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.

Filmography

• 2025Mrs. Weekley's Lover — Director
• 1994That's Entertainment! III — (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1990Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death — Director
• 1988The Diamond Trap — Director
• 1987Ghost of a Chance — Director
• 1986Classified Love — Director, Producer
• 1985Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story — Director
• 1985My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn — Teleplay, Director
• 1985Secret Weapons — Director
• 1984He's Not Your Son — Director
• 1984Man Hunt
• 1983Ghost Dancing — Director
• 1983Listen to Your Heart — Director
• 1983September Gun — Director
• 1982Drop-Out Father — Director
• 1981Broken Promise — Producer, Director
• 1981Red Flag: The Ultimate Game — Director
• 1980In Hiding — Director, Writer
• 1980The Final Countdown — Director
• 1980The Promise of Love — Director
• 1979The Gift — Director
• 1978Damien - Omen II — Director
• 1978For Tea on Sunday — Director
• The BBC Television Shakespeare — Director
• 1978When the Actors Come — Writer, Director
• 1977A Circle of Children — Director
• 1977The Achurch Letters — Director, Writer
• 1977The Island of Dr. Moreau — Director
• 1976Dad — Director, Writer
• 1976Echoes of a Summer — Director
• 1976The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday — Director
• 1976The Hemingway Play — Director
• 1974Honky Tonk — Director
• 1974Night Games — Director
• Petrocelli — Director
• 1973Tom Sawyer — Director
• 1972Heat of Anger — Director
• 1972The Man Hunter — Director
• Cannon — Director
• 1971Escape from the Planet of the Apes — Director
• Night Gallery — Director
• 1970Wild Women — Director
• 1969The 5-Man Army — Poker Player (uncredited), Director
• 1968Something for a Lonely Man — Director
• The Mod Squad — Director
• The Name of the Game — Director
• 1967Jack of Diamonds — Director
• Mannix — Director
• The Danny Thomas Hour — Director
• 1967The Enemy — Director
• The Flying Nun — Director
• Preview Tonight — Director
• The Tammy Grimes Show — Director
• Amos Burke: Secret Agent — Director
• 1965And Did Those Feet ? — Director
• The Big Valley — Director
• The Loner — Director
• The Wild Wild West — Director
• 1964Ride the Wild Surf — Director
• The Rogues — Director
• Burke's Law — George Hogarth, Scubie Baker, Director
• The Farmer's Daughter — Director
• The Lieutenant — Director
• Vacation Playhouse — Director
• Ensign O'Toole — Director
• 87th Precinct — Director
• Dr. Kildare — Director
• 1961Everything's Ducky — Director
• Follow the Sun — Director
• The Dick Powell Show — Director
• The New Breed — Fred Kingman
• 1961The Savage Guns — Mike Summers
• Checkmate — Chip Damion, Director, Teleplay
• Hong Kong — Director
• Dennis the Menace — Director
• Johnny Ringo — Director
• Peck's Bad Girl — Director
• Tightrope — Director
• Steve Canyon — Director
• The Rifleman — Director
• Alcoa Theatre — Director
• Bachelor Father — Director
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Director
• 1957Love Slaves of the Amazons — Dr. Pete L. Masters
• M Squad — Director
• Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre — Yankee, Director
• Hey, Jeannie! — Director
• 1956Ride The High Iron — Hugo Danielchik
• Telephone Time — Director
• 1956The Bold and the Brave — Ewald "Preacher" Wallister
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents — Prof. Donald Mason, Director
• Crossroads — Father Felix
• 1955I'll Cry Tomorrow — Wallie
• Climax! — John Appleby, Julian Coates, Timothy Colt
• 1954Johnny Dark — Duke Benson
• Summer Playhouse — Director
• 1954The Men of Sherwood Forest — Robin Hood
• 1953Destination Gobi — Jenkins
• General Electric Theater — Bob Farrell
• 1953Stalag 17 — James Dunbar
• 1953The Girls of Pleasure Island — Lt. Jimmy Gilmartin
• Cavalcade of America — Bob Lawrence
• 1952Japanese War Bride — Jim Sterling
• 1951Father's Little Dividend — Buckley Dunstan
• 1951Flying Leathernecks — Lt. Vern 'Cowboy' Blithe
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Dr. Soames, Sergeant Ben Destry, Tom Weldon, Pete, Max Swanson
• 1951Submarine Command — Lt. Cmdr. Peter Morris
• 1951Target Unknown — Lt. Frank Webster
• 1951The Blue Veil — Dr. Robert Palfrey
• 1950Ambush — Lt. Linus Delaney
• 1950Father of the Bride — Buckley Dunstan
• Lux Video Theatre — Roger, Jim Emerson
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Mark Pine
• 1949Battleground — Standiferd
• 1948For the Love of Mary — David Paxton
• Studio One — Director
• 1948The Naked City — Jimmy Halloran
• 1947Song of the Thin Man — Buddy Hollis
• 1945The Last Bomb — Gunner
• 1945Time to Kill — George
• 1944Winged Victory — Danny 'Pinkie' Scariano
• 1943Swing Shift Maisie — Young Pilot (Uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 2010Holy Wars — Himself
• The World of Hammer — Self (archive footage)
• 1972Hollywood: The Dream Factory — Self (archive footage)
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self