Career
He is possibly best known as Lothar in The Rocketeer (1991) and as Roc in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994), roles that exploited his 7 ft (213 m) frame and craggy features. He also played First Rate (at Lloyd's), the tall police detective whose face is never seen, in The Naked Gun (1988) and on the television series Police Squad!. He has also appeared on television, including seven episodes of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as the Hupyrian manservant Maihar"du, and two episodes of Star Trek: Voyager as the Hirogen alpha Idrin.
Taylor was born in Torrance, California.
His teacher figured that in a niche category populated by actors with such screen names as "André the Giant," the name "Tiny Ron" would stand out. Tiny Ron attended North Torrance High School and graduated from the University of Southern California.
He played professional basketball in the American Bar Association and in Austria in the 1970s before starting his film career. He was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round of the 1969 National Basketball Association Draft, but never played in the National Basketball Association.