Arthur Taxier

Actor

January 19, 1951 (75 years)

Denniston, Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Biography

Arthur Taxier (born January 19, 1951) is an American character actor, best known for the role of Lieutenant Carl Zymak in the TV series Midnight Caller. He also played the recurring role of Dr. Morton Chegley in the TV series St. Elsewhere, between 1983 and 1988. He played William Weiderman in the Tales from the Darkside episode Sorry, Right Number (1987), written by Stephen King.

Filmography

8.4

The X-Files

Assistant Director P. Bart

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

7.1

NYPD Blue

Dr. Reissman

Police drama set in New York City, exploring the internal and external struggles of the fictional 15th precinct of Manhattan. Each episode typically intertwined several plots involving an ensemble cast.

7.5

The A-Team

Escalus

A fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune while on the run from the Army after being branded as war criminals for a "crime they didn't commit."

7.6

Cheers

Frank

The story about a blue-collar Boston bar run by former sports star Sam Malone and the quirky and wonderful people who worked and drank there.

5.9

Melrose Place

Agent Fred Morrow

Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.

7.5

Knight Rider

Mel

Michael Long, an undercover police officer, is shot while investigating a case and left for dead by his assailants. He is rescued by Wilton Knight, a wealthy, dying millionaire and inventor who arranges life-saving surgery, including a new face and a new identity--that of Michael Knight. Michael is then given a special computerized and indestructible car called the Knight Industries Two Thousand (nicknamed KITT), and a mission: apprehend criminals who are beyond the reach of the law. The series depicts Michael's exploits as he and KITT battle the forces of evil on behalf of the Foundation for Law and Government.

7.6

Hill Street Blues

IAD Shipman

A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.

7.1

Diagnosis: Murder

Jordan Sanders

Dr. Mark Sloan is a good-natured, offbeat physician who is called upon to solve murders.

7.2

Chicago Hope

Austin Hackett

Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago, Illinois.

5.6

Falcon Crest

Mike Harris

Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced. The series revolves around the feuding factions of the wealthy Gioberti/Channing family in the Californian wine industry. Jane Wyman starred as Angela Channing, the tyrannical matriarch of the Falcon Crest Winery, alongside Robert Foxworth as Chase Gioberti, Angela's nephew who returns to Falcon Crest following the death of his father. The series was set in the fictitious Tuscany Valley northeast of San Francisco.

7.7

The Practice

Attorney Andrew Stanton

A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The show's forte is its storylines about “people who walk a moral tightrope.”

7.9

MAS*H

Surgeon

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

6.9

Knots Landing

Dr. Lang

The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.

8.1

Six Feet Under

Marcus Foster

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.

7.6

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Mr. Daggett

Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.

7.3

21 Jump Street

David Miller, Internal Affairs

21 Jump Street revolves around a group of young cops who would use their youthful appearance to go undercover and solve crimes involving teenagers and young adults.

7.1

Matlock

Agt. Alan Pierce

Thrifty, folksy and cantankerous, Matlock charges a premium for his services but is worth every penny: This renowned attorney, always clothed in his trademark light-gray suit and driving his signature Ford Crown Victoria, has an uncanny knack for finding overlooked clues and exposing murderers in dramatic courtroom scenes.

7.3

Lou Grant

Dale Tollifer

The trials of a former television station manager turned newspaper city editor, and his journalist staff.

5.7

St. Elsewhere

Dr. Morton Chegley

St. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982 to May 25, 1988. The series starred Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd and William Daniels as teaching doctors at a lightly-regarded Boston hospital who gave interns a promising future in making critical medical and life decisions.

7.1

L.A. Law

Dr. Peter Warren

L.A. Law is an American television legal drama series that ran for eight seasons on NBC from September 15, 1986, to May 19, 1994. Created by Steven Bochco and Terry Louise Fisher, it contained many of Bochco's trademark features including a large number of parallel storylines, social drama and off-the-wall humor. It reflected the social and cultural ideologies of the 1980s and early 1990s, and many of the cases featured on the show dealt with hot-topic issues such as abortion, racism, gay rights, homophobia, sexual harassment, AIDS, and domestic violence. The series often also reflected social tensions between the wealthy senior lawyer protagonists and their less well-paid junior staff. The show was popular with audiences and critics, and won 15 Emmy Awards throughout its run, four of which were for Outstanding Drama Series.

Arthur Taxier

Biography