor was born on January 13, 1934 and is 90 years old now.
Birthday: January 13, 1934
How Old - Age: 90
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Rip Taylor - Biography
Charles Elmer "Rip" Taylor, Jr. (born January 13, 1934) is an American actor and comedian. He is known for his exuberance and flamboyant personality, including his wild moustache and his habit of showering himself (and others) with confetti.
Rip Taylor's career in show business began after he joined the U.S. Army, where he started performing stand-up in clubs and restaurants abroad. Although a lot of his material were jokes stolen from acts he saw in USO shows, his signature piece would be to pretend to cry as he begged the audience to laugh. From there, he was able to land a spot on The Ed Sullivan Show, making close to 20 appearances. According to Taylor, Sullivan would forget his name but used to say, "Get me the crying comedian."
Throughout the 1970s, Taylor was a frequent celebrity guest panelist on TV game shows such as Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth, and The Gong Show, and substituted for Charles Nelson Reilly on The Match Game. He became a regular on Sid and Marty Krofft's Sigmund and the Sea Monsters, playing Sheldon, a sea-genie who lived in a conch shell. In addition, Taylor was also a regular on The Brady Bunch Hour, playing a role of neighbor/performer Jack Merrill.
In 2006, Taylor appeared as the grand marshal of Washington, D.C.'s Capital Pride parade. Although he has been referred to as "openly gay", in a 2009 interview for "Ask the Flying Monkey", Brent Hartinger recalls receiving an email from Taylor stating: "You don't know me to summarize that I am openly gay. I don't know that you're not an openly heroin user. You see how that works? Think before you write." Taylor was married to showgirl Rusty Rowe but later divorced.
