Don Taylor

Personal Info

Birthday

December 13, 1920

Day of Death

1998-12-29

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Freeport, Pennsylvania, USA

Also Known As

Donald Richie Taylor

Don Taylor

Biography

Donald Richie Taylor (December 13, 1920 – December 29, 1998) was an American actor and film director. He co-starred in 1940s and 1950s classics, including The Naked City, Battleground, Father of the Bride, Father's Little Dividend and Stalag 17. He later turned to directing films such as Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Tom Sawyer (1973), Echoes of a Summer (1976), and Damien: Omen II (1978). Description above from the Wikipedia article Don Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Robert Montgomery Presents

Climax!

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

Burke's Law

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

The New Breed

Checkmate

Lux Video Theatre

Filmography

2010
Holy Wars
as Himself
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1972
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
as Self (archive footage)
1969
The 5-Man Army
as Poker Player (uncredited)
1961
The Savage Guns
as Mike Summers
1957
Love Slaves of the Amazons
as Dr. Pete L. Masters
1956
Ride The High Iron
as Hugo Danielchik
The Bold and the Brave
as Ewald "Preacher" Wallister
1955
I'll Cry Tomorrow
as Wallie
1954
The Men of Sherwood Forest
as Robin Hood
Johnny Dark
as Duke Benson
1953
Stalag 17
as Lt. James Dunbar
The Girls of Pleasure Island
as Lt. Jimmy Gilmartin
Destination Gobi
as Jenkins
1952
Japanese War Bride
as Jim Sterling
1951
Submarine Command
as Lt. Cmdr. Peter Morris
The Blue Veil
as Dr. Robert Palfrey
Flying Leathernecks
as Lt. Vern 'Cowboy' Blithe
Father's Little Dividend
as Buckley Dunstan
Target Unknown
as Lt. Frank Webster
1950
Father of the Bride
as Buckley Dunstan
Ambush
as Lt. Linus Delaney
1949
Battleground
as Standiferd
1948
For the Love of Mary
as David Paxton
The Naked City
as Jimmy Halloran
1947
Song of the Thin Man
as Buddy Hollis
1945
Time to Kill
as George
The Last Bomb
as Gunner
1944
Winged Victory
as Danny 'Pinkie' Scariano
1943
Swing Shift Maisie
as Young Pilot (Uncredited)