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Also known as Denis Taylor

British snooker player

Person · Open Library

Works
25

Top works

  • Really Living
  • Neutron Irradiation & Activation Analysis
  • Puncher's Chance
  • Miracle Myth
  • Come, Take My Hand

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Film & TV

Coalisland, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, UK

Dennis Taylor (born 19 January 1949) is a Northern Irish retired professional snooker player and current commentator. He is best known for winning the 1985 World Snooker Championship, where he defeated the defending champion Steve Davis in a final widely recognised as one of the most famous matches in professional snooker history. Despite losing the first eight frames, Taylor recovered to win…

Known for

  • One Day at the Crucible2021
  • The Weakest Link — Self - Participant2021
  • Touching The Blue — Self2020
  • Richard Osman's House of Games — Self - Contestant2017
  • Cheap Cheap Cheap — Self2017
  • The Real Marigold Hotel — Self2016
  • The Real Marigold on Tour — Self2016
  • Mark Selby: Life of a World Champion — Self2015
  • Tony Drago: Fun & Torture2014
  • Tipping Point: Lucky Stars — Self - Contestant2013

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1989-12-13

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
11,677
Total plays
68,687

Tags

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Dennis Taylor (born in Brooklyn, New York) is a soul singer and performer, best-known in the UK. As a child, Dennis was singing as part of a church choir in Brooklyn at the age of 7, but later moved to Virginia, and signed up to the US Air Force at 18, with whom he served for six years. Taylor then returned to New York, and following his earlier success in a talent competition, was able to secure a minor recording contract, although he failed to garner any wide-scale success. <a href="https://w

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Dennis
Family name
Taylor
Gender
male
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Place of birth
Coalisland
Employer
BBC
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Participant in
1993 Masters
Sport
snooker
Country for sport
Northern Ireland
Official website
www.dennistaylor.co.uk
Image
Dennis Taylor, 2004.jpg
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date of birth
1949-01-19
Commons category
Dennis Taylor
century breaks
79
different from
Dennis Taylor
writing language
English language
social media followers
38198
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