Don Taylor

Don Taylor

1920-12-13 Freeport, Pennsylvania, USA 74 Credits

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 o...

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Holy Wars

Holy Wars

2010

as Himself

7.5
Acting

Take one Muslim advocate for global jihad and put him in a room with one conservative Christian on a mission to evangelize the world's Muslims. Which ...

That's Entertainment! III

That's Entertainment! III

1994

as (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to G...

The Diamond Trap

The Diamond Trap

1988

Director

5.5
Directing

When streetwise Manhattan police detectives Rawlings (Howard Hesseman) and Brendan Thomas (Ed Marinaro) discover a major diamond heist is about to go ...

Ghost of a Chance

Ghost of a Chance

1987

Director

4.5
Directing

A television movie about a veteran policeman who accidentally kills a musician. The ghost of the musician returns to persuade the cop to steer the mus...

Classified Love

Classified Love

1986

Director, Producer

6.0
Directing Producing

Three ad agency buddies, who cannot seem to find fulfilling love, decide to place personal ads to find new romance. The resulting blind dates and ulti...

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story

1985

Director

4.0
Directing

The true story of Bill Johnson, the first US men's skiing gold medal winner, whose Olympics dreams were threatened by his rebellious attitude.

Secret Weapons

Secret Weapons

1985

Director

6.7
Directing

Soviet High School girls are sent to the U.S. where they are taught to become secret agents and use sex to find information.

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn

1985

Teleplay, Director

6.5
Directing

The life and wanton times of Errol Flynn

The Manhunt

The Manhunt

1984

4.5
Acting

A young man buys two horses at an Arizona race track but fails to get a receipt. Later, when riding across the land of a rancher named Robeson, he's a...

He's Not Your Son

He's Not Your Son

1984

Director

5.6
Directing

Two couples face the possibility that their infant sons, both born on the same day, were inadvertently switched at the hospital, and a chain of revela...

September Gun

September Gun

1983

Director

5.3
Directing

Ben Sunday, a long-in-tooth gunfighter forms an uneasy alliance with a Catholic nun. The single-minded sister wants to erect a sanctuary for a group o...

Ghost Dancing

1983

Director

2.0
Directing

Farm widow Sarah Bowman has been impoverished by the siphoning of her water supply. A nearby big-city aqueduct has priority over water rights, leaving...

Listen to Your Heart

Listen to Your Heart

1983

Director

Directing

This romantic melodrama features a book editor falling in love with his art director.

Drop-Out Father

Drop-Out Father

1982

Director

4.2
Directing

Successful advertising executive decides to get out of the rat race but the family rebels at the new lifestyle he outlines. He and his youngest daught...

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game

1981

Director

4.0
Directing

Two fighter pilots, Phil Clark and Jay Rivers, who flew together in Vietnam are assigned to the elite Air Force Fighter Weapons School (known as "Red ...

Broken Promise

Broken Promise

1981

Producer, Director

6.0
Producing Directing

A juvenile court services director strives to fight the odds following his promise to a resourceful 11-year-old to keep her and her four younger broth...

The Promise of Love

The Promise of Love

1980

Director

5.0
Directing

A teenage bride becomes a war widow when her Marine Corps husband is killed in Vietnam, until into her life comes a civilian recreation director who w...

In Hiding

In Hiding

1980

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

A teenager learns about life and death while staying with his aunt during the school holidays.

The Final Countdown

The Final Countdown

1980

Director

6.6
Directing

During routine manoeuvres near Hawaii in 1980, the aircraft-carrier USS Nimitz is caught in a strange vortex-like storm, throwing the ship back in tim...

The Gift

The Gift

1979

Director

Directing

A sailor on Christmas leave visits his boozing, one-legged father and dreamer mother in 1950s Brooklyn.

Damien - Omen II

Damien - Omen II

1978

Director

6.4
Directing

Since the sudden and suspicious deaths of his parents, young Damien has been in the charge of his wealthy aunt and uncle and enrolled in a military sc...

When the Actors Come

When the Actors Come

1978

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

On a cold day in January 1850, a group of travelling actors arrive out of the snow at the remote country estate of Count Horvath, in eastern Hungary. ...

For Tea on Sunday

For Tea on Sunday

1978

Director

Directing

An unexpected force shatters the urbane calm of a Sunday afternoon tea party.

Flayed

Flayed

1978

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

'There's absolutely no escape. No chairs or tables to hold on to, no fags to light or drinks to pour: no small talk or trivial daytime chatter. Just t...

The Island of Dr. Moreau

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1977

Director

5.6
Directing

A ship-wrecked man floats ashore on an island in the Pacific Ocean. The island is inhabited by a scientist, Dr. Moreau, who in an experiment has turne...

A Circle Street of Children

A Circle Street of Children

1977

Director

8.0
Directing

A teacher at a school for emotionally disturbed children takes an interest in one particular child who doesn't talk but emits a stream of gibberish.

The Achurch Letters

The Achurch Letters

1977

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

1889: young Bernard Shaw falls under the spell of actress Janet Achurch. An important and highly charged relationship develops.

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday

1976

Director

5.0
Directing

Sam Longwood, a frontiersman who has seen better days, spies the gold-mine partner, Jack Colby, who ran off with all the gold from a mine they were pr...

Dad

Dad

1976

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

'Listen Dad, it's me, Tom. I know you recognise me. Why don't you speak? Just say my name. Tom.' Dad's bewildering silence forces the family to face t...

The Hemingway Play

The Hemingway Play

1976

Director

Directing

A novel portrait of author Ernest Hemingway, in which four versions of the man from different points of his life exist simultaneously.

Echoes of a Summer

Echoes of a Summer

1976

Director

5.1
Directing

A young girl with a terminal heart condition plans to celebrate her 12th birthday on one last summer holiday with her parents in Nova Scotia.

Honky Tonk

Honky Tonk

1974

Director

Directing

In the wild west con-man 'Candy' Johnson heads to Nevada to set up his own gambling den and teams up with Lucy Cotton, a young woman he meets there. T...

Night Games

Night Games

1974

Director

6.0
Directing

A Harvard-educated, big-city lawyer moves to a small Arizona town to set up practice. His first case is defending a beautiful socialite accused of mur...

Tom Sawyer

Tom Sawyer

1973

Director

6.3
Directing

Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral, and wit...

The Man Hunter

The Man Hunter

1972

Director

6.0
Directing

A professional hunter is brought in to track a bank robbery suspect through a Louisiana swamp, and winds up getting romantically involved with the sus...

Heat of Anger

Heat of Anger

1972

Director

Directing

A woman attorney and her young associate defend a wealthy contractor accused of murdering an ironworker who was having an affair with the contractor's...

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

Hollywood: The Dream Factory

1972

as Self (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

A documentary about the glorious history of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and its decline leading to the sale of its back lot and props. By extension th...

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

Director

6.4
Directing

The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans...

Wild Women

Wild Women

1970

Director

6.2
Directing

Five female convicts are recruited to secretly transport arms into Mexican-held Texas in 1840

The 5-Man Army

The 5-Man Army

1969

as Poker Player (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $5...

The 5-Man Army

The 5-Man Army

1969

Director

6.7
Directing

At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $5...

Something for a Lonely Man

Something for a Lonely Man

1968

Director

7.4
Directing

The blacksmith of a small western town finds himself an outcast. He had led the townspeople west in hopes of starting a new life, only to find the tow...

The Enemy

The Enemy

1967

Director

Directing

During the Battle of the Bulge, word goes out to watch for German soldiers dressed as GIs. That's when black sergeant Chris Christiansen begins wonder...

Jack of Diamonds

Jack of Diamonds

1967

Director

4.2
Directing

The protégé of a famous cat burglar reluctantly agrees to join forces with a lesser criminal in the daring heist of several famous jewels from a seemi...

And Did Those Feet ?

And Did Those Feet ?

1965

Director

Directing

Lord Fountain hates his illegitimate twin boys as he does not seem to be able to produce legitimate heirs.

Ride the Wild Surf

Ride the Wild Surf

1964

Director

4.8
Directing

A group of friends go to Hawaii during the height of surfing season, to compete with other surf bums and find girlfriends along the way.

The Winter's Tale

The Winter's Tale

1962

Director

8.0
Directing

Adaptation of the Shakespeare play.

Everything's Ducky

Everything's Ducky

1961

Director

5.3
Directing

Everything's Ducky is a 1961 film directed by Don Taylor and starring Buddy Hackett, Mickey Rooney, and Jackie Cooper. Two sailors sneak a talking du...

The Savage Guns

The Savage Guns

1961

as Mike Summers

3.3
Acting

This Western is set in the Mexican valley of Sonora not that far south of the state of Arizona. It's just after the American Civil War, and a former C...

Love Slaves of the Amazons

Love Slaves of the Amazons

1957

as Dr. Pete L. Masters

4.0
Acting

A party of explorers in the Amazon jungle are captured by a tribe of women, and learn that they are to be used as the tribe's "love slaves."

Ride The High Iron

Ride The High Iron

1956

as Hugo Danielchik

Acting

A recent war veteran accepts a job in public relations, but he becomes increasingly unhappy with his career choice. Originally filmed for TV but relea...

The Bold and the Brave

The Bold and the Brave

1956

as Ewald "Preacher" Wallister

5.6
Acting

An assortment of American types come together in the Italian campaign of 1944.

I'll Cry Tomorrow

I'll Cry Tomorrow

1955

as Wallie

6.3
Acting

Deprived of a normal childhood by her ambitious mother, Lillian Roth becomes a star of Broadway and Hollywood before she is twenty. Shortly before her...

The Men of Sherwood Forest

The Men of Sherwood Forest

1954

as Robin Hood

6.7
Acting

Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from ca...

Johnny Dark

Johnny Dark

1954

as Duke Benson

5.0
Acting

A young auto racer competes in a Canada-to-Mexico race in a car he designed himself. Director George Sherman's 1954 film stars Tony Curtis, Piper Laur...

Stalag 17

Stalag 17

1953

as Lt. James Dunbar

7.7
Acting

It's a dreary Christmas 1944 for the American POWs in Stalag 17 and the men in Barracks 4, all sergeants, have to deal with a grave problem—there seem...

The Girls of Pleasure Island

The Girls of Pleasure Island

1953

as Lt. Jimmy Gilmartin

5.0
Acting

In the spring of 1945, World War II is coming to a close. Roger Halyard, a dignified, strait-laced Englishmen, lives on a South Sea atoll with his thr...

Destination Gobi

Destination Gobi

1953

as Jenkins

5.7
Acting

A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship...

Japanese War Bride

Japanese War Bride

1952

as Jim Sterling

5.5
Acting

A Korean war vet and his bride face subtle and sometimes extreme racism when they return to his home in rural California.

Submarine Command

Submarine Command

1951

as Lt. Cmdr. Peter Morris

5.6
Acting

Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew member to die outside the sub during WW II. Subsequ...

The Blue Veil

The Blue Veil

1951

as Dr. Robert Palfrey

6.6
Acting

A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.

Flying Leathernecks

Flying Leathernecks

1951

as Lt. Vern 'Cowboy' Blithe

5.9
Acting

Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds...

Father's Little Dividend

Father's Little Dividend

1951

as Buckley Dunstan

6.4
Acting

Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be...

Target Unknown

Target Unknown

1951

as Lt. Frank Webster

Acting

World War II drama about members of an American bomber squadron who are captured and held prisoners by the German army.

Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

1950

as Buckley Dunstan

7.0
Acting

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself,...

Ambush

Ambush

1950

as Lt. Linus Delaney

5.1
Acting

A Westerner searches for a white woman held by the Apaches.

Battleground

Battleground

1949

as Standiferd

6.7
Acting

Members of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division are fighting for their country amidst the rugged terrain of Bastogne, Belgium, in December 1944. Ho...

For the Love of Mary

For the Love of Mary

1948

as David Paxton

5.8
Acting

Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.

The Naked City

The Naked City

1948

as Jimmy Halloran

7.2
Acting

After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.

Song of the Thin Man

Song of the Thin Man

1947

as Buddy Hollis

6.8
Acting

Society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles investigate a murder in a jazz club.

Time to Kill

1945

as George

Acting

A group of sailors kid their shipmate Frank about his constant reading, when they would all rather play cards. But each of them has a dream for the fu...

The Last Bomb

1945

as Gunner

5.8
Acting

Documentary of the planning and delivery of the last great bomber attack on the city of Tokyo by the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II.

Winged Victory

Winged Victory

1944

as Danny 'Pinkie' Scariano

5.5
Acting

Pinky Scariano, Allan Ross, and Frankie Davis all join the Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they meet and become pals with ...

Swing Shift Maisie

Swing Shift Maisie

1943

as Young Pilot (Uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Bre...