Born in Glendale, California, Taylor Negron began modelling as a child, and during his short time at the San Francisco Art Institute changed his name from Brad to Taylor, and decided to pursue a career in comedy. He appeared in a 1979 episode of The Last Resort, and that same year landed the recurring role of Silvio Galindez in Detective School. In 1982 he made his motion-picture debut as a love-struck, pill-popping, dancing intern in Young Doctors in Love.
Taylor Negron passed away at age 57, he had been diagnosed with liver cancer in 2008