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.

Directed

1. Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) — Director
2. Damien - Omen II (1978) — Director
3. The Final Countdown (1980) — Director
4. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Director
5. The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977) — Director
6. Night Gallery (1970) — Director
7. The Wild Wild West (1965) — Director
8. The 5-Man Army (1969) — Director
9. Tom Sawyer (1973) — Director
10. The Big Valley (1965) — Director
11. Mannix (1967) — Director
12. The Rifleman (1958) — Director
13. Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) — Director
14. Cannon (1971) — Director
15. The Flying Nun (1967) — Director
16. Dennis the Menace (1959) — Director
17. The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976) — Director
18. The Mod Squad (1968) — Director
19. Petrocelli (1974) — Director
20. Dr. Kildare (1961) — Director
21. Secret Weapons (1985) — Director
22. Studio One (1948) — Director
23. The Name of the Game (1968) — Director
24. Burke's Law (1963) — Director
25. Ride the Wild Surf (1964) — Director
26. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) — Director
27. Echoes of a Summer (1976) — Director
28. Something for a Lonely Man (1968) — Director
29. September Gun (1983) — Director
30. Checkmate (1960) — Director
31. Johnny Ringo (1959) — Director
32. The Promise of Love (1980) — Director
33. Wild Women (1970) — Director
34. The Dick Powell Show (1961) — Director
35. Alcoa Theatre (1957) — Director
36. M Squad (1957) — Director
37. The Rogues (1964) — Director
38. He's Not Your Son (1984) — Director
39. Jack of Diamonds (1967) — Director
40. The BBC Television Shakespeare (1978) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Stalag 17 (1953) — James Dunbar
2. The Naked City (1948) — Jimmy Halloran
3. Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Prof. Donald Mason
4. Father of the Bride (1950) — Buckley Dunstan
5. Battleground (1949) — Standiferd
6. Song of the Thin Man (1947) — Buddy Hollis
7. Flying Leathernecks (1951) — Lt. Vern 'Cowboy' Blithe
8. Father's Little Dividend (1951) — Buckley Dunstan
9. The 5-Man Army (1969) — Poker Player (uncredited)
10. That's Entertainment! III (1994) — (archive footage)
11. I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) — Wallie
12. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
13. Destination Gobi (1953) — Jenkins
14. Submarine Command (1951) — Lt. Cmdr. Peter Morris
15. Ambush (1950) — Lt. Linus Delaney
16. The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954) — Robin Hood
17. Burke's Law (1963) — George Hogarth
18. Climax! (1954) — John Appleby
19. Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957) — Dr. Pete L. Masters
20. Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956) — Yankee
21. Man Hunt (1984)
22. The Blue Veil (1951) — Dr. Robert Palfrey
23. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) — Mark Pine
24. Checkmate (1960) — Chip Damion
25. For the Love of Mary (1948) — David Paxton
26. Lux Video Theatre (1950) — Roger
27. The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953) — Lt. Jimmy Gilmartin
28. Johnny Dark (1954) — Duke Benson
29. The Bold and the Brave (1956) — Ewald "Preacher" Wallister
30. General Electric Theater (1953) — Bob Farrell
31. The Last Bomb (1945) — Gunner
32. Swing Shift Maisie (1943) — Young Pilot (Uncredited)
33. Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) — Dr. Soames
34. Cavalcade of America (1952) — Bob Lawrence
35. Hollywood: The Dream Factory (1972) — Self (archive footage)
36. The Savage Guns (1961) — Mike Summers
37. Telephone Time (1956)
38. The World of Hammer (1994) — Self (archive footage)
39. Japanese War Bride (1952) — Jim Sterling
40. Winged Victory (1944) — Danny 'Pinkie' Scariano