Don Taylor

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-12-13 (78 years old)

Deathday

1998-12-29

Place of Birth

Freeport, Pennsylvania, USA

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.

Acting

1953

Stalag 17

as Lt. James Dunbar

1948

The Naked City

as Jimmy Halloran

1950

Father of the Bride

as Buckley Dunstan

1951

Father's Little Dividend

as Buckley Dunstan

1949

Battleground

as Standiferd

1955

1951

Flying Leathernecks

as Lt. Vern 'Cowboy' Blithe

1952

Japanese War Bride

as Jim Sterling

1948

For the Love of Mary

as David Paxton

1953

The Girls of Pleasure Island

as Lt. Jimmy Gilmartin

1972

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

as Self (archive footage)

1953

1954

Johnny Dark

as Duke Benson

1951

Submarine Command

as Lt. Cmdr. Peter Morris

1950

Ambush

as Lt. Linus Delaney

2010

Holy Wars

as Himself

1956

The Bold and the Brave

as Ewald "Preacher" Wallister

1944

Winged Victory

as Danny 'Pinkie' Scariano

1956

Ride The High Iron

as Hugo Danielchik

1957

Love Slaves of the Amazons

as Dr. Pete L. Masters

1951

Target Unknown

as Lt. Frank Webster

1947

Song of the Thin Man

as Buddy Hollis

1945

The Last Bomb

as Gunner

1961

The Savage Guns

as Mike Summers

1994

That's Entertainment! III

as (archive footage)

1945

Time to Kill

as George

1951

The Blue Veil

as Dr. Robert Palfrey

1943

Swing Shift Maisie

as Young Pilot (Uncredited)

1969

The 5-Man Army

as Poker Player (uncredited)

Production

1978

Damien - Omen II

as Director

1985

Secret Weapons

as Director

1984

1980

1983

Ghost Dancing

as Director

1973

Tom Sawyer

as Director

1964

1981

Broken Promise

as Producer

1981

Broken Promise

as Director

1976

1969

The 5-Man Army

as Director

1976

1967

Jack of Diamonds

as Director

1961

1988

The Diamond Trap

as Director

1987

1962

1986

Classified Love

as Director

1986

Classified Love

as Producer

1972

The Man Hunter

as Director

1980

1979

The Gift

as Director

1982

Drop-Out Father

as Director

1965

1983

1983

September Gun

as Director

1967

The Enemy

as Director

1974

Night Games

as Director

1972

Heat of Anger

as Director

1970

Wild Women

as Director

1974

Honky Tonk

as Director

1977

1977

1980

In Hiding

as Director

1980

In Hiding

as Writer

1976

Dad

as Director

1976

Dad

as Writer

1978

Flayed

as Director

1978

Flayed

as Writer

1978

1978

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