# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-taylor-q558149
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:16:59.621Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-taylor-q558149"
name: "Don Taylor"
slug: "don-taylor-q558149"
description: "Donald Ritchie Taylor was an American actor and film director. He co-starred in 1940s and 1950s classics, including the 1948 film noir The Naked City, Battleground, Father of the Bride, Father's Little Dividend and Stalag 17. He later turned to directing films such as Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971), Tom Sawyer (1973), Echoes of a Summer (1976), and Damien - Omen II (1978)."
tagline: "American actor and film director (1920-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Taylor_(Father's_Little_Dividend).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1920-12-13"
deathDate: "1998-12-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.59120575263959
  historical:           20.38180533333334
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Taylor"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Don Taylor"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump