Jack Taylor
Biography
Jack Taylor was an American actor whose career was largely spent in European exploitation and horror films. Born George Brown Randall in Oregon City, Oregon, he started acting onstage as a child, then took small parts on Los Angeles television series in the 1950s before moving to Mexico to work with director Federico Curiel. He had minor roles in films such as Cleopatra (1963) and Custer of the West (1967) before Jesús Franco gave him his first onscreen lead in Succubus (1968). He settled in Spain, played Quincey Morris in Count Dracula (1970), and became a regular in Franco's pictures, among them Female Vampire (1973). He also appeared in Where Time Began (1977), the cult horror film Pieces (1982), and later in Roman Polanski's The Ninth Gate (1999) and Grand Piano (2013). He died in 2026.
99years old at death
- Born Oregon City
- Died Madrid
- Star sign: LibraThe sign runs September 23 to October 22
- George Brown Randall (birth name)Also credited as John V Taylor, John, III Taylor and John Taylor
Movie Career
- Films
- 6
- Career span
- 46 years1967 to 2013
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First role
Taylor began acting when he was a child, and the first role he appeared in was in a stage production of Macbeth.
A role that slipped away
Taylor reportedly moved to Europe so he could appear in the film Cleopatra (1963), but the small part he had in it was uncredited.
Big break
In 1967, Taylor started working often with Jesús Franco. Their first film together was Succubus, released in 1968, and it gave Taylor his first lead role on screen.
Jack Taylor movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Jack Taylor shares two films with Frank Braña, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Juan Piquer SimónDirector, 2 films, 1977 to 1982
All films by Juan Piquer Simón
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Official profiles and reference pages.