Noah Taylor (Desperate Housewives)

Noah Taylor
First appearance	Come In, Stranger (episode 1.05)
Last appearance	Remember (episode 2.23)
Cause/reason	Life Support disconnected by Zach Young
Created by	Marc Cherry
Portrayed by	Bob Gunton
Information
Gender	Male
Age	76 at death
Occupation	Supposed Mafia Godfather
Family	Zach Young (grandson)
Children	Deirdre Taylor (daughter; deceased) Kendra Taylor (daughter)

Noah Taylor was a fictional character on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character was played by actor Bob Gunton.

History

The father of Deirdre and Kendra Taylor, and the grandfather of Zach. Noah first appeared in episode 5, Come in Stranger where Mike met him in Fairview Park to discuss his break-in at the Fromme residence. Noah came off as a bitter old man after being nasty to the local kids in front of Mike. He then reappears when Mike visits his mansion and it is revealed that Noah hired Mike to find his daughter Deirdre, (who was Mike's ex-girlfriend, 1st love, and Dana/Zach's mother). Noah had felt that Mike abandoned his daughter by finding a nice wife^[1]. However, it is believed that Noah was exaggerating, and that Mike married his first wife after Deirdre had ran away from home, and after Mike got out of prison. Noah arranged for Mike to murder Deirdre's killer and decided to put him back on his payroll. Noah had fired him because of his slow pace, which was a major flaw due to Noah's brain tumor. Noah made it clear that he had only one year left. Mike later returned with all of Noah's money. Noah appears later to discuss Martha Huber's murder and how her watch got into Mike's garage^[2]. Noah points out that whoever did it was the killer of Deirdre. Noah is again seen in a cemetery where he tells Mike about Deirdre's death, and that she had been stuffed into a toy chest (the same chest Paul had in his pool and put into Rock Water Lake)^[3]. Noah arranged for Sullivan to give Mike the case file on Deirdre's murder and bribed him to keep quiet to prevent Mike from being imprisoned, where Mike discovered that the Youngs had killed Deirdre. Noah appears for the last time in Sunday in the Park with George, where Noah attempts to break up Susan and Mike forever, by giving Susan false information about Mike's criminal records. Surprisingly enough, Kendra comes to the rescue and sets Susan straight. Noah reappears when he is on his death bed. It is then revealed that Felicia Tilman is his nurse. Noah's occupation is unknown to this day. He wants to meet his newly found grandson, Zach, but Mike and Paul don't want that. When he finds out the Youngs were Dierdre's murderer, he bullied Paul and Zach. Zach gives in and visits Noah, only so he could leave them alone. Rumors suggest that he is a mafia godfather, and that Mike was his number one man and the fiancé of his daughter, the truth about the Taylors is still a mystery. He died when Zach Young turned off his life support, and Zach inherited his entire estate.