Cast & creator
Don Taylor
Best known for Mannix, Have Gun, Will Travel, Climax!
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.
Also known as: Donald Richie Taylor
81
film credits
68
television credits
55
1943–2025 · acting roles
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Filmography (149)
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Mannix
Director
1967
Have Gun, Will Travel
Director
1957
Climax!
John Appleby
1954Climax!
Julian Coates
1954Climax!
Timothy Colt
1954
The Rifleman
Director
1958
Cannon
Director
1971
Dr. Kildare
Director
1961
Robert Montgomery Presents
Mark Pine
1950
Studio One
Director
1948
The Wild Wild West
Director
1965
The Name of the Game
Director
1968
The Big Valley
Director
1965
Burke's Law
George Hogarth
1963Burke's Law
Scubie Baker
1963Burke's Law
Director
1963
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Yankee
1956Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Director
1956
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Night Gallery
Director
1970
Dennis the Menace
Director
1959
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Prof. Donald Mason
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Director
1955
The Mod Squad
Director
1968
M Squad
Director
1957
Checkmate
Chip Damion
1960Checkmate
Director
1960Checkmate
Teleplay
1960
Telephone Time
1956Telephone Time
Director
1956
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Director
1978
The Flying Nun
Director
1967
The Farmer's Daughter
Director
1963Lux Video Theatre
Roger
1950Lux Video Theatre
Jim Emerson
1950
Petrocelli
Director
1974
Cavalcade of America
Bob Lawrence
1952
87th Precinct
Director
1961
The New Breed
Fred Kingman
1961
The Rogues
Director
1964
Alcoa Theatre
Director
1957
Tightrope
Director
1959
The Loner
Director
1965
The Dick Powell Show
Director
1961
Bachelor Father
Director
1957
Johnny Ringo
Director
1959
The Lieutenant
Director
1963Vacation Playhouse
Director
1963
The World of Hammer
Self (archive footage)
1994
Crossroads
Father Felix
1955
Hong Kong
Director
1960
Steve Canyon
Director
1958
Ensign O'Toole
Director
1962
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Director
1971
Hey, Jeannie!
Director
1956
Damien - Omen II
Director
1978
The Danny Thomas Hour
Director
1967
The Final Countdown
Director
1980
General Electric Theater
Bob Farrell
1953
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Dr. Soames
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Sergeant Ben Destry
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Tom Weldon
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Pete
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Max Swanson
1951Summer Playhouse
Director
1954
Follow the Sun
Director
1961
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Director
1977
Father of the Bride
Buckley Dunstan
1950
Father's Little Dividend
Buckley Dunstan
1951
Tom Sawyer
Director
1973
Amos Burke: Secret Agent
Director
1965
The Naked City
Jimmy Halloran
1948
Battleground
Standiferd
1949
Stalag 17
James Dunbar
1953
The 5-Man Army
Poker Player (uncredited)
1969The 5-Man Army
Director
1969
The Tammy Grimes Show
Director
1966
That's Entertainment! III
(archive footage) (uncredited)
1994
A Circle of Children
Director
1977
Song of the Thin Man
Buddy Hollis
1947Peck's Bad Girl
Director
1959
Classified Love
Director
1986Classified Love
Producer
1986
I'll Cry Tomorrow
Wallie
1955
The Men of Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood
1954
Hollywood: The Dream Factory
Self (archive footage)
1972
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
Director
1976
Secret Weapons
Director
1985
Echoes of a Summer
Director
1976
Flying Leathernecks
Lt. Vern 'Cowboy' Blithe
1951
Holy Wars
Himself
2010
Submarine Command
Lt. Cmdr. Peter Morris
1951
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Teleplay
1985My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
Director
1985
The Girls of Pleasure Island
Lt. Jimmy Gilmartin
1953
When the Actors Come
Writer
1978When the Actors Come
Director
1978
The Savage Guns
Mike Summers
1961
Ghost of a Chance
Director
1987
The Diamond Trap
Director
1988
Something for a Lonely Man
Director
1968
The Promise of Love
Director
1980
Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
Director
1981
Ride the Wild Surf
Director
1964
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Director
1985
Destination Gobi
Jenkins
1953
Ride The High Iron
Hugo Danielchik
1956
Winged Victory
Danny 'Pinkie' Scariano
1944
Man Hunt
1984
Drop-Out Father
Director
1982
The Bold and the Brave
Ewald "Preacher" Wallister
1956
Mrs. Weekley's Lover
Director
2025
Honky Tonk
Director
1974
Jack of Diamonds
Director
1967
And Did Those Feet ?
Director
1965
He's Not Your Son
Director
1984
The Enemy
Director
1967
Dad
Director
1976Dad
Writer
1976
The Blue Veil
Dr. Robert Palfrey
1951
Love Slaves of the Amazons
Dr. Pete L. Masters
1957
Listen to Your Heart
Director
1983
Heat of Anger
Director
1972Ghost Dancing
Director
1983
September Gun
Director
1983
For the Love of Mary
David Paxton
1948
Target Unknown
Lt. Frank Webster
1951
The Gift
Director
1979
Johnny Dark
Duke Benson
1954For Tea on Sunday
Director
1978
Wild Women
Director
1970
Ambush
Lt. Linus Delaney
1950Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
Director
1990
Japanese War Bride
Jim Sterling
1952
The Man Hunter
Director
1972Preview Tonight
Director
1966
Night Games
Director
1974Time to Kill
George
1945
Broken Promise
Director
1981Broken Promise
Producer
1981
Everything's Ducky
Director
1961
The Last Bomb
Gunner
1945
The Achurch Letters
Director
1977The Achurch Letters
Writer
1977
The Hemingway Play
Director
1976
Swing Shift Maisie
Young Pilot (Uncredited)
1943In Hiding
Director
1980In Hiding
Writer
1980