Don Taylor

1920–1998 · American actor and film director

Donald Ritchie Taylor was an American actor and film director. He co-starred in 1940s and 1950s classics, including the 1948 film noir 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).

Don Taylor, in order

1. 1943 Girl Crazy: acted · directed by Busby Berkeley and Norman Taurog
2. 1944 Winged Victory: acted · directed by George Cukor
3. 1947 Song of the Thin Man: acted · directed by Edward Buzzell
4. 1948 For the Love of Mary: acted · directed by Fred de Cordova
5. 1948 The Naked City: acted · directed by Jules Dassin
6. 1950 Ambush: acted · directed by Sam Wood
7. 1950 Battleground: acted · directed by William A. Wellman
8. 1950 Father of the Bride: acted · directed by Vincente Minnelli
9. 1951 Father's Little Dividend: acted · directed by Vincente Minnelli
10. 1951 Flying Leathernecks: acted · directed by Nicholas Ray
11. 1951 Submarine Command: acted · directed by John Farrow
12. 1951 The Blue Veil: acted · directed by Curtis Bernhardt · audiences 62%
13. 1952 Japanese War Bride: acted · directed by King Vidor
14. 1953 Destination Gobi: acted · directed by Robert Wise
15. 1953 Stalag 17: acted · directed by Billy Wilder · critics 91%, audiences 92% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Tubi
16. 1953 The Girls of Pleasure Island: acted · directed by Alvin Ganzer
17. 1954 Johnny Dark: acted · directed by George Sherman
18. 1954 The Men of Sherwood Forest: acted · directed by Val Guest
19. 1955 I'll Cry Tomorrow: acted · directed by Daniel Mann
20. 1956 The Bold and the Brave: acted · directed by Lewis R. Foster
21. 1957 Love Slaves of the Amazons: acted · directed by Curt Siodmak
22. 1961 Everything's Ducky: directed
23. 1961 Savage Guns: acted · directed by Michael Carreras
24. 1964 Ride the Wild Surf: directed
25. 1966 The Tammy Grimes Show (TV series): directed
26. 1967 Jack of Diamonds: directed
27. 1968 Something for a Lonely Man (TV movie): directed
28. 1969 The Five Man Army: directed
29. 1971 Escape from the Planet of the Apes: directed, wrote
30. 1972 The Manhunter (TV movie): directed
31. 1973 Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer : A Musical Adaptation: directed
32. 1973 Tom Sawyer (TV movie): directed
33. 1974 Honky Tonk (TV movie): directed
34. 1976 Echoes of a Summer: directed
35. 1976 The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday: directed
36. 1977 The Island of Dr. Moreau: directed · critics 52%, audiences 40% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
37. 1978 Damien: Omen II: directed
38. 1979 The Gift (TV movie): directed
39. 1980 The Final Countdown: directed
40. 1980 The Promise of Love (TV movie): directed
41. 1981 Broken Promise: directed
42. 1981 Red Flag: The Ultimate Game (TV movie): directed
43. 1982 Drop-Out Father (TV movie): directed
44. 1983 Listen to Your Heart: directed
45. 1983 September Gun (TV movie): directed
46. 1983 The Two Gentlemen of Verona (TV movie): directed
47. 1984 He's Not Your Son (TV movie): directed
48. 1984 Man Hunt: acted · directed by Fabrizio De Angelis · streaming on Plex, Fawesome
49. 1985 Secret Weapons (TV movie): directed
50. 1987 Ghost of a Chance (TV movie): directed
51. 1988 The Diamond Trap (TV movie): directed
52. 1998 The Truman Show: acted · directed by Peter Weir · critics 94%, audiences 89% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla