Ray Taylor
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A gifted storyteller, Ray Taylor managed to captivate audiences with his unique directing style. Taylor began his entertainment career directing independent films, including early work on the Wallace MacDonald western "Fighting With Buffalo Bill" (1926), the William Desmond western "The Vanishing Rider" (1928) and the Frank Merrill adventure "Tarzan, the Mighty" (1928). He also appear...
Biography
A gifted storyteller, Ray Taylor managed to captivate audiences with his unique directing style. Taylor began his entertainment career directing independent films, including early work on the Wallace MacDonald western "Fighting With Buffalo Bill" (1926), the William Desmond western "The Vanishing Rider" (1928) and the Frank Merrill adventure "Tarzan, the Mighty" (1928). He also appeared in "The One Way Trail" (1931), "The Jungle Mystery" (1932) and "Gordon of Ghost City" (1933). He continued to work in film in the thirties and the forties, directing motion pictures like "Dick Tracy" (1937), "Drums of Destiny" (1937) and the western "Sudden Bill Dorn" (1937) with Buck Jones. He also appeared in "The Adventures of Smilin' Jack" (1943). Nearing the end of his career, Taylor directed the western "The Lone Star Trail" (1943) with Johnny Mack Brown, "Mystery of the River Boat" (1944) and "Raiders of Ghost City" (1944). He also appeared in "Jungle Queen" (1945) and "Secret Agent X-9" (1945). Taylor was most recently credited in "Adventures of the Flying Cadets" (2004). Taylor was nominated for an Outstanding Writing In a Comedy-Variety or Music Series Primetime Emmy Award for "Cher" in 1975. Taylor passed away in February 1952 at the age of 64.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Thunder in the Sun
(1959)
Assistant Director
The Big Fisherman
(1959)
Assistant Director
Anatomy of a Murder
(1959)
Assistant Director
Outlaw Country
(1949)
Director
Crashing Thru
(1949)
Director
West of El Dorado
(1949)
Director
Range Justice
(1949)
Director
Shadows of the West
(1949)
Director
Law of the West
(1949)
Director
Son of a Badman
(1949)
Director
Son of Billy the Kid
(1949)
Director
Mark of the Lash
(1948)
Director
Frontier Revenge
(1948)
Director
Hidden Danger
(1948)
Director
The Hawk of Powder River
(1948)
Director
The Westward Trail
(1948)
Director
Tornado Range
(1948)
Director
Gunning for Justice
(1948)
Director
The Return of Wildfire
(1948)
Director
Check Your Guns
(1948)
Director
Dead Man's Gold
(1948)
Director
The Tioga Kid
(1948)
Director
Stage to Mesa City
(1948)
Director
Cheyenne Takes Over
(1947)
Director
Range Beyond the Blue
(1947)
Director
Border Feud
(1947)
Director
Michigan Kid
(1947)
Director
Shadow Valley
(1947)
Director
Return of the Lash
(1947)
Director
Law of the Lash
(1947)
Director
The Vigilantes Return
(1947)
Director
Pioneer Justice
(1947)
Director
The Fighting Vigilantes
(1947)
Director
West to Glory
(1947)
Director
Ghost Town Renegades
(1947)
Director
Wild Country
(1947)
Director
Black Hills
(1947)
Director
The Daltons Ride Again
(1945)
Director
Secret Agent X-9
(1945)
Director
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
(1944)
2nd Unit Director
Cobra Woman
(1944)
2nd Unit Director
Boss of Boomtown
(1944)
Director
Raiders of Ghost City
(1944)
Director
The Great Alaskan Mystery
(1944)
Director
White Savage
(1943)
2nd Unit Director
Cheyenne Roundup
(1943)
Director
The Lone Star Trail
(1943)
Director
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack
(1943)
Director
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
(1943)
Director
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard
(1943)
Director
Mug Town
(1942)
Director
Fighting Bill Fargo
(1942)
Director
Treat 'Em Rough
(1942)
Director
Stagecoach Buckaroo
(1942)
Director
Destination Unknown
(1942)
Director
Gang Busters
(1942)
Director
Don Winslow of the Navy
(1942)
Director
Junior G-Men of the Air
(1942)
Director
Arizona Cyclone
(1941)
Director
Badlands of Dakota
(1941)
Special loc seq Director by
Man from Montana
(1941)
Director
Law of the Range
(1941)
Director
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie
(1941)
Director
Boss of Bullion City
(1941)
Director
Rawhide Rangers
(1941)
Director
Sky Raiders
(1941)
Director
Riders of Death Valley
(1941)
Director
Trail of the Vigilantes
(1940)
2nd Unit Director
Riders of Pasco Basin
(1940)
Director
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
(1940)
Director
West of Carson City
(1940)
Director
Pony Post
(1940)
Director
Law and Order
(1940)
Director
Bad Man from Red Butte
(1940)
Director
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
(1940)
Director
Flying G-Men
(1939)
Director
Newsboys' Home
(1938)
2nd Unit Director
Hawaiian Buckaroo
(1938)
Director
Rawhide
(1938)
Director
Frontier Town
(1938)
Director
The Spider's Web
(1938)
Director
Flaming Frontiers
(1938)
Director
Drums of Destiny
(1937)
Director
Raw Timber
(1937)
Director
Sudden Bill Dorn
(1937)
Director
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
(1937)
Director
Tex Rides with the Boy Scouts
(1937)
Director
Boss of Lonely Valley
(1937)
Director
The Painted Stallion
(1937)
Director
Dick Tracy
(1937)
Director
The Three Mesquiteers
(1936)
Director
The Cowboy and the Kid
(1936)
Director
Silverspurs
(1936)
Director
The Vigilantes Are Coming
(1936)
Director
Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island
(1936)
Director
The Throwback
(1935)
Director
Ivory-Handled Guns
(1935)
Director
Outlawed Guns
(1935)
Director
Sunset of Power
(1935)
Director
The Roaring West
(1935)
Director
Glamour
(1934)
Assistant Director
The Return of Chandu
(1934)
Director
Chandu on the Magic Isle
(1934)
Director
The Fighting Trooper
(1934)
Director
Pirate Treasure
(1934)
Director
Gordon of Ghost City
(1933)
Director
Clancy of the Mounted
(1933)
Director
The Phantom of the Air
(1933)
Director
The Air Mail Mystery
(1932)
Director
Heroes of the West
(1932)
Director
The One Way Trail
(1931)
Director
Danger Island
(1931)
Director
Battling With Buffalo Bill
(1931)
Director
The Jade Box
(1930)
Director
Eyes of the Underworld
(1929)
Director
Come Across
(1929)
Director
The Border Wildcat
(1929)
Director
The Ridin' Demon
(1929)
Director
The Ace of Scotland Yard
(1929)
Director
A Final Reckoning
(1929)
Director
The Avenging Shadow
(1928)
Director
Beauty and Bullets
(1928)
Director
The Crimson Canyon
(1928)
Director
Greased Lightning
(1928)
Director
Quick Triggers
(1928)
Director
The Clean-Up Man
(1928)
Director
Tarzan, the Mighty
(1928)
Director
The Vanishing Rider
(1928)
Director
Whispering Smith Rides
(1927)
Director
Fighting With Buffalo Bill
(1926)
Director
Assistant Direction (Feature Film)
Slaughter's Big Rip-Off
(1973)
Assistant Director
Cast (Feature Film)
The Hit Parade
(1937)
Yodeler
Writer (Feature Film)
Frontier Revenge
(1948)
Original Screenplay
Film Production - Construction/Set (Feature Film)
Return To Snowy River
(1988)
Construction
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
A Cry in the Dark
(1988)
Other
Writer (Special)
That Thing on ABC
(1978)
Writer
Gabriel Kaplan Presents the Small Event
(1977)
Writer
Glen Campbell... Down Home -- Down Under
(1976)
Writer
Comedy News II
(1973)
Writer
Special Thanks (Special)
That Thing on ABC
(1978)
Writer
Gabriel Kaplan Presents the Small Event
(1977)
Writer
Glen Campbell... Down Home -- Down Under
(1976)
Writer
Comedy News II
(1973)
Writer
Assistant Direction (TV Mini-Series)
Helter Skelter
(1976)
Assistant Director
Film Production - Construction/Set (TV Mini-Series)
Sword of Honour
(1990)
Carpenter
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