Benedict Taylor was born in 1960 in London.   He is the eldest of six children.  He lived in Nigeria for the first few years of his life.   He made his debut in “The Turn of the Screw” on television in 1974.   His movies include “The Watcher in the Woods” with Bette Davis and Carroll Baker,  “Every Time We Say Goodbye” with Tom Hanks and “Monk Dawson” with John Michie.