Portrait of Don Taylor

Directing

Don Taylor

Career

Active from 1945 to 2025, with a break from 1991 to 2024, busiest in 1961 with 6 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score63/100
Highest rated
Poster for Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
GoodWatch score86/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 61 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Don Taylor Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.9, average 5.4
  • Melancholy
    3.3, average 4.7
  • Psychological
    4.2, average 5.5
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Sitcom 7
  • Nostalgic Americana 6
  • Episodic Mystery 5
  • Nostalgic 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Nostalgic Charm 5
  • Ensemble Cast 4
  • Episodic Storytelling 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Mid-Century Americana 3
  • Military Drama 3
  • Historical Setting 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

82
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
Mrs. Weekley's Lover
Mrs. Weekley's Lover (2025)

Director

1990s

2 titles ยท average score 88
That's Entertainment! III
That's Entertainment! III (1994)
GoodWatch score 88

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death
Bingo: Scenes of Money and Death (1990)

Director

1980s

16 titles ยท average score 56
The Diamond Trap
The Diamond Trap (1988)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

Classified Love
Classified Love (1986)

Producer, Director

Secret Weapons
Secret Weapons (1985)
GoodWatch score 58

Director

My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn
My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn (1985)
GoodWatch score 55

Teleplay, Director

Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story
Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story (1985)

Director

He's Not Your Son
He's Not Your Son (1984)

Director

Listen to Your Heart
Listen to Your Heart (1983)

Director

September Gun
September Gun (1983)

Director

Drop-Out Father
Drop-Out Father (1982)

Director

Red Flag: The Ultimate Game
Red Flag: The Ultimate Game (1981)

Director

The Final Countdown
The Final Countdown (1980)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

The Promise of Love
The Promise of Love (1980)
GoodWatch score 55

Director

1970s

17 titles ยท average score 57
The Gift
The Gift (1979)

Director

Damien - Omen II
Damien - Omen II (1978)
GoodWatch score 53

Director

The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
GoodWatch score 52

Director

A Circle of Children
A Circle of Children (1977)

Director

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday
The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)
GoodWatch score 50

Director

Echoes of a Summer
Echoes of a Summer (1976)
GoodWatch score 56

Director

Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk (1974)

Director

Night Games
Night Games (1974)

Director

Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer (1973)
GoodWatch score 61

Director

The Man Hunter
The Man Hunter (1972)

Director

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

Wild Women
Wild Women (1970)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

1960s

11 titles ยท average score 57
The 5-Man Army
The 5-Man Army (1969)
GoodWatch score 59

as Poker Player (uncredited)

Something for a Lonely Man
Something for a Lonely Man (1968)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

Jack of Diamonds
Jack of Diamonds (1967)
GoodWatch score 47

Director

The Enemy
The Enemy (1967)

Director

And Did Those Feet ?
And Did Those Feet ? (1965)

Director

Ride the Wild Surf
Ride the Wild Surf (1964)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

Burke's Law
Burke's Law (1963)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as George Hogarth / Scubie Baker

The Savage Guns
The Savage Guns (1961)
GoodWatch score 49

as Mike Summers

Everything's Ducky
Everything's Ducky (1961)

Director

The New Breed
The New Breed (1961)

TV show ยท as Fred Kingman

Checkmate
Checkmate (1960)
GoodWatch score 40

TV show ยท as Chip Damion

1950s

27 titles ยท average score 64
Love Slaves of the Amazons
Love Slaves of the Amazons (1957)
GoodWatch score 44

as Dr. Pete L. Masters

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre (1956)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Yankee

Telephone Time
Telephone Time (1956)
GoodWatch score 67

TV show ยท Director

Ride The High Iron
Ride The High Iron (1956)

as Hugo Danielchik

The Bold and the Brave
The Bold and the Brave (1956)
GoodWatch score 45

as Ewald "Preacher" Wallister

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
GoodWatch score 86

TV show ยท as Prof. Donald Mason

The Men of Sherwood Forest
The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
GoodWatch score 62

as Robin Hood

Stalag 17
Stalag 17 (1953)
GoodWatch score 83

as James Dunbar

Destination Gobi
Destination Gobi (1953)
GoodWatch score 52

as Jenkins

The Girls of Pleasure Island
The Girls of Pleasure Island (1953)

as Lt. Jimmy Gilmartin

Flying Leathernecks
Flying Leathernecks (1951)
GoodWatch score 65

as Lt. Vern 'Cowboy' Blithe

Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride (1950)
GoodWatch score 76

as Buckley Dunstan

1940s

8 titles ยท average score 68
Battleground
Battleground (1949)
GoodWatch score 76

as Standiferd

The Naked City
The Naked City (1948)
GoodWatch score 76

as Jimmy Halloran

For the Love of Mary
For the Love of Mary (1948)
GoodWatch score 65

as David Paxton

Song of the Thin Man
Song of the Thin Man (1947)
GoodWatch score 63

as Buddy Hollis

The Last Bomb
The Last Bomb (1945)

as Gunner

Time to Kill
Time to Kill (1945)

as George

Winged Victory
Winged Victory (1944)
GoodWatch score 63

as Danny 'Pinkie' Scariano

Swing Shift Maisie
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
GoodWatch score 65

as Young Pilot (Uncredited)