Grant Taylor
Birthday: Born in 1917-12-06 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK
Deathday: 1971-01-01
TV Credits
The Avengers
Character: Merridon
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity....
The Champions
Character: General Winters
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968....
Whiplash
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Whiplash is a British/Australian television series made by the Seven Network and ATV and ITC Entertainment. Filmed in 1959-60, the series was first broadcast in September 1960 in the United Kingdom followed by Australia in February 1961 and had opening titles featuring the Australian locale and terrain and a dozen wild kangaroos as a Cobb & Co stage passed pulled by a team of five horses driven by Cobb himself....
No Hiding Place
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No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart....
The Adventures Of Long John Silver
Character: Patch
A TV series about the Long John Silver character from Treasure Island. It was made in 1954 in colour in Australia for the American and British markets before the development of Australian television. Long John Silver is the proud captain of his own ship and his own crew. He and his buccaneer cruise around the Caribbean and often stay on the side of the English and fight the French and Spanish. After the long and dangerous adventures, he and his crew rest in the tavern of Miss Purity. This ser...
BBC Play of the Month
Character: Second Reporter
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970...
UFO
Character: Generale James Anderson
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders....
The Saint
Character: Pete Grove
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need....
UFO
Character: Gen. Henderson
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders....
UFO
Character: General Henderson
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders....
UFO
Character: Gen. James Henderson
A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders....
Movie Credits
Long John Silver
Character: Patch
In this sequel to Treasure Island, Long John hopes to rescue his friend Jim from a rival pirate and return for more treasure....
Quatermass and the Pit
Character: Police Sergeant Ellis
A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London subway station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around....
The Rats of Tobruk
Character: Bluey Donkin
Three friends enlist in the Australian Army and serve in North Africa, holding the city of Tobruk against Rommel's forces....
40,000 Horsemen
Character: Red Gallagher
Charles Chauvel's 1940 cinematic tribute to the mounted troops of the Australian Light Horse regiments is a rousing call to arms, giving life to the heroic tales of mateship during the Great War....
The Kangaroo Kid
Character: Phil Romero
A 19th-century San Francisco detective named Tex Kinnane is sent "Down Under" to nab shyster lawyer Vincent Moller. Several comparisons are made between the American Wild West and the equally treacherous Australian outback....
UFO - Prendeteli vivi
Character: Generale James Henderson
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Eureka Stockade
Character: Sergt. Major Milne
Spectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it....
His Majesty O'Keefe
Character: Lt. Brenner
Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil is the precious lifeblood of 1870s South Seas traders. And lots of real blood will be spilled to get it! Screen royalty Burt Lancaster is His Majesty O'Keefe in this last of three adventures that (along with The Flame and the Arrow and The Crimson Pirate) blew a revitalizing wind into the sails of the swashbuckler genre. Action, cunning and derring-do are watchwords of the title seafarer as he befrien...
The Siege of Pinchgut
Character: Constable Macey
An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name....
Calamity the Cow
Character: Mr Grant
The adventures of Calamity the cow, who is bought by a farmer for his children, stolen by rustlers, and eventually wins a prize for her part in ridding the area of a gang of cattle thieves....