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Born in Freeport, Pennsylvania, Don Taylor studied law, then speech and drama at Penn State University, where as a freshman he began taking part in college stage productions. Hitchhiking to Hollywood in 1942, the youthful Taylor screen-tested at Warner Brothers but was rejected because of his draft status. MGM, not as fussy, signed him to a contract and immediately put him to work, assigning him the minuscule role of a soldier in director 'Clarence Brown .
Has two children with Hazel Court : Courtney Taylor and Jonathan Taylor.
Stepfather of Sally Walsh.
Ex-son-in-law of Stephen Morehouse Avery.
He directed two science fiction films involving time travel: Escape from the Planet of the Apes and The Final Countdown .
Both he and his second wife Hazel Court appeared in Hammer films made during the 1950s. He appeared in The Men of Sherwood Forest while Court appeared in The Curse of Frankenstein and The Man Who Could Cheat Death .
Has two children with Phyllis Avery: Avery Taylor Moore and Anne Taylor Fleming; and a granddaughter Martine Avery Moore.
He is the twin of Ron Taylor
He has been married and divorced twice, with 3 grown children.
He is a DeFuniak Springs policeman.
Don Taylor was an author and zoologist.
Father, with Ellen Dryden , of actor Jonathan Dryden Taylor.
