Walter Emanuel Jones is an American actor, martial artist, and dancer, known for playing the role of Zack Taylor, the original Black Ranger on the hit television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
Walter also appeared in successful television shows including Family Matters, Step by Step, Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Moesha, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Early Edition, NYPD Blue, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Off Centre, and The Shield.
What are Walter Emanuel Jones’s name and role in Power Rangers?
Jones played the character of Zack Taylor, the original “Black Power Ranger” in the Power Rangers series. He was written out of the series midway through the second season, after a contract and pay dispute, and was replaced by Johnny Yong Bosch as the Black Ranger.
Jones returned to Power Rangers in the Lost Galaxy season (1999) where he played the voice of Hexuba’s Nightmare Monster in the episode “Dream Battle”; he also acted in an episode of Power Rangers: Wild Force (2002) entitled Forever Red in which many previous Red Rangers teamed up.
