Eric Archdale Tayler (4 December 1921 – 6 August 1997) was a New Zealand-born television producer, director and actor, best known for his work for the BBC in the United Kingdom and the ABC in Australia.
eric, tayler, eric, archdale, tayler, december, 1921, august, 1997, zealand, born, television, producer, director, actor, best, known, work, united, kingdom, australia, borneric, archdale, tayler, 1921, december, 1921hamilton, zealanddied6, august, 1997, 1997,. Eric Archdale Tayler 4 December 1921 6 August 1997 was a New Zealand born television producer director and actor best known for his work for the BBC in the United Kingdom and the ABC in Australia Eric TaylerBornEric Archdale Tayler 1921 12 04 4 December 1921Hamilton New ZealandDied6 August 1997 1997 08 06 aged 75 Sydney New South Wales AustraliaNationalityNew ZealandOccupation s Television actor director producerSpouseLyn JamesChildren2 including Sally Tayler Contents 1 Biography 2 Select Credits 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditTayler was born in Hamilton New Zealand and educated at Auckland Grammar School 1 He served in the New Zealand Army during World War II as part of the second New Zealand Expeditionary Force 2 In 1947 Tayler moved to London where he attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art RADA from 1947 to 1950 which was where he met his wife Welsh Australian actress Lyn James with whom he had two children In 1955 Tayler joined the drama department of the BBC working on such programmes as Maigret Z Cars and a 1962 adaptation of Oliver Twist In 1965 Tayler joined the Australian Broadcasting Commission as a producer 1 where he produced several drama series including Contrabandits 3 Select Credits EditThe Affair 1965 The Pigeon 1966 Wall to Wall 1966 Getting along with the Government 1966 Nice n Jucy 1966 Contrabandits 1967 68 won a Penguin for Contrabandits Australian Plays 1969 70 Dynasty TV series 1970 71 Dead Men Running 1971 director co writer The Far Country 1972 Over There 1972 Certain Women 1973 Three Men of the City 1973 The Fourth Wish 1975 You Just Can t Win 1976 Arena 1976 The Emigrants 1977 A Place in the Word 1978 Loss of Innocence 1978 director Bit Part 1978 Timelapse 1980 Friends of the Family 1980 Levkas Man 1981 Jonah 1981 The Groom s Tale 1981 MPSIB 1981 Learned Friends 1982 City West 1984 References Edit a b McLintock A H 1966 An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand Eric Archdale Tayler Auckland War Memorial Museum Retrieved 1 June 2017 Four decades of Aussie cop shows The Sydney Morning Herald 21 September 2004 Retrieved 1 June 2017 External links EditEric Tayler at IMDb nbsp This New Zealand biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Eric Tayler amp oldid 1167391128, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
