Frank Hoyt Taylor

Frank Hoyt Taylor is an actor from Norton, in the coalfields of southwestern Virginia. He earned an English degree at the University of Virginia at Wise and joined Roadside Theatre, then a new company within Appalachian Film Workshop. For ten years he worked in a three actor ensemble in an Appalachian storytelling show, giving over four hundred touring performances in settings that included tents, prisons, colleges, and the Manhattan Theatre Club. His film career started with Matewan, directed by John Sayles, and The River (1984), directed by Mark Rydell. He played Uncle Bogg on the television series Christy. His credits also include Sheriff Guidry in Joseph Sargent's A Lesson Before Dying, which earned an Emmy for best picture, and folk artist David Wark in Phil Morrison's Junebug (2005), a Sundance favorite that appeared on many ten best lists. Diane Bell's film Obselidia also included him and bees.