Grave Hunter
Donald Taylor
D.O.B.:December 13, 1920 (Freeport, PA)
D.O.D.:December 28, 1998 (Los Angeles, CA)
Cause of Death: Heart Failure
Location: Westwood Memorial; Section D
Biographical Notes:
He 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 signed him to a contract and immediately put him to work,
assigning him the minuscule role of a soldier in director Clarence Brown's
sentimental slice of Americana, "The Human Comedy."
In later years, Taylor
became a film and TV director, including an episode of "Night Gallery"
for which he was Emmy-nominated. Taylor met his current wife Hazel Court when he
directed her in a 1958 episode of "Alfred Hitchcock Presents."
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