Directing

Don Taylor

Born 1936-06-30 · London, England, UK

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Beasts: Buddyboy poster
3.0

When a nightclub owner buys a derelict dolphinarium, he and a young woman seem to be haunted by the ghost of Buddy Boy, the star attraction. Created as an episode of Nigel Kneale's "Beasts" horror anthology miniseries.

Beasts: Buddyboy

1976

Beasts: During Barty's Party poster
9.0

A suburban couple are held under siege by a pack of frighteningly intelligent rats.

Beasts: During Barty's Party

1976

The Exorcism poster
10.0

Four friends gather for Christmas dinner at an old cottage. Suddenly, there's a power failure and the phone goes dead. Then their wine turns to blood and the turkey makes them violently ill. Then things really get strange!

The Exorcism

1972

The Exorcism poster
10.0

Four friends gather for Christmas dinner at an old cottage. Suddenly, there's a power failure and the phone goes dead. Then their wine turns to blood and the turkey makes them violently ill. Then things really get strange!

The Exorcism

1972

Paradise Restored poster
NR

A fictionalised biography of the latter years of the poet, John Milton. Now an old man, blind and out of favour, Milton seeks to leave a plague-ravaged London and set-up home in the countryside.

Paradise Restored

1974

Paradise Restored poster
NR

A fictionalised biography of the latter years of the poet, John Milton. Now an old man, blind and out of favour, Milton seeks to leave a plague-ravaged London and set-up home in the countryside.

Paradise Restored

1974

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King poster
4.5

Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king has gone unavenged, and Oedipus sets out to find the killer.

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King poster
4.5

Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king has gone unavenged, and Oedipus sets out to find the killer.

Theban Plays: Oedipus the King

1986

The Winter's Tale poster
7.5

Adaptation of the Shakespeare play.

The Winter's Tale

1962

Flayed poster
NR

'There's absolutely no escape. No chairs or tables to hold on to, no fags to light or drinks to pour: no small talk or trivial daytime chatter. Just the naked person.'

Flayed

1978

Flayed poster
NR

'There's absolutely no escape. No chairs or tables to hold on to, no fags to light or drinks to pour: no small talk or trivial daytime chatter. Just the naked person.'

Flayed

1978

Theban Plays: Antigone poster
9.0

In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.

Theban Plays: Antigone

1986

Theban Plays: Antigone poster
9.0

In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.

Theban Plays: Antigone

1986

The Two Gentlemen of Verona poster
6.5

Two great friends leave Verona for Milan, Valentine with great enthusiasm and Proteus unwillingly, as he will have to leave his recently-betrothed Julia. Valentine soon falls in love with Silvia, daughter of the Duke of Milan, but then Proteus meets the captivating Silvia - and he too becomes besotted.

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

1983

No artwork available
NR

Mr. Puff, a foppish, would-be playwright-critic, invites his literary-minded associates to see a production of his horrendous and nonsensical spectacular, The Spanish Armada, confident that he has written a great play.

The Critic

1982

No artwork available
7.0

William Mompesson retells the heroic true story of the inhabitants of Eyam, Derbyshire, who he convinced to sacrifice themselves during a visitation of the plague.

The Roses of Eyam

1973

No artwork available
7.0

William Mompesson retells the heroic true story of the inhabitants of Eyam, Derbyshire, who he convinced to sacrifice themselves during a visitation of the plague.

The Roses of Eyam

1973

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus poster
8.0

Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to take him away.

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

1986

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus poster
8.0

Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to take him away.

Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus

1986

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter poster
NR

In prison the night before his execution, republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

1981

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter poster
NR

In prison the night before his execution, republican preacher Hugh Peter prepares to be hanged, drawn and quartered for treason

A Last Visitor for Mr. Hugh Peter

1981

Where the Difference Begins poster
7.5

A family gather together as their mother lies dying. Death brings conflicts into sharp focus - not least between brothers Edgar and Richard…

Where the Difference Begins

1961

No artwork available
3.7

An adaptation of Arthur Miller's play The Crucible, concerning the Salem witch trials.

The Crucible

1981

Prisoners poster
NR

A Duologue - TV play featuring Edward Woodward and Warren Mitchell

Prisoners

1971