Don Taylor (American actor and director)

Don Taylor (December 13, 1920 – December 29, 1998) was an American actor and film director. He co-starred in 1950s classics, including Stalag 17, Father of the Bride, and the 1948 film noir The Naked City. He later turned to directing films such as Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Tom Sawyer (1973), and Damien: Omen II (1978).

Biography

Early life and work

Born in Freeport, Pennsylvania, on December 13, 1920, Taylor studied speech and drama at Penn State University and hitchhiked to Hollywood in 1942. He was signed as a contract player at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and appeared in small roles. Drafted into the United States Army Air Forces (AAF) during World War II, he appeared in the Air Forces's Winged Victory Broadway play and movie (1944), credited as "Cpl. Don Taylor."

Acting career

After discharge from the AAF, Taylor was cast in a lead role as the young detective, Jimmy Halloran, working alongside veteran homicide detective Dan Muldoon (Barry Fitzgerald) in Universal's 1948 screen version of The Naked City, which was notable for being filmed entirely on location in New York. Taylor was later part of the ensemble cast in MGM's classic World War II drama Battleground (1949). He then appeared as the husband of Elizabeth Taylor in the comedies Father of the Bride (1950) and its sequel Father's Little Dividend (1951), starring Spencer Tracy. Another memorable role was Vern "Cowboy" Blithe in Flying Leathernecks (1951). In 1953, Taylor had a key role as the escaping prisoner Lt. Dunbar in Billy Wilder's Stalag 17. His last major film role came in I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955).

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Don Taylor (Canadian sportscaster)

Don Taylor (born September 25, 1959 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian radio sportscaster and former television sportscaster.

Early life

Taylor is the youngest of four brothers. Taylor graduated from Alpha Secondary School in 1977.

Sports broadcasting

Before working for Sportsnet, he was the longtime co-host of CKVU's nightly sports news show Sports Page from 1985-2000 and was also briefly a radio broadcaster with CKNW. He hosted Sportsnet Pacific's nightly sports news program Sportsnet Connected from 2001 up until August 8, 2014. From 2003 to 2011, he co-hosted the Pratt & Taylor Show, on what was then called the TEAM 1040. After David Pratt and the station management couldn't come to an agreement for a new contract, Pratt left the station and Taylor's long-time friend, Barry Macdonald, became Pratt's replacement for the afternoon show. It would be known as the BMac & Taylor Show until 2015, when Bob "The Moj" Marjanovich was added to the show, which currently is called the BMac, Donnie and the Moj Show, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on TSN 1040.

E. Don Taylor

Egbert Don Taylor (September 2, 1937–May 24, 2014) was third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of the Virgin Islands (1986–1994), and an assistant bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of New York (1994–2009).

Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Taylor was educated at Kingston College. He studied broadcasting and went on to work for RJR Radio in Canada for 19 years, before being ordained to the diaconate and priesthood by Percival Gibson.

While rector of Church of the Holy Cross in Decatur, Georgia, he served as Jamaican Honorary Consul to Atlanta.

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