Don Taylor
Biography
Don Taylor was an American actor and filmmaker who studied speech and drama at Penn State before heading to Hollywood in 1942, where Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed him as a contract player. After Army Air Forces service he took the lead in The Naked City (1948), playing a young detective, then appeared in Battleground (1949) and as Elizabeth Taylor's husband in Father of the Bride (1950) and Father's Little Dividend (1951). He also had a memorable part in Flying Leathernecks (1951) and played an escaped prisoner in Stalag 17 (1953), while I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955) marked his final major screen role, though he continued acting on television into the early 1960s. Turning to directing in the late 1950s, he worked on Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Night Gallery, Tom Sawyer (1973), Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) and The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977), earning a Saturn Award directing nomination. He wrote plays, radio dramas and a 1985 television movie.
78years old at death
- Born Freeport
- Died Los Angeles
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Donald Richie Taylor (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 9
- Career span
- 8 years1947 to 1955
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Early training
Taylor hitchhiked to Hollywood in 1942 after studying speech and drama at Penn State University. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed him as a contract player, and he took small roles.
First role
During World War II, Don Taylor was drafted into the United States Army Air Forces. He was credited as "Cpl. Don Taylor" in the Air Forces' Winged Victory, both the Broadway play and the 1944 movie.
Behind the camera
Taylor's writing included short stories, radio dramas and one-act plays. He also wrote the 1985 TV movie My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn.
Don Taylor movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Vincente Minnelli directed two of these films. Eleven actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Elizabeth Taylor's page
Spencer Tracy's page
Leon Ames's page
Moroni Olsen's page
Paul Harvey's page
Russ Tamblyn's page
All films by Vincente Minnelli
Also two films together5 more actors
- Billie BurkeFather's Little Dividend (1951) and Father of the Bride (1950)
- Joan BennettFather's Little Dividend (1951) and Father of the Bride (1950)
- Marietta CantyFather's Little Dividend (1951) and Father of the Bride (1950)
- Bruce CowlingBattleground (1949) and Song of the Thin Man (1947)
- Tom IrishFather's Little Dividend (1951) and Father of the Bride (1950)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.