Vince Taylor - Early Life

Early Life

Taylor spent his early life in Isleworth, Middlesex. When he was seven, the Holdens emigrated to America and settled in New Jersey where his father took work in a coal mine. Around 1955, his sister, Sheila, married Joe Barbera, of Hanna-Barbera. As a result of the marriage, the family moved to California where Taylor attended Hollywood High School. As a teenager, Taylor took flying lessons and obtained a pilot's license.

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